ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 205, 17 July 1847, Page 2

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

In a long: article in<the Weekly Dhpat A^a£ ihe'3i;d January '-b^'tb^ 1 'tietg&ify gra'tioH^ a'lUea^'p^elief/io^he /amisb? t nff labouring population. pf^tts^BrllishJsiattds, the, writer, takes,, gccasr^a^tqjcoo^er^the prospects tield'gut ,b.y thg iHffexent colonies to the intending emigrant. After^. objecting ,to the Canadasand America on account ofthe " rigours of a elitaSt^te wJfichW^eWth qitft^o^ - frWstfl for four months in the year and is buihat^ufrtf^lh sumnQet, 7 heat» f,tprie#eßting.3ssiotent f ,tprie#eBting.3$siotent tions of tempesa^ure^sxcee^din^ly^pr^jfidicial to the human ' constitution,''. _and_ pronouncing "the ■O a^e !f pf > G J p.qd ;s |fe)pe ineligible on account of \He *n*eat of its cfiroate, and the incu,rsions 'of «hg iCaffreV-the concludes wi v th t|ie followinsuobse^vations .on <&& 1 Mifa'itfFm&Ze^d.ftr^ i, Oui; i Ausiraliaii!tppsse s ssions present of the features, of the Cape." ! They are^ eminently healthy^ "prfrtic'ula'rly 'hot," subject to great and destructive, d^oug^ts, .very-deiectiiVe in their supply of water, but eminently iMapted for the rearing of live stock>.and'tHfe gi owing of "tile 1 * finest '<vd6l.^ Af'tlioigh ' instances occurred^ in.^'liich^oloJiiists.have. received annoyance or encountered .violenpe from the natives, there is practically great security for life arid property in tliese colonies, except occasionally when convicts escape to ''the bush, and become-thelshmaelites of the'popuUtion". Undo,ub.teiily.;Che,.great draMbacfc3«i) tficse coIn^cojnn'ected w-^rhq pen?»lrflet|lerneptsJLtlt. "j,s impossible .to reflect thai ith&igr«at : m««s 'of the 1 consisw'of" des^pe'rate^jrihlinlli or 1 their imine'dfate' offspring^, wi^ioujt* cowing to { couclusioa < tb'aVtSUch.^, ! state.of. ?pqipty must be the result of a Wind, which lit is .fearful even to imagine. Such a systenris~ truly equi valene;to; thY Weationi l Q$ a^riafioiP-^ut of the thieves, pijostijyu^SjV^aj^ iP^ier refuse of all other countries. ~l,t, is indeed ,said that Rome herself was foSn'ded upon similar social ele.menjs,; andritf is iWpossible ttbventeV the large, and. jippqlqus towns of what has been, by a'geographical^ull,£all«d : i ihe 4 i he 4f l il|, qu^r/er of the globe, without aumirinj^heen^qjy^ifc; dusiry, and busines^^CfLna^ijjities of the inhabitants, and being"astonislie i d at the comfort, spleftfo&fS'iana' >g¥eat-Wealih"wT<mH s< me|^ y/» Morah|jr,?nji^ v hq}ie)rty ,jw f e^' oeed ff pc^rp.eqr ail3 r i h'owever^^noi.wl^ris ajta flower- ebb;' and;/ on Jtbe^btf^uai Malfty^whiclt^ VirtuW i»d WouWbPe mfotiifl. JKSJW wrfWt liWd'affopt as^A^cp^tf^^?, VMPMH:>W<\hßlfr i posterity, in(^penden|ly of the' length and ex|pense a of'lfie voyage. Van PLemen's Land, ! NeW South Wales, o or, .Australia Felix, is scarcely to be recommended. .As rr field <<>( e.W',Be .W',8 r iM^ M^TSi sbwob . l sa|wf y«&»r2 land is. preferableric any.t ;Itabonnd<rduowa^v ter/bas'fthe roosi: t^perate^and^eldfQ"ibl§'>clii.q mate in the world, the finest aaWaW'pWtic'-" tive soil-,ioa temperature and natural scenery much resembling the.ftn-es^parts ofaEl)gl#rtd, and is not only cap«ble~of-producing—aeftriy-«ll t^iVfge^ble ( cot9ni6djtfe>,o£;- thAledi^e>V, ? ate and torpid zones, the, best cattle^, the .tines*-, woo|, aii^the finest .gtstn^n/feaeS warhJ^JSut it, the best; ;eu*repot ior 1 1 ndia,* dud wtll/<ote rlongf '' become 'iheiißospitaHfor 1 -fiufdi/esid^in^icft" fcomrhat^do^ririeH^'and^tlie depot fcr is se oa troi>ps».Hbal«'-ape ! f : «inneV. {1 "EVfl, fun of just 'principles and WV&I djre?tu>flsj. erects New Zealand into an independent colq-

Ny, and coufers upon the settlers, the inestiraa- , ble advantage of self r gpyeciiment*, t ajid esta- ; Wished polilicai institutions. No longer sub- " ject to become^lie victims of the incompetenf c$ of- the- successive 'gpvteinqrs vil/o have been |in'flicjted on ihem, ti the energy and, enterprise ■ot it 3 . .inhabitanU . .will develbp the entire resources oi those' firi^ ishinds, their flax, taUow^W6l,,'grain, timber, minerals 4 , and " fisheries; ana ultimately raise them to become the Great Britafh^of W& South. The natives , have indeed be^ii troublesome, tye'qause they . h^ye /been cheated by the Europeans ; but they are industrious, intelligent, and naturally 'scalable of appreciating the superiority of civilisation; and the admirable scheme 'recently a lopted by Earl Grey of sending emigrant (i regiments. to New Zealand, . with their wives * and! ohildreß-, td defend -the lives and' property of the settlers, acid rnc'rease the' productive "jaowers of.tlie coloiiy, leaves, littje to be desiderated in the way of .security against the inof native barbarians. — Weekly Despatch.

JMie general .re-introduct'ioh*of flax "cultiya:tion into Scotland is cxckuig* qr eat interest in Aberdeen* -Forfar, and other parish'/ <■ planting i)a^ been introduced as an at Port 'Natal.* iiCheproalucp per acre is. said to he 75 per cent, more than in America. *> • - . -"V (1 , ._' The postal 'treaty ■ betWeen^ '^ngland and iPrussfa has |jeeir arranged," fffisi\l\<Mtne jfcto operation an {he.first, of Janjuary ,ijex^ % . THe uniform rate of postag^ob'etweenr^etwo-'cou'ri-tries- is fixed for sixpence --under I'the1 'the half ounce ; newspapers, oii^-halfpeunyy ,, '/ ' „ The, King of, Bavaria. has.^updJed^ ajt^the Univer-sity. of Munich a .German Cbair^of Chinese language and literature^ amd'ap*po(nted to |he ' professorship Dr. Neumann, who was long a- resident in "Canton.. ,' „ : Messrs, Lame, of Cork, have pocketed £11,000 duties remitted, on foreign corn, by ! taking advantage of the flaw in the new Corn Act, whicl leit , one ,day between the old and; new duties unprovided for, -, ; . , >~

Notei.- and Expej^tveKuel.— The Ta-< ffus stdamer, on J her last' homeward frojn $c Peninsqla, left' Lisbon without hay- 1 ing, trom some mischance^ shipped her usual lullt.ijpj.ly- of elak'<~ -Her fuel consequently, failing ' sott»e^spaVs, o&c7,'*'ere0 &c7,'*'ere resdrted, to, and ; then 1 , to make up the *Je'tfcy!ncyj. two tons . p/| chejstnuts, . partiiofr her cargo,. were. sacrificed' to the devouring element,- before' reaching Pty- , tnouth. She call ell at ihdt port, and' took 'm ' u supply oi coals, to enable, her ;^o Complete her vojage to Southamptop.-^rJfam/^Airc/n- , dependent. " '•/ r ■ • / rl ' ! ' '

A Steam Boat* Packjeq ik^BoxEs^jT-^je understand, that- Me^rji AlifJer<flßavenbi]l, aud j Co., have jast completedpife a' novel ndanfnery a beautiful little sieamer lorl'be Austrian government, iul^p([^(l to bY einployeil in the canal* of Venice,,, and, .occasionally, in. fine weather, on the Adriatic, contiguous to that ronianiic cny. She is of- iron, 7O'fe'et long, 12 feer b£ani, ha ! s L a rudder ( at, each end, and her internal arrange^nents V. e / e . made \yith an eye itoi^the accommodation of persons! of distinction. This vessel 'was 1 p'lrf-tfp in'fraime'in the usual wav ; the.plaiei' were all prepared and'"a(ijuslVd,. the ca^binV were conp[pleted J , 4&c., 4 &c., »nd then the "whosle v was. taken to- pieces, packed in boxes, and put oil: board a ship boand fdr Venice, but now in the East India Dock?.

A Remarkable M^jfc-pAt .astern perance meeting h'era"riof long ago iiTAfabama, Colonel Xehmanousky, who had tfeieu 23years a soldier in the armies of Napoleon Buonaparte, addressed the nreetiag:\.l-iHjß:aose before the audience, tall," erect, a-nd- vigorous, Wh^ the glow of health upoft his cheek,%n'd;s&fd, "*You see before 'Jfbu a- maa oXseventy years oJd. 1 have fought twohtfitdredijattles. have ffour,r r , teen' Wunds, en', my' Body, Kp^|ye^'th'irjiy' days on horseflesh,' .sis, the, bark of^i ees.Xoc my br€ad,y*now and icebfor my drink, the canopy' ! iof ' heaven for "itt^ • cfovering^ w: thoUt stockings or shoes on mV feet/ and with only a few-Mags for toy, clothiug. . Iv the des^ts of Egypt I hav| marched for days with' a burning, tsuw tolpon my naked • head, fee^birs^ tered^in^e bpri^iiig sand.'andwitß eyes, n'cjjstrils, and mouth v fi(]fitfjw^'d^s^»nd .with' t , thirst^ip-^orrae^tVag that 1 have opened the veins of my arnj and racked my bwn blodd ! % Do you ask \afvt ''l-'cftuld^'have'suryivyd all th^VorTrbr^? I; aifsw^^h^e^t'tpi^ providence of d^, , j^owe my preservation, my health and vigour; >to- thi* lact— that Sr never drank a drop of spirituous liquors iii iriy| life ; Hbd^ J c^tiHne^' We,'**} B'arqn £arr y ; J chief of the medical sta'&'pf tn'e French, army,." has stated,, ira»r a» a fact, that-6000 survivors' 1 wW-««fery returned from Egypt, were all of the^i'iife i b>ho'; ( > I li>ta i ned frogi' the u's«'of l ar.;

?•• • I'h b»H o LKsr."— What stountis are these ? (^s)c?,, .a Writer .in. '£laswocd'onkbe %iL*ym i and htgtSnd* of Ihe :RW^r Tliam^ 1 ), , [Iht, , steamier rufakd shot «long -during- my -reverie, ' strong- Vj?iBel»< mobrtd in the centre qf tb r e'ti;f; ; i v«r, I looked, aQdt^rre.was more (ban a ' |

of the p»st,' it .was, the past itself—here; w*a a m*n ; ii», f )bij» primitive stale, as h.e had issued from" the forest, before an, axe, had cropped its brushwood* Here^l .saw perhaps five hundred ofjny fellow-beings, no more indebted, to, the frippery of civilisation. than the court of.Carac^cus.—Bold figures, da ing brows, Her-; culean, alispes, naked, to the waist,, and, with skins of the bronze. Cast in metal, aadfixed, in,a, gallery, they, would, have been an incomparable rank aqd , $\e of gladiatorial statues, < -r- l !Jrhjß ) c,ap^ajii,tjft j hp jiteame/ explain.ed^trie pjienornenon. T.ueyj were, individuals v^ho : , for Wdiitpf a clear perception, pf , the line, to be drawn, between n\cum ..and ttmm, had been sent ou this., half-marine lull- terrestrial ser,vice, r to, Reinforce- iheir .morals., , They; were now serving their ( country, • foy digging, sand and de^p^ning^lie ciiaiiuel oftlifi river,., t Xhe scene of, their.^ patriotism was called the ■f',hu|ks,". ai|d; the patriots ihemselyes, w.ere , lje9 4 Knirply ( desigiiateiI r felons. — Before I, cqujd, i jriye,/»i)other glance, we hc^d shotalong, and, 1 ,to riiy t>urpi ; isf, L heard, a chora&.of thejr voices in the distance, f again applied to ifty Cicerone,r who taUl, me that, all other efforts .having, failed^ to rectify their moral faculty, i,^ missionary singing-master;, ha.d, , been sent (Iqwjj anqopgst them, and ; ,was rtppfted jto b.e 'raa^ingjgreat progress in.Jt|ieir; conversipnrrr ,t listened to the sounds as they followed oil ,lhe breeze. I, am not Fqmanjtrc ; say no more. < The novelty ,oC;,thi.S; style, of jefpr^auon, struck me^ it^as ope of the evidences of national advance. >; * . ;; -

r. Q ixurip^i.' France. ■^-Ex y tract r ,p l f ..ayleUgr, dated Paris, December 17. — " ' Gentlemen, I ,am ajcgusecf of being, a religious^an.;; lean* not de,ny that .1 consider It :m,y ..d.atyi *o ,Qbey the ordinances of the Church to the utmost of my power.. But, gentlemen, does that disqualify mejrpjm the privilege of serving you? Ami necessarily, a bad .municipal, councillor 'because lam a gpqd Catholic,? 1 hope, gentlemen, you will not, reject me. because J have what some of you thi^k, the weakness ,tp be religious,. and to, .fear, God., Have I not, the same right, to, be devout as others have. to scoff at religion?,. Have! I not .the same right to attend Church on Sundays and,, hobdaVjS as others Jiave te, refrain from^so doing I //Gentlemen, as impartial men, you cannot ,^ay ''no,.*' ; tq these questions. And if,', gentlemen, you reject me because I love and revex>ence our holy Church, you will proclaim that in this land of liberty a man has not J(( the ;liberty. to^be^iojus —^you will Jay Apsa tha^ with all .our liberty ,; we, hav t e not the liberty to,-wor-ship God, though we have the liberty \o scoff at his holy name!' 'These remarkable sentences-are [iterully.transjaied from the report of aspeech delivered a few days ago by a candidate for the offLe of municipal cquuciljor^ in one,, of the districts of Paris. Reasonable as was/every sentence — just as wras his argument —^derisive laughter, accompanied his w;o,rds, and a, chorus of jeers greeted his ears when he sat down> And when came the voting this candidate was rejected bjy a.largq^ajqrjty of his.feUow-c.ifi* zens, as uuworthy'of their confidence in the municipal council. was^held un,w;ortby, not, because he is- of -tain ted, character) for his y»li,ole career has been spotless;; not .because he- is, poor, for he is a man of large substance ,; not because he wants taleir, fp t r no, one ,was. mo^e^ qualified ,than l he^j'or, ihpc,ooc§ -he sought ;, not ;becausej he is ; not liked by hjs neighbours, for no opt is more, spected'; butsirnplj »nd exclpsjvely becafts.et he follows the dictates of his conscience . by. showing that, he ieacs God, and endeavpurs to obey his commandments !" , - .„,*..

Importation of Lo<ju«ts, — We have just, seerv part ,of a cargo of. this article'imported, from Spain; ,bj } M p. felfer, , t H arbpjir^ street. It is the second cargo ever .brdugh{. | t,p this^co^iury^the.fiist, having ; come to. -the J^ e . -P"l!i §P?9 c^r» life 5 g^^V^er.qf sl»«rjt> .Oor^is^, The name would ipdicafts tjhat tlie aj;-, I tjicle was ,the,<iried, pestiferobsrinse^ctjjwe reajjl !JiTScript^e.; H ',lt is : ;not so, ; howjfVer.> j/The!' !nrtJi«le ds a^yegetable;? jq shape apd s^wb^tjipce, irwern^ai^uciljy-gestgar^e^bea^ t T|^ ; 45p-, ■ilouiy howfvgr,;^ dark, ti browfl, t ,,w ( si. \n,vQ&y {preserved look, and it tastes sw.eet.-sp.rneihJHg^ .like the daj^ Itjs said to be u an -excellent feeding for cattle,, and s,eljs at about, the same.

The Mxitß-K Wives of «©evcsg»w. — A cinity of the Higli Street, became "the object of attention to a gentlemari named Mr. . At length he begafifTo'^fnFSc had made the desired impression croon the, heart ol'thg fair, dame, and he jproppsed and obtained her con-sent-to j name .aa jcfeniii^f; when^theyi^liaiild • meet -finally tcadjutt) matter* fdjr"tll&jr!depar-. tore'td k distanc/.' Thenfglit' ( ( aec^i^ly' T |iV-; riVed,' the couplr met', and. ev^fyji^ihg pfppijious for., the, en(erprj?e. Iti)W**.consiliered) prudent/, however, ,tiv piostpone! lfar iftg ? th» ci»y tilla-Ute hour, and in 'the mWrtintb h wkf resolved to* have' Soinetiiing comfortable., l^e [Cttect pi ,Mi<^gejajtle.nia.a s potations were to) coji»ign him tto arm* of! Morpheus; when the treacherous Dililkh^ previously pW

and bared most completely one* side of his hfad, rubbed his face with a strong Solution of nitrate of silver, and then made heir, escape. Nejtt dajciMn — appeared like a. "blue devil/' but, the cause of the wondrous change beginning to be gossiped about in the locality, h. 1 . has disappeared. — Glasgow Argus:

j WtoA!FiWU<i« Mesmerism DOir^We extract the following remarkable statement from a letter dated Bbstoth ;(.United States), 'the 4th ult. :rrr-"rAj curious discovpty hits recently . beeiitfroade liecr-rrfviz;', that by inhaliiig sulphurjc 1 etjwr for; two - or ' three. minuses,- the patient may be thrown into a st'atrof eatire unconsciousness for about 1 the same length of time Hqrji)* which the mostserieus op^ra'iion may he perforrired Mjlthont suffering. -Dr. Morton;, of Boston', a dentist, iha« 'tried'it about two hundred times with almost uniform succpss. , It has also been applied-at'the'hon-pital in great operatioiik.. Dr/ Hay ward last , we^k cut off, a Jeg above the khee^for a white .swelling, i The- patient, was'perfectly'unconscjpus, undithe oper*tiiin, owing 40 bef' entire pas.siveness,! was performed with unusual .ease. •jLiJms in a- few cases failed, owing ptobably- to peculiarity of constitution or temperament, or want.of skill in.the adin'.nistraiion.-^— Ga/ii/hani.

. ExTRAORbINARY/DISCLOSURES. — 'Late Oil Saturday /Sfi'emglu,. or early on Sunday* nrorh- ' ing, 9 party- of Imaii/isupposed .0 Ire connected witk thejGhain.makeiV Uuion, effected an! entrance byv .breaking .onenVthe chain 'shops of Mr. PdrkxNVof Rrierly Hill,. wjhen theyrriali I.cioxtslylcut and, destroy edi five pai*> of <b'el?&ws, ,his. property, .v A bewarHof!rfe'2Q?liaSs'be&'t'^fferfed,, for i t,he,apprelie»sioii oi ) the 1 partiesKSngaged in this outrage. -/It appeatf'thiits onto of the men. implicated im this, aiF«iit>4s'krM#W, having; left Iji.i hat behind him in Mr. Pdrk*s ! s prerathesi Connected with the Chafivniaicers* Union, the following extca'ordinary siateirient Jias been published, to.tghow lite' manner 1 hi whi.cht.the ./money, subscribed by the members of the. uuion. is disposed o;f* How the^eiret transpired we know not, out-, the distilostfi^e .•trHsJyopeo'.tb'ei eyes>t'f the'worlAnen who subscribe .thein'hard e-irflni^s fot-'such ujfamous purposes :-m .. -i j-j ".• >- <• -> Cuttiygd2o paircof bej{^9, M £l e;.ch../ £120 j Cutting two horses, 'throa^ ? Jis .e^uh. :. f . ,10 1 Breaking twenty winclows^.lOs. each . . .,. ( 10 -Buriin^'iwo' ricks dc/\vh, £.s 'each' ..>...." " 1 New.'buildmg'cashier'* house & sWftabtfut ll 2 f-Vf -V Ditro qoilectori's. house 'Und shop, about . .' 160 r 1 .Total ; . .;.': /.«. . .-. t i ' j63lb believe: tb^t^he attention oil the '(jroyenW _me.ri,t wjll be imraediatelyucalled to yhivlsub 1 ject.with.-ih^viewyiof adopting, energetic m'eiasqres fo counteract the spread of -sb'daiigertfu'S a com.binatioß.-rrr - Wolv'et-hampion \Ghrdhictb.' '■

A Cutting Retort. — From another va? let, Lord ,Thuiib>w received a still more cutting retort. Having scolded this mee«< ihan for, some time, without-^receiving any £nswery° h.e .concluded bysnying, Vil wishiyoirtter?'^ hell."« The terrified,. valet at last' ex6lairlie I d i , " I wish I was, my Ijord'! I' wish' l was:"i^Lord Campbell. ., k \ t . .<■';: . • <■>

1 - A The BoGTC'CoMMissioN-TTT-Oft $ recent fn^lyuM the f Central Criminal Cow,, a Vety pretty little girl, aged apparently about eleven-, wa_s,putin'tojth.e witness box. The offence 4rith w^bjch; the, prisoner Was charged iwas -gcaW, a.o/}! the feted ib« lily, q! the wJUitess'jw'jrs'iif-jgrs&at importance. Tire Judge wished to a\sQ£ftain jyjhfttherjthe.-HtttaMy V understood the nature. ofiAn^oatjb." r^So.fcbeV following- dialogue jflfcts sedv between hint i«<the iior&e. hair >;WigJ aiitd her 19 th« ( <sbtt>i,ug^lrioglets :-4*" My de*ftr, ( do you say your prayers ?" *i Ye,s &W, everyi mor-s Oing and night." i " Suppose you tel'Ua sttny, vhs£. will beconost^Uf;you ?'' <;V.!Old 'Bogy wiH have. me, sirs." r " hei'A\w be mvi or u,VJudge.iianiis^ornsJiemas.;' audUhaKki tocher evidence, ai ve^ill-lookLng gentleman-is at . tJiiso-.moment .whefciiugi.ia r barrow in^'Norfolk? ' Inland.. Her ansivef s setllliwjiidge thirikm^V and^ the result has^beeqiii Commission tirf»«ri!qui,re into- the Bogy Religion', the^ J^ilUish .iniijd; >^h«-Jotlowing /fevidehce^ha*' tb~een< ta;ken £f.odd, >.is c s&>y«aiWosd^ ; Hasf Ji©>erd j of [ifipgy* .■ < bljeverd -saw-hira I ," Anti hcipes. ! ,sh*e nej^erii shall, r 'iAVas'atold all^sbgiit> hjoi.b.y . Jane, thefirndid,:,th'iitrletJin tliC'iia^ ;who stole t he. plate. v h J^ae aised ito teUh;dr iof'" ;hjj^ e^ery ? ,nighf, u J[a)aej always) us.c.d totbrjjgu ien ..A«filif4»!»«ißJgK E^ysbejcoiildiaQfog* Jlo; sl .i e Pr « JSfMrj- rj.drbfitlijlaw^i landiscratph^ed aljUhe jjjesh».off s l*itle, girls JWjboa P^ijCe f h^eard [hi/oa^. rp^yig fit*, a tlije.j«9ir4 V v afcwL -T^tts^Sle^mifJ liedj s ]ast bi^yay. 4 iftascl»ft«i^f»£i fi ?gX»o b 4f ..4°9S lol o n ,°A Vrfti^V jKe.B,Qgy ijteb)*? papa's , Imu^q^half a'^^m^uchpft^ hfr > does 3 fpr &he>/ B9gy|a^g£an<lgß|imn^^s, h^.dpu^., . j.Tba* -■iSitii drp^'ulp.^ogy, gr^jid^ampaa's.' . (/ Neyer.saw> hi l9A^^! saw M jl}er gr ( atii)g ef|the_wJi)d.Qw:,Mo.wo^. iij^jie^elk is,, 0o Jhaugbt jjyia>s»wbisjiojrns, coflae ri out one ,4 l ay.,\>h,ei);,he threw »», st^ixe, dowij (tjje we] \ T ,, tliEe& more.'

along^-time", and^onY ktiow whjf'^e'ift spoken/td'ttbouVttfnk^ If J she is to'spekfc about bhn, I hegs !j she' | Wia t y' ! bfe t'rfk^n up a'ntt'i'nirsed. (The rest of 'tliis 7 witness's answer wasCgive'n in whispers.) Bogfiaf'i 1 great, hornd f ' I hlik;eti, black' man, who.is 1 cHaihed 1 ill the cellar', jo chop up little children into sausages. Believes a little cousirt of hers was chopped up for teU Jing a fib. Katherine Eatnshaw, "examined : Is seven. L 'f here was a Bogy in the barn tf hen slfe waV with her' aujit in "Yorkshire. One night when she had pinched the servant, she-wka t; ken into tbe darlT'biirn fof'Bogy to seeher. 1 Screamed dreadfully; Bitt they ma^e her go. ■ They 7 took her to" the cnilpfde barn' aMd 1 "raJie'd * Bogy,' and in d mbriiel)t''sh ! e saw^ !wo ! dreadfai J eyes, )kirfire, lookfrig'at'Htr, >snVi*'%vh> g^ea^-wingssfretcließobtJ' ' Bogy beto hiss kt her 1 , and Sarah saiduliat in another mih'iJte" hie would have' torn' her ail sto5 to • pieceW/ only 'she was takeiiaway.' Her aunt, ' whw'j 'she^heard of it, laughed; and tolil her it was-only'-ths- bwl; 'bit Sarah said, upstairs, thc't it was a dreadfufßogy^ari'd that he would certainly s haVe her l atint for laughing. " She 'briedddreadfully when they put her to'beil, and wouldn't go again to her "aunt's Tiot for all'the world." '^ Mary Jane Howard, examiiie J d :—: — -** is J seven" and' three-quarters. There is! no Bogy in her mamnia'kJioifse ; but Ann; the -riu'rseytorffc lief' into the' churchyard once,' and tnade'h^r look into the vault's t , under the -churjch. ! - l Looftfog' through the' window, she thoa^k'rids 1 of coffins," and Vometliing else too •' lf'she must tell, it w !^ a dead p'erson i3 who s> {rad Ci liceh t drowned^ 'C^tilll "»ol b^efif to 7 look "at the face;' but Anil "tolif her "tfeere -wts' a Bogy,- wiiih 7 rlactriihg eyes,' : w^iking about the vaultV, arid that he would fetfch her and- 'tie 'her-fb 1 the "dead person, 3 ifsh'e told about Ann reaving her and going and Waiting wth ihe'Vo'dreY. I ' "Never did' tell".' Never liked to go to church _ after she was shpwn -that sijjbt.-'-'Fler'mah'jfhVri'ever frigdtehs'her, •she tildo'MM.— Albert iBuUtVB'' lt 'fy[an' in the Moon:*' lL'J' ' - '" ; - '"' '' "

• "SLAVE ATJCTIdN'Sc'&NE ht } 'A.&sRlC'A..r4" 'IftitHe wihtef^fPl-B^o^n(P4l, having b'usT'mjss'in Wefstern Virginia; w'here'thiSj)ecul^ir •institution flourishes in'its'imldest' >f (be it'ire'nfemberfed'Wasat" faii lime deposed "to auti-slaveiy principles,) Dec. 28xh','"l 'footla* myself ''at' iMartihsburgh/'th© county "slat of 'Berkley'; 'About 10 o'clock" of ,tfte aforesaid day.'l^obs'erved a crowd congregated itfth'e public square^ in from J of a superior-lpoting •builUing', which had very much l the a'jspea\ance of a- gaol, as it proved to b§; On'enquiring bf niy'landlord the '^atf seethe m'eeU iiigy^he sard it 1 was li a hinftg' 5 /*" in otlier words, a negro sale, as I afterwards, To^ttcf t?»at'» number were "hired for life.' I^alked (fb^n^othe market; sitftT'to ''obtain Wbett'er view, I mounted a large waggon in 1 th'e'ktrfee't', (iirectly- opposite to the sfa'nduf the auctioneer. who' 1 hard 1 commenced his wotlc. &c 'wwanas n a large man, dressed in aristocratic style, wls a profusion of raffles, 1 gol;l finger ' ringsy vratqh seals', -and last, and not Ipast, 'a'lafge ji'hlpi 'VaHehl'lfy' divers 'a-'* loaded whip."/ J ThVlfiring 1 understood to •b'e v oiai / nuinb^f i of slaves oFa-cerWn 1 ej.tateVwlri>"'were" Hired o\it' from year «b ! y ! ea? fotliehigh-est bHder» for the b<& iiefit s p'f riffe Kefrk ' J TKeaeXUes take' j)lace beiw^h'<Chri^mas;and the- heW'yi-ar^tfie^ii'pfii da^s — quitef a fecreiitidh for' the sjaves wlip are'tVchaiiige mks'ters^- '• A'fier'a riamlieVhad been 'disposed of 'in this wky, >! the crier nnn6unce"d'th J a^he-w<)Trrn HN 6ffer for' sain six slaves. He'theh put r up and.So'h.' 'The' old man w*s i»ear%i3ity ( 'y l eaTS J of age/a^crip^e 1 j iheson was abourWenty-three;a perfect'Vp'e^-Cjmen-ofniari. ThVre'were present two Ge"orgia^slave (frivers, \vho bid' eight hundred dolfec^s 'frfr- bbtli. When the crier rfmarke'd" ir w ; a's f k :3 sniarT bid- far both, the GtWgiaii replied / hfe^'wou'T'Fgtve eight hundred without tiie^oTdf man^isKh'e was 'bf no account. 4 "; TfteLVbuei^ man gave the bidder a lobk 'that' \Vdaid '$&o sh'an?e.l'Uh>'tlevil • ;he old' man WpVbitterly. j/r-he^oii sold 6n thef- bid f 'ahdHhe father Was jsftld'fof Vixty. dollars to an old farmer Vhu ha\i never kept a slavs in his life." TPniis,' iathit afia'-WH'weVe-sepa^atea^ l> Tne he^^lise/waA MVgirl," fifteen ' \&r«ioj: 'agev "fAtd!, hfr'ed^ofut^o aHrVrer^/indi}!^ duals the past year.) Shejwas brorfglu' crying ujjoiyhe-^aj^ rl^Vrauj : pa^h, to stop" he?]'* blubber>«g;" with the sale. -* — * — • — She' was sold tor,a hun^diand^fty^llifr*. tj»it f /oirta2y!6ilng^w4tit«f -wbiflaH,.' Sixteen 1 ' years ,ojd\lwitli ayouug cliilvJ^ :f cs'ay whiie^wdtaiifj ibecnuseithe' auciionefe'r said; she was-'only^one-eighth ■ black J'aird 1 havexseen rn^fny tit th'i' falrigirlsiols Ohio who ' could • not, boas ;i df as fair com pi ex ion,- or -as gbod ' figure ' or I'eatWfet ' Scliej^inre upanj<ihe>,staud 'with her HilfaflHu* jher arms t .iLn!thd^dfcepest "'A 'gt*ffle^° !mafofi«ihdj.! maf0fi«ihdj. bad! takert' his^seat ' beside 1 m& setving:tl£at)L was: much iwjet«»ted, reniupk&rf' ne -tlicu^htil wasjaistranger -iuUhat WunQryi 11 | I;ans £ .w.erßd't'6at-vl!was. -.J*. These^thingSit^atbdditobjffcu,.'"s AWHiey do." „Siiit}.lie^^.^jt, .Siiit}.lie^^.^j ti B jsteothai 'iriain ;n dtowd,'* ' pi|UiHng *>oU>\i!4 > wjnhih;aifesss,jmc«*s;of the st^nil, ii^Dr^ G-^oqJie'hjreJthkf girl laid year^au'dotlxit' l

j? r JP $!W'» 0 ?P bi . < ?nf« u Fiifo < it^i|!jQ.e«r- [&'?,» I' 1 ) 1 Xpu.r, huiii^lr^?^ .and&ftyj, th.c girl^aM .a piercing, ,g)an.ce ,a(t^fj ; o^i{^he,r eyj^s jr^ted on Elr.-.G.^^viho Jn^^nUy^fiye^d^ i ius..Jace. mQpnt.nt, yieq burst [^o a.tojrent, <^f te^r^j S>l\e .off to .the. p.eorgiajj.^'T,^ps,jJke child jan<| |ts mother |olclju^o v sQsafb.« i fiJ Jbomjjjge. My! .God! jthcjDgiit Is, if it ppssj^le,?* I.wascureil of my j)r^-sldvery i>nnQ\y\fts f i?-£iflcinnata He-,

' , .A p<Di|To ) R.rT : T.he'King ( oC ; Bavar,ia is 'about to s.tar,t a jiewspyper, tumour says he is to, edit himself. ,We ;^an imagine the K,ing i^iyi,ipg : op"the , thron,e, .wi&hi an.jm.mense pa.ij",pf sjcissor^s" ia.^oije; jiand^and the' paste brush in^he pihi?r., J , N >\ritingJiis Zfttixny, whilst 't\)«j.prijite! 's d-,v,i ( Os .kfitcyng P\ jhe, gate of the palace, cal^njj ,foj, t ** copy.'-' is&\s\ Royal Majesty scarcely the, pains, and penalties, qf an ediipr yet,, or.efce h£ ,wqpjd not.be^o apbiup ( ns of,, rushing; Jjito_'newspaper ad; liorsl^p'. „„„.,,;,.; How will hp Jike^gpenipg tbrpe hn.tijd.Eftd letters a day— eyer^y one of them finding fault with some portion, of his v papgi,? , , r>;,i ( | How yyiji he like beiog Jqnockeji up 1 at three o'clocjt iii the' Dooming, to, come, down to the office and open an eajp/ess^ . a,. <~ < } How w.Qu'dhe like,colle,cp9g<hi%sjjhscfip-' tions, o^. answ^ing his^,/:prre i sp A on^ept's enquiries — 'lyEe^ep h.is.^ajesty^wjll b^grjaciqusly,,ple|s ed^tp ( take,,^ {hei^,§ubscript,ionsj in coals, candles, Gerraai?,, sausages, • ;sau^r '^raut/seljtzei'. water, pr^Bav^y^^be^r ? /Jl0 |> : 'How* he,, like some ci rage,d author >qr< angry actor of \\\s Royal Theatre, p^pugilis.tic member, a German Gran dey,; Berkeley j,,entering his office, and, not. kjjawjing ;he, )is;the King, laying the horsewhip across u hi s?jroy?(l klioulders, lor some smart pefsonajity^or witty criticism f . •. . „. , ,;.„,, How, wilj he like.bejng, pro^cute,4> for a Ji.-| \)e\ \ Tjar Is 'h«, i prejp^r > ed\to puti^th,^ plji pjeaj *'* the ! lcing can do no wrong?" bscAqge-th?' sameyara, would applyio grammatical .errors, ; false syllogism.s, errjqneqi|S' quotations, and &\\ soirts.of xio^jnse^ tjiqtjgh it i^. : ve,ry dpubtlul', whether, hi^re^ers^ , would , ta,ke .excuse, , ; »qd ; might ppt write to his B/lajesty .to, stop send-, ing in «the' gaper, nyn v .r(l,. r(l , v •»•■-' ! flf^s h'^s, /fully * weighed ,aU;.jhese' possibilities. ? ; Has ,lje^ also tjipug.ht about .the 4 Cpu'r ( t Cirj^l^r,? ; He ca,n hardly, w,ri^e t,i)4t ■ himself, thpugli to be .sure no one could. know! w,ej| a,s f <hiots l elf wfbat {lie; King .ha.s.jbe.eu "4?AsE? v".u ".W < Ae'l^fci'»A e ' 1^fci'» S*yA w ,s swvkimgr JR?». ( .*Ragb|"JSi-;.l l l* Wmstf down f wri.te such ijiformauon t the.,fpllo\y- . ■' l is : r-, :-?',': ») 't ,'»*' --. -* « '«• "•* : i VjTef ter^Y[ his. l^aj^sty ,>7,ent. : to. ,th,f pr ij\t 7 ( ing^ office,^n^w^qte^poupjeof the n)o,§t*sun> ; ningje'ader^. >J; tj „;,,, ] ,Mif i "In (he aftenio^jiis; Majesty toflk^awalk ' rn,theT^ng]ish (Grard ( e t i^ and } ,r^ad. t>WjO. dpz^n manuscriptjs.", , , , , , . k , ,r, r , ,'', His din«d . in. ,the M ( a^jniiiian Saal. ', The^ foreign edftqr A and, thje^Jjoniion a'tid Indian corre,spQ^de ) nts, J hadxth 1 e ) li i qno,i}ri.of dining wi{h.^s v ' *^«-" " Hjs %jest,y .4ea ,in 3 the. : £a!va.tar St^qu^s^, aiidtr^i^ac^q,^psin^s^ witl^Kis ?&b> " Int the/eyenhig^liisf' M ajes.jj[ jyiqnjoagairi to the^pylb^ggVo fep^fygdj ,d^.h^4pff I^QWr of frog^'^hUsf w^iin,g )( f.o j s-,.h}s H?R?r)” -ty* Majesty alsp^ h^tfcp mea^4n^e,j to Ludwig the great,' as i: wejl as P a/CrJAicism; Upon Uy t As j;'he^M</s%^X,vAn^cAg,exrT pVess liad not yet oping u^, A .lais ) ,Myes,ty,|w§fit \qoe L firs^pw r fo'rmanc^.o'flhi.gra.nd^ .pper,a K i,a si,^ a.q.^, l p;f Dtr Katzftjamqipi—^ libretto by tj^e ,%}s& of B^yari^. A^ter'^i^e % performance; his \}>^i-^ jesty walk.cd (o s the newspaper office, t^wr^e, bis' notice, a^d there^tm> aj^|g|fijhp^ ccrrec^ng bijs, proofed, His -M al^t^wjqn.^ v TJ}f(&^of pap^-lj^evpr^wiiL °t n , ] y p»*»%*?"*fe! i ?ft?4ji i i.: < fflrfß/iPx-»« ?«%^ %{J^ ?!B?¥?%jr oi v«i'*i, J,*»' f hjsMajff^fiJLßut u ? „M t t^ f^C;