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— "" ihE LAMEST OP O'SNIVE . re . la s l iteral translation of the original Irish la \ r o'Cennor ' t Dissertations on Iruh Buloty . ) BT JEESHUH JiSEPH CALUKAK . 'Fesrflstba O'GnUmh was family Glamh or Bard , to A o'Scill of ClautLboy abou ; the jear 15-56 . The poem fftbicb the following lines are the translation , comaces with , HaOmmgh mar alaid Goad 7 . il . ' ] £ 0 w dimm < 3 is the glory thai circled the Oael , And fall ' n the high people of green Itmiifeil , Tie sword of the Saxon is red with their gore , &nd the mighty of nations is mighty ho more . Like a bar £ on tae cceen long stuttered and tost , On the l&nd of yoar fathers at Isogth you are lost , The hand of the cpoiler Is stretched on your plains , Andjoi ' redoom'd from jour cradles to bondage and chains .
0 where is the beauty that beam'd on thy Brow ! Strong hand in the battle , how weak art then now ! That heart is now broken that never would quail , And thf high sorgi ere turned into weeping and wall . Bright shades , of onr sires i from your homes in th * ikiw , 0 fclsst notyonr sens with theeeorn of yoar eyes ! Prond fpirit ef Gsllamh * how red is thy cheek , Fer thy freemen are slaves , sn $ thy mighty are weak ! O'Keiilf of the Hosteges ; CcdJ whose high nsms On a buadrtd re £ battles hag floated to fame , £ et the long grass still sigh undiEturbed o ' er thy Ileep , Arise nst to thame at , awake sot to weep !
la thy broad wing of darkcess infold us , 0 night , Withhold , 0 bright sun , Ike reproach of toy light , For freedom or valour no more canst thou see , la the horns of the brave , in the hie of the free . Affliction's dark waters yonr spirits have bow'd , And oppression hath wrapped all yoar laad in its gbratrfi Since first fiom the B : ehons' § pure justice you strayed , Andbtntto those laws the proud Stxon has made . We Snow not our country , io strange is her face ,
Her ecvds once her glory ere now her disgrace , Gone , gone is the beauty of fair Innisfatl , |] lor tee ewanstr now rules imhe land ot ihe Gael , Where , where are the wooJs Ihat oft rang to jour cheer , W here you waked the wild chase of the wolf and the d&u ! Can those dark htights , with rampartt all frowning and riven , Be the hlUi where your forests wav'd brightly in heaven ?
0 bonaunen of E ^ ypt , no lloges ippaui . To light jonr dark steps thro' this desert ef tears , Degraded and lost ones , no Hector if nigh , To lead jou to freedom , to teach yoa to dis !
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THE EOMAK TYRANT . BT EDTTIir GILL , ' Tear the brand ftcm the trembling hand , Of the terror-strickea slaTe ; Dash to the earth the fdiliag serf , Tfeatdirsd our taaadates brave . Brown in blood bis clamour for food , To dungeons bear him array , St'fls his cry of agony , And le vultures give his clay . Shall subjects dare the red arm bare , Despite our royal decree ; Thatfree and thrall , ghoaldprBitratQ fall ,
And meekly bend the knee ? Hurrah ! we ride o'erthe crimion tide 'Sssg Tclla , qastn of yore Without remorse—tho' her rite ' s corse Her war-steeds splashed with gore . Bat Tarquls ' s race of despots base , Soon ceased to nils in Rome ; The psople ' s might proclaimed the right To crash a tyrant's throne . A = d of ; since then , when men were mes , And despots ruled with hate , Hata kingcraft bowed fceneath a cloui , While freedom ttoad elate .
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SIMMOXDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . Lon - don : Simmtmds and Co ., Barge-yard , Bucklera bury . It is a considerable time since wa last noticed this magazine , which has new completed its fourteenth volume . A perusal of lbs principal contents of the recent numbers , has gatisfied us that there is no fallin ? off in the talent and pains-taking industry of the editor , which often , ere now , wo have justly praised . No comer of tha world bat 13 ransacked bj Mr SimdOEds for information on all subjects of interest to the Tery numerens class who are directly or indirectly interested in the progress of c our Colonial Empire , ' and the welfare of the denizens of those far distant and almost boundleu regions .
'Emigration i 3 a leading subject ia the pages of this magazine , and numerous are the ' voices' from Anstralia , the Cape of Good Hope , and other colonies , whose appeals to the distressed classes of this country to cross the water are eloquent enough in their wav . Not approving of emigration—although we should be sorry te stand in the way of sny man bettering his condition—we thall not OCCnpy OUT space with any discussion of the several statements put forth in description and praise of the various ' happy Tallies' to which the tax-ridden , suffering people of this country are invited to betake themselves . Suffice it to say , that much valuable information to persons intending to emigrate will be found in most numbers of this magaz ' ne .
Amongst the valaable statistical asd historical papers , for which this magazine i 3 celebrated , we notice in recsHt numbers ' Contributions to the Commercial Statistics of the Republics in South Americi , ' by Sir Robert H . Sehomburgk ; 'A Review of the History , Government , Constitution , Fishery , and Agriculture of Newfoundland , ' by the Hon . Patrick Morris ; ' The Mining Districts of the Great North American L \ fces ; ' * Retrospect of the trade of Singapore— far 1816-7 . 'by R . C . Woods ; 'ThePresent Condition of the Island of Barbsdoes , ' by E . Parker , Esq ; ' The Progress of Australia ; ' ' The City of
Toronto / by W . G . Edmnndson ; 'Our Commercial Intercourse with Siam ; ' Hong Kong and its Chief Town , * by Mr William Tarrant ; ' The Manufacture of Beetroot Sugar in the German Custom House Le&gnB ; ' * On the Sickness and Mortality among the Emigrants to Canada ia 1847 ; * ' The Trade and Commerce of Cuba ;'' On the Revival of Cotton Cultivation in the West Indies , ' by W . Hamilton ; and ' Our Colonies and their Commerce . ' Under the head of' Progress of Discovery in Australia , ' there are interesting reports of the recent expeditions conducted bj Dr Leichardt , Mr Barney and Mr
Kennsdy . We notice in ihe number for April , a valuable paper by Captain Munro , on ' Antidotes to Snake Bites . ' Tne * May number contains ap important article on ' The vast Advantages which England , as the first commercial aad naval power in the world , would derire from a passage westward into the Pacific' The interesting artiele on Hong Kong reveals a state of society ia that island disgraceful to its British rulers . We extract the following account of
THE OPIPH XB 1 DE . Licenses to sell opinm in Victoria are now indiscrim :-nately issued lm three different forms . 1 st . To sell in quantities less tfaan ft chest (* Meh weighs aDOUtlJ cwt . ) ; for this S 60 dollar * per annum is paid . 2 nd . P . r Ilcenoe to boll down and refine tbe opium pre . paratory to bring used ; fcr whicb the charge i » 240 do ! , lare per anGu-n . 31 . Pof keeping an epinm gmokinf ily&a ; and for ebU indulgence a licence Is eharged it ten dollars per month . To the reader of these renarks who mey not know what opium is like , and there aie probably many in that state of ignorsBCP , it m 3 j not be amis * to explain , that as described in the dictionaries , ! b ' a juice partly resi . nous , partly gummy , of a very bitter and ecrid taste , and of soporific qualities ; ' to whicb may be edded that it is brought to China in larg « quantities from India and Terkey , where it exudes frc-m incisions made round the capsules of the poppy pl » Et . At first it flowB in a white
miifcj state , bat a day ' s exposure to the snn hardens it into a dark brown mass ; thtra are various wajg of pack-Ing and freserrlcg the opiua thus obtained , some is made up into flat circular cakes about aa isch thick . Kalwa opium , ot which not much is used in Southern China , is sent here ia this shape ; Pataa and BenaNs opiam , t 6 king tbelr asmei from tbe prorfeces of Bahar aai Ben 3 reg , ia whicb they are prepared , is made np in bslls weighing abont 3 lpounds , and covered with ahard Mtifirial shtll , made with a combination of the Bklns of tae poppy petal . The latter description of opium is that chiefly traded in at Victoria , and miss in price from ttn dollars to fifteen and twenty dellari per ball , according t > the state of the market . The cultivation of opium in India Is a monopoly of the British Bast India Company , to whom the growers fire obliged to tell it , aad the net revenue tbni d rirtd amounts on en average anno&l eii port of 25 , 000 chest * to China alone , to about 2 | millions of pounds sttriicg . The effect of indulgence in opium smoking is to par . chite brief dreaB 6 of bliss , and the pleasures of Elysium * 6 oii ± HH _ a name of MUtsius . f Kial—of the Kine Hoftage * , tbe heroic monarch o ' Ireland , in tae fourta century—and ancestor of the O'Neill family . I Cos Clad CATHi—Con of the Hundred fights , Monarch ef ihe Irlind in the second century ; although the fightir of a knndrs& battlei , he wu not tha vieter of a hundred gelds—Mj valorous rival Owen , King of Hunster , compelled him to a division of the kingdom . § Bxehons—The heredit&r ; judges of the Irish Sfpts , I ! Inniifaii—The Iiland of Deitiny , one of tbe names Ireland . ,
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etthe expense of eTery energy dfgnlfylng manheod ; the appetite for ntiural food becomes weakened , the powers of r « 5 B 0 Q destroyed , and a continusd internal gnairlng brings the young debauchee to a premature grave . Crade opium is refined by scooping tbe balls , or break , ing the cakes into large brass pans , covering it with abont four times its weight of filtered water , an * whtn sufficiently < oske < 3 and dissolved , ths Hquor Is strabed aS and boiled over a brisk charcoal fire until evaporation reduces i t so much , that when coel it is of the consistency and colour of treacle ; the deposit left ia the pans from the first seskin ? is then dried over a > low fira and cue .
fully kneaded with the bands until it assumes a uniform thickness of a quarter of an inch ; it h then taken out of the pan In a concave shape , placed in a sieve lined with flannel , and covered with hot water , which after filtering through , is boiled in a similar manner to the Uqoor firs * , drained cff . On Fatna opium a loss of fourt'Eths snd on Malra three-tenths is said to be sustained by the process thus described ; there are abaut twenty who have taken out the refining licence . Of the licensed opium smoking divans , there are at present ten , nearly all 6 t tae ted in the Chinese portion of the t » wn ; from tbe incomiderable amount of revenue derivable from this
I- ' eence , the public establishment of these places is much to be rfgretted , as taey afford a rescrt to thoso dregs of the Chinese populatien , Indian policemen , and follower * of the native regiments , who before bad no iuoh accommodation , and consequently less enjoyed the meaus of incitement to indulgence . A visit of inspection to tteie places affords subject for the most melancholy reflection . In a reclining position on boards placed on tressels •¦ Knjed sound long disgustingly d ' rty rooms , may te seen at all hours of the day haggard begga- a ulth putrsfyiBg sores , whess miserable feelings of desperation and W 09 drive them here to obtain a partial alleviation ty 1 steeping their senses in forgetfulneBi . ' The stem of tbe pipe used for smoking opium is made of bard wood , and wonld be tak-n for an Eoglish paper ruler , about
eighteen incbesjlgugand an inch la diameter ; the earth , enwarebowlor head screws on and off at about tfaree inches from the end . An ftfslltsnt of tha divan sitting in a corner of the room is c -natantly engaged in scraping and cleaning these heads , which from the small eIzs of t' e hele through which the opium is labeled ( about the size of a pin ' i head ) srs apt to get clocged ; toe quantity of opium intended to be Bmokedat a time , varying from twenty to ISO grains , is dipped carefully out of small ga ' . ly . pots , laid on & leaf , and charged for at tbe rate of a dollar an ounce ; tbe opium is need by dipping Into it the pointed end of a ? mall wire , trh'ch is then applied to
the Same of a lamp , in Ignition it inflates into bubble , and is then with a dexterity obtained only by constant practice , roU : d ou the pipe-head ttatU it assumes the shape end Eio of asms . ll orange pip , cut in half , and of the hardness of wax ; it is then pltced over the orifice in the head of tbe pipe , like a small chimney , through which the flame of tbe lamp is drawn into the bowl } cenverting the opium in its passage into a felue smeke , which is inspired by long continuous whiff * , and without removal of ths pipe froa the mouth respired through the nostrils : two or three pipes may be taken by persons unacenstomed to the habit , without leaving any other unpleaiaRt feeling than a harshness in tbe throat .
We add from this article the following description of CHI NESE OATH T 4 KIK 9 . In the Chinese courts of law and . 'judgment where the character of the people is fully understood , bo oath whatever is administered to witnesses . In order , however , to meet the requirements of English lew an attempt has been made ts introduce a species of Chinese oath In our various courts . The first form practised bera was tbe cutting off a live cock ' s or fowl's head ; a oansldtrable perquisite was afforded to the court-keepers by this
sjbt ; m , who unscrupulously devourtd the decapitated bodies . A cheaper form of oaths consists in breaklEg a basin into pieces , intending thereby to Bjmbalise how anxioai ii the swearer , ( f ) that if he does not tell the truth , his body shall be as unceremoniously smashed into its orig inal dust . To tfeose who fancy that they posiess no more bouI than a piece of potter's ware , this method of swearing is doubtlesB highly sensible and appropriate , and it was probably ander tbe impression that tbe Chinese entertained such feelings , that the erudite Lord Brougham was induced to countenance this form ef oath , when made in the House of Lords at » recent
exaiainatien . The form of oath at present in use is considerably cheaper iu prsctics tfcan either of tae foregoing . Printed forms on sheets of jellow paper about eight inches by six inches are kept at hand by the interpreter . If tbe witness can write he fills in the blanks himself , or the interpreter will do it for him , to the effect that ' so aBd so' is now in court for ' such and such a purpose , ' that he will ' speak the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth , ' without fear or prevarication , but instead of finishing by asking his God ( his Gods , or hig anceetorp , ) to help him in his resolve a VArtgXaise , the form finishes by simply stating , that the Divine * heaven , ' or , as the Cainese understand it , ' Court of bsaven , ' '
witnesses this atteitatioa . The paper when filled in and read over to tbe swearer Is then bnrnt by the flame of a lamp . Tbe particular ' Gods many and Lirds man }' rV 0 constitute the said Conr ! of heavan , it ia prisoned . vary in idea , according to the theocratic knowledge of tbe swearer , but as it is a notorious / act that if after days of incessen * worship , a God , or Idol , takes no ( fancied ) notice of hia CblnesQ worehipprr ' * applica tion , then , the said idol , is remorselessly battered and fanrBt zans eerenonie . It bat follows as s natural sequence , th&t the supposed powers of each god being of a doubtful nature , the whole Court at a body , obtain in anticipation only a small degree- of respect or fear , and whole rearms of oath paper may be burnt without adding tbe slightest value to any evidence .
Ia the number from which we have taken the above extracts there ia an interesting account of Kandy , the capital of Ceylon , including ; * description of the Dalada festival—the exhibition ef the tooth of Buddha ; another illustration of priestly knavery and popular ignorance . A carious practice is eaii to exist amsngst the Kandians , which the writer in this magazine calls poliandry '; in plain English half-adozen huibands to one woman . ' Query : —Is the practice of onr Ksndian fellow subjects , altogether unknown in these Christian and highly civiliBed realms ? What are called hutbands , is is true , are now allowed to the number of balf-3 dozen , but what ' s in a name ? From an elaborate account ot ' Atrip to the Crater of KilfcOea , Sandwich IalanoV we giye the following extracts : —
THB CRATSH OF EILAUEA ^ We do not believe thera is another sight like it . A deep , very deep pit , with walls parpendicular in most pieces , and a circumference whose extent at first glance few can rightly estimate , lays before ose . Mauua Rsa to the right sweeps ap from the plain 10 , 600 feet above ths highest wall of Kilanea , with apparently so gentle a rise , that a carriage and four could drive in a few hours to its Butmnit . Yet it is two dBys' hard travel over the wildest and roughest eceaery to reach IU top . Mauna Ksa , with its snowy crown , rising Btill higher , appears iu the north-west scarcely farther off . The atmosphere was as clear as crystal . Distances on all sides were to the eye amazingly diminished . This i » one reason why Khnea fails so much at first . Natura hereabouts has dene all her work on a gigantic Icale . A trial of distan . ces on foot saon determines this fact , sad respeot and wonder at the scene f roportioaatsly increases . Sa perfectly distinguishable are objects on the further bank ,
that the visitor is slow te > believe that the distance ia a straight line U more than threa milei , and that nine nsiles will hardly give the circumference of the crater . Tke burning lake , which so distinctly shows its lurid waves in the south-weet corner , is two-and-a-half miles iff . Wi . kf-s gives the best idea of the extent of this pit , when be sass that the whole city of New Yorfe ceuld be put into it , and plenty of room ba left . To this we might add , that its tallest steeple would slill be some 400 to 605 feet Wens the summit of Its banks . Its entire aipect is that of deso ' ation made desolate . Confined as tbe fire waB when we arrived at the southern lake , nothing could exceed its gloomy appearance . Th » entire floor Was one rough maBS of blsck lava , varied in a few spots only bj ilight Bmoto and sulphuric diBcolourings . The surrounding walls were of a greyish hue . Tbe stillness of death lay over the whole . The lake was lazily swelling and heaviBjf with Hqui 6 ed rock , occasionally toseing its fiery « pray high enough into the air 60 as to just make in motion visible from where we were , though not a Bound
reached us from it . ? * At the N . W . edge of the crater we found our selves over the steepest bank , from whfch it seemed as if ose conld jump directly down upon tbe black ledge . It looked terri / aMy perpendicuar and required nerve to stand near enough to measure the distance down with the eye . The height here ii COO feet . Wilkes gWeB a good view of it in hia ' Exploring Expedition' The edge and sides are formed of masses of loosened basaltic rocks , which lay tottering over the gulf below . Yet as much B 8 they appeared to hang OTtr the black ledge , not one of our party could thiow s stone to light upon it . It would fall among the debris below , far from reaching tue black ledge . The walla of the crater are all of thiB rough baffcltic description , easily loosened by
earthqaakeB , and sending avalanches thamdering down bel > w . We continued our walk , and by dark found ourselves on the western banfc . We bad several steep hills to descend before we oould reach the selected spot . The lake appeared so brilliant , that although it was new ground to all of the piny , we determined to proceed . We had a voungmocntoligbtusinpart . However , one of thr gentlemen concluded te remaia with the natives on the summit of the outtr edge . The remainder of our party went on , Io . bis the ladi ? B showed no little courage and hardibooa . For if we loit our path we efaould be obliged to remain exposed to the keen mountain air until the mornlEg . keeping warm as we bastcouia , or wa might tumble into lome one of the cha 6 m » about at . The to
hills to descend were rough and Btecp tnougfl rneken . for the tlae beiBg , wish ourselves goats . How . erer . Blow and eure , we got down them , aseUting the liQies from rock to rock , now and then taking a slHe dewn eoo 9 fmeoth inclined plane , until we reaohed the level be leath . Here we ran and jimped in the excitement of attaining the covered view . It burst upon us wllh bi&utifalefftct . Tbenlgbt wa » dark enough to rive It a softened brillUney that made It tbe more pleasiae We ascended a slight rise , and there found omr-I ' on tbe very brink oi the western wall , immedlatelF eppoeite the lake . We sat down and revelled in Ae scene . It was not sandy , nor terrlBe , nor sUrU . B ? —itwM beiuttfBl . Tbe dwknau bid from as every-
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T » ing but tae lake , or perhaps it « fires so blinded our ey "'* i tW 900 tadBee nothing else , for the effect was painful . ^ The surface was lightly encrusted with a black coat , which the red lava almost instantly assumes on exnesure to the air . This coat was cut up into rivers , , "• CEnal » . and streams ef lfqjid lavs , interspirstd w"b jets and fountains , the whole in continued action , ihe enure lake was swelling and bollin with tha intan-• lty of Its fires . Crust after cruBt of the black lava , » n ,, T ma' 8 e 8 ofioe ' wonld ba rent ainader , lifted up and disappear in the fiery cauldron benea . h . Every mfaatoofcMgrf a , „» ,, „ TneBnrface of tbe lake ^¦ ^•^^ - ^^ acti onworn tee chao ^
. , W . M , « , iofth . taieldQ Alow , deep , hissing ! £ ' ? v" ' deB 8 e am M upon our ew , „» the wmd , which blew it from ui , ocoMlon . lly lullid . Word ! cannot do justice to the nniqae beauty of th * spectacle Our party were by turns ilknced by thtlr dsep tdmlratloa , or loud in , heir « , Um . tion 8 „« 4 e-Hght , cUtng each othw ' a attention to some new aetion , which would b . over alaost as socm as it could be noticed , eo rapid were the cbangw . Ther * waB nothing very violent . The flow of the lava was unWoim , the mou powerful heaving b * ing on tko north edge of the lake , where the movemtat was like thai of a whirlpool .
From an article in the July number recommending emigration to Van Diemnn ' a Land , we give the following notice of the
THE KiHO&BOO , Tfee kangaroo is the characteristic animal of the Australian Colonies , and although rank « d among the number of quadrupeds , might be quite aa properly described as a Wped , its fore feat bbu legs possessing more of the properties of hands and arms , and being nev » r need in the process of walking or runnlag , except when the animal is feeding . There are three kinds — tho wallahee , or small kangaroo ; a larger size , called bruBk kangaroo ; and a still larger size called the boomer , or forester , gome of which last are sis » r seven feot in
height ; they are not so swift as the smaller siz » , and seldom run wueo closely pursued ky dogs , but place thtlr backs against a tree , and using thtir tails , as a support , cffir formidable resistance with their hind legs , with which they somttiuwB strike th » dogs , and rip them open ; or , ia the absence of treoa , they will run to a water . hole , as the lakes are there ealled , wads op to thtir middle , and then seize , the heads of the dogs as they approach , and thrust them under the water antll tb » y are drowned . Their tails are of immense strength and thioknesa , and are often four or five feot in length , and as much aa 201 r > , s in weight .
Tha female * are ftH&hhcd wlth & poncfc , in which they carry their youag before them , and wken overtakes by dogs or other anlmalB , they seem t » be aware that they are tbe object < . f the chase , and so In order to facilitate their escape , tlrow their young froo tho poach ; the iittlt animals immediately crawl to the nearest bush , and there bide themselves eo completely , that it is impossible to find them without a dog . The mother , if she escapes fromlur enemies , always returns to repossecB herself cf her offspring . Upon tbe vthole , the kangaroo is a Tery sagacious animal , and when tame becomes much attached to those who take notice of it ; it will follow them , sit in their laps , aad answer to its name like a child . Their skiao ire tanntd for lsather , and are used with the balr on for making rug * , which those who travel in the bush use for abed ,
The number for the present month contains in addition to several articles already named two papers from—we presume—the pen of the editor , on subjects whioh at present comnaEd considerable public attention : — ' Co ' onisation' and ' Vancouver ' s Island . ' In the first of these articles the writer , while vindicating Protectionist principle ? , mercilessly castigates the tsembera of tke landocracy for their heartleBB neglect of the true interests of the community , and tbeirjunfeeling and besotted apathyjto the ^ sufferings of tha greit body of the people . Although we oannot accept the remedy suggested by the editor of the Colonial MAGiziKE as ( he ' one thing needful , ' we must txpresB our approbation of his powerful exposition of the frightful evils at present abounding . ' During the last ten years parochial relief in England and Wales has cost £ 66 . 000 , 000 . This Bum , which if applied a-right , would have extirpated
paupenBtn , has simply maintained it . ' A system of' Colonisation' in North America ia recommended , where , in the British possessions only , and exclusive of New . foundhnd and the territories beyond the great lake ? , there are 88 , 908 , 623 acres of virgin soil , at a distance only of ten days' Bail from this country . In those lands the editor of this magazine , wonld rear a Western Great Britain , and he appeals to the landed aristocrats to pot themselves at tbe head of a popular movement for that purpose . If Mr Siumonds will propose a scheme for the transportation of the landocracy and other useless classes to North America , or any other part of the world , ] he shall have our support ; but we object to any scheme which would leave the plunderers of iaduatry in this country in quiet possession of their usurped wealth and power , and commit the masses to all the hardships of creating a new country in the eavage wilda of America .
With the sentiments of the writer of the artiole on ' Vancouver ' s Island , ' we can fully concur . This island contains vast natural resources , including an excellent climate , abundance of coal and some of the finest natural harbours in the world . Taking into account the almost certain greatness of which the seas and shores of the Pacific Ocean will be the theatre at no very distant time , Vancouver ' s Island is a station of unspeakable importance . Well , this important British possession is to be jobbed away to
tbat gang of arch-monopolisers the Hudson Bay Company , for them to rule , rob , or ruin , jnst as they please ; at least such appear to be tbe intentions of the incompetent or jobbing gentry at tho head of the Colonial department . This well-timed and powerful protest against the folly or knavery to which Earl Grey appears to have lent hia sanction will , we hope , be effective in preventing the realisation of this diagraoful attempt to add to the plunder already possessed by the ever-gorged Hudson's Bay monopolists ,
Notwithstanding our disagreement with the editor upon many points of importance , we feel bound to express our deep sense of the general merits of the Colonial Magazine , and our earnest wishes for its continued popularity and increased circulation .
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Emigrant s Guide to New South Wales Proper , u 4 twiralia Felix and South Australia . By D . J , Byrne , London : E . Wilson , 11 , Royal Exchange . Regarding all books advocating emigration with Buspioion , we took np this little book in no mood to give it oar good ward , but a glance through its contents has satisfied us that the author is honest and well informed on the subject he treats of . We do not adviso any man to leave his satire land , but if persons will do bo , and have any idea of selecting either of the above-named colonies , then we would recommend them to obtain this little book , which contains information of great value to all persons about to emigrate .
L mike some writers on emigiatios , who would fain make the English public believe tkat labour ito any extent can find profitable employment in the Australian colenies , the author of this work in speaking of mechanics and tradesmen , says , ' Even in those occupations most required , the demand for labour of a skilful description is not extensive , and a large arrival of such , would not enly have the effect of reducing the wages of those employed , but would , in all probability , leave many without engagements . At various periods since the foundation of the Australian colonies , there has been bucu an influx of mechanical labour , bo totally disproportioncd to the demand , that , after many hardships , numerous
mechanica were compelled to throw aside , at least for a time , their trades , and adopt pastoral or agricultural pursuits ; and it would be well , in case of emergency , if every emigrant wss resolved and prepared to do the same , for in new lands all must adapt themselves , to circumstances . The Australian oologies are completely flooded with clerks , men of education without means , and professional persons ; for those classes , therefore , they present no inducement , except that which consists in the cheapness of all the necessaries of life . The parties really required in these colonies , and who would be sure of success , are mere labourers and shepherds , farmers with small means and persons possessed of sufficient capital to became sheep and cattle proprietors of extent . '
This work contains lull information as to the cost of passage , or the meanB of obtaining a free passage ; the actual necessaries for the voyage ; the rales to be observed at sea ; the rations &o ., on board the emigrint ship ; the course that should be pursued by the emigrant , according to his circumstance ? , on arrival in the colony ; the various advantages of each colony , its history , natural produotions , climate , prices of food , rate of wages , & 0 ., ' , & 0 . BUD again we warn our readers to be cautious now tney commit themselves to a step which they may afterwards repent of .
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The Republican . August . London : J . Watsor , 3 , Queeu ' a-bead-passage , Paternoater . row . ThiB number of the Republican contains wellwritten articles oa , ' Taxation , '' Monarchy , ' and 'Representation , ' and a spirited castigation of that precious hunbug Serjeant Talfourd , from which we give the following extracts : —
S 2 BJK 4 NI TALFQUBD Is half a liberal , became he is afraid to be « whole one . He is stricken dumb by power . He cannot oombat on the side of the numerically weakest . Ho is a craven soul—a man who dares notfollow out bis own principle ! . For what purpose did he ge Into Parliament ? Lot UB look to the reports of fei « laBt el ction la 1847 . Thera it U writtSH , that Serj * ant Talfourd told the delighted and trustful folks of Reading that he wan determined to sit for that borough ia Parliament or not sit at all ; that be was tbe son of a Reading tradesman , and he WflS proud to be » senator , because every little scheolboy might see to what a height It was possible for an Englishman to attain . This Is all very well ; but it does not appear that the liberal gerjeant , son of a Reading tradesman , told the people of Reading what it was necessary the little school bojs shoild do to become members of Parliament . Ha dou not tell them that , under the present ¦ yMezn , let a Uttk school boy butkls and stoop , and
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acoommodate bin convictions to the espedlenotes of party , ever so mueh , that the chances are two million w one that he win not obtain the honour . Serjeant Talfcurd prefers keeping it unique—only accessible to the Talfourd jenus . He la tbe son of a R adlng tradeaman , and jet be cjneiders the House of Ojmmons and its aristocratic raBjori ' y as a perfsot institution . He is tbe son of a Reading tradesman , and jet he prefers and helps to sustain the government of a fen great families , to tho exelusion of the govornracnt of the people . He wishes to sot a hi gh example te the sons of Reading tradesmen and little Reading school boys , and yet when ho epeaks in the Housa of CommonB , it is to demonstrate the perfectneas of things aa they are , to proclaim the at . surdity of supposing that tho diffusion of knowledge and education can fit the mass for the Suffrage , to proteBt ogalnst allowing a man ' steeped in poverty to the lips ' to vote , to assert that properly alone Is entitled to power , and to wind up by a general declamation against demo .
cracy . The son of the Reading tradeaman has forgotten his order . He i , traitor to thtm . Doubtless , it is to inculcate this that he sets himself up before tho eons cf Reading tradesmen as a model liberal and reformer The good folks of R , » aing are very trustful . It is a habit ef the poor to be grateful far smsll mercies , to trust a man with a glib tongue and a good coat , and the learned » et eant has no desire to put an end to a state hlm « T W ° clearthclr vision with reppect to What a mass of delauions ge to make this man !
up and yet he exaltu himself as a reformer , a staunch re ! former , one who cemo out ' thirty yeara ago , ' to de . uounce the murderers of Petorloo . He has lost the principles Rhlch then carried htm into the Town Hall of Reading ; he has l 08 t the pluck , the doling . For , last year , when requested to becoma a candidate for the representation of a certain town , noted for the manufacture of black gowns and redcoats , he refused , oa the ground that be would not like to oppose tbe clerioal authontiea . Poor patriot J HtB son wbb at A certain seminary , and the father feared ' to damage the future proBpecte of the son .
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The Truth Teller . No . 2 . Stalybridge : B . S . Treanor , Melbourne-street . Contains several excellent Chartist srtwles , too lengthy for extract .
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Arrest cf Mr Gammage . —Another deed of violence , against the boasted privileges of Englishmen , im perpetrated by tho ereat unpaid of Towcester . On Thursday week , Mr Gammage delivered a lecture in the garden of an inhabitant of Towceater ; after speaking for about an hour and a half , the inspector of police came forward and inquired whethfir hQ Btill intended to prosecute his speeoh further , Mr Gammage replied in the affirmative , and the man of office retired to take counsel with his superiors ; ultimately , he returned , seized the speaker , and conveyed him to the leck-up . On Friday , Mr Gammage made his Bppearance before the Dig Wigs of Towcester , among whom wag Lord Southampton , and underwent
a sort of examination . The principal charge , as stated by a policeman who was taking notes of the meeting , waa ' Calling her most Gracious Majesty a pauper , and her ministers a neat parcel of rogues . ' This charge was so serious tbat the mighty minds ef the Towcester benob knew not how to deal with it , and in consequence the prisoner was remanded till the following day , to await the result of Lord Southampton ' s visit te London , Bis lordship ( having it is presumed had an interview with the Home Secretary ) returned on Saturday noon , and on tbe re-appearance of the prisoner , condescended to accept bail for his forthcoming next March at the Northampton assizes , himself in £ 50 , and one surety in a like amount .
The Rbfobm League . — At a public meeting of the National Reform League on Monday evening , at the Portland Rooms , Sir Benjamin Hall met with rather a rough reception by his constituent ? , being frequently interrupted in his speech with cries of ' the Gagging Bill , '—where were you on the night of the division on Che Ballot ? and how are the grouse ? together with derisive laughter , hisses , and groans . Lord D . Stuart waa well received , after which a general ca , ll was made for Mr S , Kydd , who was discovered in the meeting . Mr Kydd delivered an eloquent speech , which was rapturously applauded . Resolutions in accordance with the principles of the League were adopted , and the meeting separated .
The Victims . —Chabtehville . — The inhabitants of this thriving colony have resolved to set apart a portion of their crops for the support of the wivea and families ef the victims ;; and the Chartists and Land members resident in Oxford have deeided on providing a market for any of the produce of the colony . We understand that Mr Kydd will shortly lecture in this district , A Cautious Managkb . —On the closing night of the Lyceum Theatre , Mr CharJss Mathews , the lcBBee , spoke the following passage , in the course of hia farewell address;— If you aefe me exactly what I came here to say , I may safely say I can't say . It is quite useless for me to fay what I have done , for you know it—and it is impossible for me to say what we are going to do , ( or 1 don ' t . In short , being rayself before _ the curtain , how can I communicate to you what is going on behind it ? These are no times for open and advised speaking . '
THE ITALIAN AND THE GEBUAN . The Italian is reckless , clamorous , and cruel ; tbe German cautious , silent , and humane : he seldom strikes bis horses , and certainly there is a good deal ot the German in the horse , ana of the horse in tbe German . The German eats brown bread , bo does the horse ; the German drinks beer , so does the horse ; nay , I hare seen the phlegmatio yetturino take from his pocket lumps of sugar and give them to his fat , contented , docile animals : the chief difference between tbe German and his horse , being tbat the horse doea not smoke , while the German
doeB , I believe , even in his sleep . The Italian dashes down the bill without appearing to care for the fate of his horBes or himself . The German , when he arrives at such an elevation as Westminster Bridge , cautiously pulls up , fixes his drag , and slowly creeps to the bottom , in safety certainly ; and he repeats this operation with amusing perseverance at every hillock on the road . To remonstrate with him would be mere waste of breath . When a hof-tempered man requires to be taught patience and forbearance let him travel five dayswith a German vttturino , who will conduct him prudently and safely thirty milea a day during that happy period .
Atrocious Conduct of an Engine-Driver on the East Lakcashibe Railway . —On Friday week a shocking occurrence took place on the East Lancashire Railway works , at Tunnel End , near Burnley . It appeardthat the driver » nd stoker of the Medusa locomotive were taking some liquor at a neighbouring beer-shop , and had left the engine in charge of the cleaner , whose name is John Rhodes . When he was about to take the fira out of the grate some persons in authority came d ^ wn to the engine , and , wishing to go to the' tip end' at Rose Grove , were taken thither by Rhodes . Shortly after Rhodes had left , the driver , named Sam Whittle , came down to the works , and finding the engine gone without him , he was very much vexed , and determined to place some obstacles on the rails to obatruot the engine on
its return . lie accordingly got three ' tail-boards' ba longing to tbe dirt waggons , and placed them aoross the rails , and fastened them by driving iron picks behind the boards into the sleepers . He then got four iron furnace bars and placedjthem across tbe rails ; and afterwards mare picks , to the number of eight , were struck into the sleepers , with the Bhafts upwards ! By thia time the engine was returning ; and the cleaner , Rhodes , was seated in front of the coal box , the Rev . T . G . James , his brother . Mr James , of Liverpool , Mr Donaldson , the engineer of tbe line , and another gentleman being in the truck of the engine . Some persons having noticed the obstructions , made a signal for Rhodes to shut off the steam and apply the brake ; but before he could do so the engine came in contact with the ' tail-boards '
and Rhodes was thrown off upon the line . Tho engine , too , was first thrown off the rail , but by some providential means , after having run a considerable distance , again came upon them . All the gentlemen in the truck fortunately retained their hold and escaped unhurt ; but Rhodes was 'doubled up' by tho engine , and , on being examined , was found to have his right arm almost taken cff and both thighs broken . Mr George Smirthwaite , surgeon , of Burnley , was immediately sent for , and amputated the arm above the elbow . The fractured thighs were also reduced , and there are hopes that he may eventually recover . Whittle waa immediately taken into custody , and , after a hearing before tha magistrates on Saturday , waBOoramitted for trial . Blackburn Standard .
Alwobd Mdhdeb op an Englishman by Six Irish Laboubeiw . — St Auuns , Saturday . — Great excitement prevails throughout the whole of this district at the present time , which has been occasioned by the following aavage outrage , whioh has ended in the death of an unoffending individual , trom the evidence which has already been taken by the coroner , it appears that a few nights since , a jarty of English and Irish labourers were drinking in frontof the bar of the Plough public-house . Whilst so doing , a man named Field , who was in the house , attempted to pass through the passage , but was unable to do so . He then made ubo of . Borne insulting language towarda the Irishmen , and having acsused them of stopping ud the Dassace . left the house .
About ten minutes afterwards the Irish went into one of tho rooms of the public-bouee , gave a wild BQream . and tMk Uttthe tonga , shovel , and poker , with which they pitched into the English labourers , knocking dowa 6 very man who came near them . The deceased , a quiet , inoffensive man , named Edward Swmei who waa sitting over hia mug of beer , was struck ovet the head with tho ton « s until the b ' eod gushed forth ; hiB teeth were knocked out , his eyes were blackened , and hia faoe fearfully disfigured . niBBon wag also dreadfully maltreated . The Irishmen , on finding that they had become conquerors , started off . The deceased was removed to his hSme , wheve he expired , Tho Iaquiry was adjourned to Wednesday . The deceased was forty-fire yeara o * ege , and has left seven children to moara hie Urn ,
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A priest , in a rich abbey in Florence , named Gruidnoli , being a fisherman ' s son , caused a net to be spread every day on the table of his apartment , to put him , as he said , in mind of his origin . Th c abbott dying , this dissembled humility piocuredhim io be cbosen his successor , and the net was used no more . 'Where ' s the net ! ' said a friend to him the day afterwards , on entering his apartment . 'There is no further occasion for the net , ' said Gruidnoli , ' when the fish is caught . ' 4 How is your wife to day ? ' said a friend to a French gentleman . — - Oh ! moche de sem , ' said he ; 1 she is no better , and I am' fraid ver' little waas . If she is gon to die , I wish she would do it soon ; I feel so unhapie—my mind is so moche unset-tel . Ven she die , 1 shall not be moche dissatisfied !
Death of Captain Marry at , C . B ., &c—The service and the public will learn with regret the death of Captain Frederick Marryat , C . B . ( 1825 ) , which took place at his seat , Langham , county of Norfolk , on Wednesday , the 9 th instant , after a lingering illness . The gallant officer had never recovered himself since the shock his feelings sustained by the melancholy death of his eldest son , a brave and noble-minded young officer , second lieutenant of the Avenger steam frigate , amongst whose engulfed victims he was one oi the first . Captain Marryat , by his graphic writings upon naval subjects , effected many invaluable remedies of old abuses , and introduced a better feeling and code of treatment
both for men and officers than would in all probability have resulted from the most formal and deferential application in the usual way . Captain Marryat was the second son of the late Joseph Marryat , Esq ., M- P ., of Wimbledon-house , Surrey , and married Catharine , only daughter of the late Sir Stephen Shairp , Bart ., by whom he leaves a numerous issue ; he was born on the 10 th of July , 1792 , and entered the navy as midshipman of the Imperieuse , 38-gun frigate , Captain Lord Cochrane , on the 23 d of September , I 80 G , in the boats of which ship the' Younger Son' assisted at the capture of several merchant vessels , and on the 6 th of July , 1807 , at the demolition of Fort Roquette , in
the entrance of the basin of Aceassan . He served in the at'ack on the French fleet in Aix Roads , and in the Walcheren expedition , 1809 . Promoted to the rank of lieutenant on the 26 th of December , 1812 , and went to the West Indies in tne Espiegle in January following . In January , 1814 , he was appointed to the Newcastle , 50 gun frigate , Capt . Lord George Stuart , and in her barge cut out four vessels from Boston Bay , with the loss of eleven of her crew killed and wounded . He was promoted to the rank of commander on the 13 th of June , 1815 . In 1818 he received the warmest thanks of the Royal Humane Society for the gallant and repeated exertions ( most of which were successful ) he made
to save the lives of his fellow-creatures , by jumping overboard , and otherwise perilling his own life to do so . In June , 1820 , he commanded the Beaver sloop at St Helena , and exchanged from her into the Rosario , 10-gun brig , in which vessel he brought home duplicate despatches of Bonaparte ' s death . Subsequently he was employed in the Coast Guard service . In 1823 he was appointed to the Larne , 18-gun corvette , and p roceeded to the East Indies , where , until 1825 , iu the Burmese war , he was very actively employed as senior officer of the naval forces in which command he eminently distinguished
himself . In April , 1825 , he was promoted ( a death vacancy having occurred ) , and given the captaincy of the Tees , 26-gun frigate , on her passage home , where he paid her ofF . He was nominated a Companion of the Bath in 1825 , since which time he had been unemployed afloat . The captain ' s pension of £ 150 per annum for good and meritorious services was conferred upon him on < he 17 th of December last , by the "Earl of Auckland , to whom the boon now again reverts . Captain Marryat was the inventor of the code of signals which are now in use in the British merchant service as well as in the
navies of foreign states . For it he bas twice received the thanks of the Shipowners' Society ; and the late King of the French , in whose naval and mercantile marine it is adopted , conferred on him the order of' officer of the Legion of Honour . ' Attempted Suicide from London-Bridge . — On Thursday week a female , named Mary Chambers , aged 32 years , attempted self-destruction by leaping from the parapet of London-bridge . Shortly after two o ' clock a man who was passing over the bridge
suddenly raised an alarm , in consequence of having seen a female jump into the river . Two policemen who were on duty hastened to the spot , and they saw the woman struggling in the water near the atonc-work of the bridge . The officers immediately ran down the steps on the Surrey shore , and having procured a boat rowed to her aid , and after a most desperate struggle they succeeded in dragging her into the boat , and she was conveyed to St Thomas ' s Hospital .
Murder . —The neighbourhood of Grays , Essex , was thrown into a state ot excitement on the morning of Tuesday the 8 th inst ., by the report of a murder of the most awful character having b een perpetrated at an early hour of that morning in the adjoining parish of West Thurrock , on the banks of the Thames . The report proved but too well founded . The name of the murderer appears to be Sarah Grout , the wife of James Grout , labourer , living near the Fox and Goose public-house , at West Thurrock . It may be fairly assumed that the wretched woman was at the time of the commission
of the act m an unsound state of mind ; among other proofs of which it may be mentioned that she has within the last fortnight attempted suicide , and was only prevented from carrying out her purpose by the rope breaking which she had attached to tackle in the back kitchen for the purpose of hanging herself . Notwithstanding this and other proofs of insanity , the unfortunate woman was allowed to be at large . On Tuesday morning her husband went to his work , leaving his wife at home with three children , viz ., John , aged six years ; Mary Anne , four years ; Jarne 3 , two years . At 20 minutes past 8 o ' clock the elder boy , John , ran into the Fox and Goose public-house exclaiming that his mother had murdered his brother and sister . The landlord ,, John Moss , ran into the cottage , and on entering I
ihe bedroom upstairs , found the woman with a bill iii her hand covered with blood , standing at the foot of the bed , and the bodies of the two children in a dreadfully mangled state , one on the bed , the Other on the floor . The head of the little g irl was nearly severed from the body . On Moss entering , she said , ' I have done it myself , I have nobody to blame but myself . ' The wretched woman was immediately given into custody , and taken to Grays for examination before the Revs William Palin and H . Selby Hele , county magistratis , by whom she was remanded UDtil Thursday morning at 11 o'clock . She stated to the constable that she had intended to murder the elder . boy also , had ke not escaped from her , and then to have destroyed herself . She appears to be about 40 years old , and has a ghastly expression of countenance . i
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BIGHT 6 P PROPERTT W WIHD . Water mills were at eue time , particularly on the continent , included among the regalia or rights of the crows ; and on the introduction of windmills , this assumed right was extended over air as well aa water . A whimsical instance of the attempted exeroise of this privilege is on record . It seems that the Aueuatine monks , belonging to the monastery at Weindsheim , in the province of Overyssei , were desirous of erecting a windmill in the neighbourhood , but the lord of the soil opposed tbeir project , on the extraordinary assumption { hat the wind in that dis . tnct belonged to him . Upon this the monks applied to the Bishop of Utrecht , who deoided , in a towering jmsion , that no one had power over the wind in hifl cuoeeae&Ktf himself . And thereupon he immedia (« ly granted letters patent to the good monks . [ Tho J'ght . ° f property inland is no better founded than the right oi property in wind l
KNOWLEDGE , knowledge Bpre&ds abroad and it is as impossible m ™ uk * « . f- lup' a 8 for tbe f ( " > l t 0 B { ° P * he Danube by filling the narrew channel at its source «! i ™ 8 re boota-Mying out the while , How the people will wonder when the Danube does not
_ . , BBV 3 LUTI 0 N . Revolution is the only remedy mankind have againot oppression . While this right remains in force , not written indeed in the preambles of aots of rarliament , but engraved in a nation's history , a country may call itse . f free .
POETS . & ? JAHEB G&EGO& QBAKT , Poet * are a joyous race ! O ' er the lau ^ bing earth they go , Shedding charms o ' er many a place Nature nevtr fATour'd io ; Still to each divinest spot Led by some aasplclous « tar , Scattering flowers where flowers are not , Making lovelier these tbat are , Poets aro a mournful race ! OVr tho rrosrj eartb tbey go , Darkening man ; a stmuy plsea Nature never darken ' d to ; Still to saoh sepulchral spot CillM by sptcirnl lips aFar , Fancying tombs whtra tombs & * e nok ,. Making gloomier those which aro . Poets are a gifted race !
If their gifts aright they knew ; Pallfttt Splendour , periat'J grace , Their enchantments can renew : They have power o ' er day and night ; life with all its joys and cares—Earth with all its bloom and blight—Tears and transport—all ate theirs Posts are a wayward race ! L ? v « li « 3 t still when losBt alone , The ; can find in ever ; place J iys and sorrown of their own : Grieved or glad by fitful starts , Pangs the ; feel tbat no odb Bharee , And a joy can fill their hearts Ttaatcaufillno hearts but theirs . Poet * arj a mighty race ! They can reach to times unborn ; They can brand tne vile and base
With undyiDg bate and scorn ; They can ward detraction ' s blow ; They oblivion's tide can stem ; And tho good and brave must owe Immortality to them ! Curious .- Since 1789 , bII the revolutions in France have taken place under Popes of the name of Piua . Louia XVI , was dethroned under Pius VI . ; the Di « rectory was overturned by Pius VI . ; Naooleon fell under Pius VII . ; Charles X . under Pius VIII . ; and Louis Philippe under Pins IX .
THB JtJSTICB AHKOTED . A poor feilow being summoned by a Justice of thfl Peace , a celebrated auctioneer , and refusing to show the pompeuB magistrate due respect , by styling him ' Your worship , ' was committed , When released , hfl appeared at every sale where his punieher preaidedi and bid threepence , yoar Worship ' . '' sixpence , your Worship ! ' and so on , till the laugh and confusion became so irresistible , tbat the worthy auctioneer boaght the man ' s absence for the sum of ten guineas .
A COLONIAL PATRIARCH . Died at Wexford , Canada West , Mr Daniel Aiken , aged 120 years , He had , during hia life , contracted seven marriages , and had 670 Grandchildren and great grandchildren—370 boys and 200 girls !
WOMiN 1 H THE CELESTIAL EMPIRE . WomttB Is In a mote degraded position in O . inathan In any other pait of the globe , and her humiliation is rendtrod more compicuom by the estent te which clvl . Illation and oduoatlon havo been carried la ihs empire . Ia no rank is she regarded as the companion of man , bat is trsated solely as the slave of his caprice and passlons . Evoa amongit the females of the highest ranks , few are found who can read or write ; their isduoaUon is confined to th » art of embroidery , playing on a horrid three . stiinged guitar , and singing ; but the obligation oi obedience to man Is carl ; inculcated , and tbe greater portion of their time is spent in smoking and plajlng at cords , Tho women of the poorer classes haye no eda . cation , and can ba considered but little batter than beasts of bard n . A man of that rank will walk deliberately by his wife ' s side , while Bhe totters under s hoary loadi and frequently bqo ma ; be icca yoked to a plough , while her husband guides it ! Those of the
lower classes who are good looking , according to OhU nese ideas of beauty ara purchased by the rich at twelve or fourteen yeara , for conoubines , and are then instructed acceding to their master ' s ideas . The Chinese caanoJ at all comprehend the European mode of treating ladles with rospeot and deference , and being naturally super * stlilous , attribute to devilish arts , practised by the fair Bex , the just appreciation we entertain of their value ; In abort , they consider European ladiea hare an liifla . enoe somewhat similar to tbat ascribed to an evil eye by Italian superstition , Chinese domestics have a very great objection to reside in a European family over which a lady presides ; and an old tradition coincides with their superstition about our females— ' That China should never be oonquered until a woman relgaod in ths far > Wat . ' Some ga ; » hat thia prophecy web never heard of until they Wtta oooquered by the army of Queen Victoria . Ba this as it may , they all contend that it is to bo found insooa ° ftheir oldest wtrka .
Many tractions are extant in China relative < o women ; and amonRo' other legends , the horrible pmc . tloe of deforming the female foot is thus said to have commenoed : ' Tbe wife of one of their ancient empe . rori waa found by her lord and master near the apartment of one of the great officers of the court , who had the reputation of befog very handsome . Receiving from the emperor a torrent of abuse for her misconduct , the pUaded , In her defence , that it was cot her fault , but tbat of her feet , which were eo vsry large , they took her to tbe spot sorely againot her will . The emperor 1 mmediatel j ordered tbe forepart of her feet to be ampu . tated . ' Such Is the origin of ihe cripplod foot , whioh
from this time became the faihion . This horrid and barbarous Jasto is most unaccountable In a nation where the UBdistorted natural foot of woman 1 b the very model of beauty the blgh instep Id equal to the Andalusisn , and the arch of the sol * rivals that of the Arab ; the ancle , whioh in the distorted foot becomes revoltlogly thick , ia symmetry itself . Such a foot , of course , can only be seen among the loner classes , The whole female cbaraster seemB to be completely changed by the barbarous practice in question ; for the countenance ef a Chinese beauty le always void of animation , nnd somewhat ex . preaaive of tae suffering which her ligatured feet m « 9 produoe , while the countenances of uncrippled female * are full of vtvaoHy .
NEAPOLITAN WE 8 THIN 5 TIB HAM . The cosrts are situate in what resembles an anolent castle , with lofty otaira and spacious halls ; when fairly Inside the long publio hall , the dio , dust , and heat were such that I oould scarce recoTer my composure ; a crowd of suitors and advocates and people were squeezing up and down , and fighting their way I knew net where . Ths advooates were continually exchanging bits of paper like notices ; my friend mentioned that many of these slips contained proposals for settlements of disputes , as it was desirable to keep as man ; causes out of the tribunals as possible . Elevated above the crowd sat a I number of clerks in boxes , who piled their pens busily I the professional men constantly tbrust papers before j th « se scribes to copy . Having fought our way down this brig crowded hall , we turned into another off whioh
; the courts bmnohed . The tribunal not sitting at tbe moment , the court was closed , and we stood In the hall aear a shut window . I asked my friend what averiion they had to fresh a ! r ? te replied , thft judges never opened a window , and that often the heat was intoltN able . However , he kindly admitted the wholesome air on this ocoasien . I 8 Don perceived tho man next me had chains on his legs ; he was a prisoner awaiting outside to be tried , a handsome , dark-eyed , young , dissipated Neapolitan , —several rings decorated his fingers , —hi « friends , including two quaBtlonablo-lookiDg women , were about him , and there was much mirth amoBgst the party , and the guards who lounged about jeined in the merriment cordially , The court doors were now thrown open , and all rushed in . Four judges were seated on thebenoh . Tho prisoner described , with threo others , stood in tbe corner , and the preiooatlng official advocate
aat at the end of tha circular benoh before tho judges ; I was introduced to this gentleman , and accommodated with a seat beside him . Tbe priionen had beeB oon . demned already , and were now tried a second time fer the crime of stabbing oommitted in grison . The charge wa g read , theoronrnproafoatorocoailonall ; invltinfftoo attention of the Court to particular passages in tho pro * cess . The chief judgs then interrogated the prisoners ; on every reply given , the advocate near me remarked , ' That is a lie , ' I Uquired what was the use of ques . tioning prisoners in this manaer , when it wu evident they would , in Belf- 'lefsncc , « peek falsely . He replied , questioning was not generally roaorted te , but for such a orlmo as this committed In prison , interrogation was permitted . Ths manner of tho prisoners was flippant and insolent—tkat of tbe speaking judge , loquacious and uadijrnifi « 4 . He told the prisoam frequently h » knew they wore ttHfaur Iks , and tbey ia tarn rtiltf at tkojaSw ,
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THE M ? T ^ J AS nT I T N LIVERPOOL-COMMITTAL OF CUDDY FOR TRIAL .
Liverpool , Tu 88 day . --Thi 8 day the prisoner , nSjWfK ? * T P Brien ' bav « beenin cuatody for the last few days on a charge of supplying arm . to the Irish rebels , and being in othe ? L 8 peot 8 mixed up . intb , the physical force Repealers , wen again plated before Mr Rushton and the sitting magistrates , when the evidence whioh had been taken down againat them was read over to the dw sonera . The depositions consisted of the evidence ot from twenty to thirty witnesses . It waa of a most
voluminous character , and occupied considerable time ia tho reading . The evidence went to prove tn a variety of ways , the connexion of Cuddy with the Irish clubs and the leaders of the rebel party It exposed an organised system of correspondence batween the Confederate Cluba in Dublin , and thoBe in Liverpoal , connecting the prisoner and the notorious Dr Reynolds ( for whom Cuddy had sold the pikes ) with them in their several movements . The fact of Cuddy bein ? discovered with a bag full of pikes , was followed up by evidenoe proving hira to have regularly attended the Confederate and club
meetings in this town , and the public meetings generally where Dr Reynolds was in the habit of apeakios ; sedition . Other evidence of a corroborative nature was added , which represented the accused to be prominently mixed up iu the entire proceedings con * n 'cted with tke intended outbreak . The evidence having been read over , the prisoner , who was represented by Mr Yatea , solicit v of this town , was asked what he had to Bay why he should not be committed for trial ? wken , by the advice of his eolicitor , he declined to say anything . Mr Rushton , the magistrate , then told him tbat it became his duty to commit him to take his trial at the Assize , for a treasonable conspiracy in eupj lying arms to her Majesty ' s subjeats in Ireland .
The prisoner was tMen removed in charge ef the police , and the several witnesses bound over to prosecuto . The prisoner O'Brien waa remanded until Saturday nexr . Tbe Assize * commence to-morrow , a nd tbe trial , which , it is expected , will divulge eorae of the principal designs of the rebels on this side of the Channel , is looked forward to with much interest .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1484/page/3/
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