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prec eding Sessions, he never indulged in hose declamations which led to measures or aryerii y against other 31embers. (Murmurs on the left.) Reaides, M. 11. Consh.nt is an adversary very easy to deal with, for he has written so much that his own productions always supply an answer to what he may advance, and perhaps we shill tiol a proof of this in the present circumstance. (Sensation.) I maintain that AI. Benjamin Constant does not possess the quali ties to entitle him to a scat in this Assembly, became, to be ad mitted to this tumour, he must be a Ftehebnian. Now this must be the case is three says; by birth, origin, or naturalization. You cannot admit hint without attacking one cf the prerogatives of the Crown. tor it is the King alone who can confer letters of plenary naturalizatinm N. him jamit. Constant is not a Frenchman by bi r th. lie was born at lesusanne in 17 4 7. But is he a Frenchman by origin ? (hi ibis point I can consult no other doeutnenti than those turnishol by himself; for, on this occasion, he has enjoyed imocent, but perhaps sruuncratical pleasure of producing to t!ie Bureau his genealogy (bursts of laughter), and this is what wr Earn from this said genealogy; viz. SI. Benjamin Constant descends front N. Augustin Constant de Rebeque, who lift France in 1603, and entabliihed his family at GAlefil. Ile bad a son born there in 1833, named David Constant, who tilled several important posts at Deneva. This M. David had himself two sous, one of whom entered into the service of Hollend, and we have seen one of these descendants commanding the Allies under the wall( of Paris. 'a' he ether remaiaed at Geneva, and like wise there filled some important of :he was living in 1731, and stied in Pith Thus M. Constant de Rebelse ends in all his ancestors citizens of Deuces, established in that pine!, in DM. The proof that he Iran not by his origin the right of sitting is French assemblies is, that In 1738 31. H. Constant i • dressed an application to the Direetsey, to obtain hi. recognition as a French citizen. Ills de mand was rejected. AI. 11. Constant then presented a petition to the Council of Vire Ilundred, praying to be declared a French citizen, trbieh was not granted. AI. Duda. Men proceeded to examine the reports presented to the Chamber of Deputies, when M. Benjamin Constant took his seat in the Chamber in 1817 and 1819. and contended that the Chamber hat' been led into error by those reports; anti after advert ing to the causes which occasioned the enitgration of his ancestors in the year lank concluded with the wonlii—‘• You wished foe notoriety; let it fall upon your head ; you are not a Frenchmen, and you cannot sit in this Cbamber."—(Strorg seriatim.) 31. the Reporter—l must justify the Bth Bureau from the re proach which has been east upon it. (Mane voices on the right, It was not intended to attack the litireau!") The Bth Bureau (continued the Ree-utor)after having examined the docunients sub mitted to it by 31. B. t.onstant, determined to propose and admis sion. However, being apprised that M. Dudon had made re starches toucning this affair, I asked him for thou -11. Dudon—When was that I Al. the Reporter—Yesterday. M. Duslon—l could rot then give them to you. 11. the Reporter—ln the absence of• these researches, the bureau felt itself bound to act under an authentic proceeding which proved that 111. IL Constant presented himself before the proper authorities to obtain the *auction of the law. We were igoorant that his ances tries had quitted France on any other than religious grounds. (AI. Dam, in the course of his speech, affirmed that -• the ancestor of 31. B. Constant quitted France because he was accuied of the crime of high treason.. (Profound sensation, consternation on the lA.) And this fact, continued 31. Dutton, is disclosed to us by 11. B. Una:ant himself. ('Liming the honour of being admitted among Frenchmen, he strum: in his petition that he was descended from an arrestor who tuel been banished Iron. Fraser tin a cause of which he could not but arprove. inasmuch as he was implicated in a pro ject formed by me Protestants tending to establish a republic in France.") (Renewed sensation.) 31. B. Coestantdemanded to be heard. (A great many voices-6' To-morrow, " No, no, speak now.") M. BAonstant—Oentietnen, the Assembly will excuse the de tails into which I shall he obliged to enter to prove the inaccuracies cf the assertions of the Honourable Member who spoke last. It will SECU3O also my want of preparation, for I only vaguely anti cipated the attack that was to be made upon me, and 1 scarcely thought that it would really take place. I have besides nixed all my 4M111•0(11 in the bureau, and l am thus disabled from bring i.,g forward a great deal of matter with which I could oppose what has been aildresicd to you— ( Many voices—`• To-morrow, to-morrow !" A great many mem bers quitted their seats and left the bull, when the President &aimed die discussion adjourned to the following day.) SITTING Or THE 27TH MANC.I. _ r, to-morrow !" Others-- This Sittiog hod attracted a throng of spectators ; the privileged end public tribes wen occupied before the P.esideot had taken bla stmt. Xl3l. Mechist, Casimir-Perrier, sad Dem:, all three re Cos. tuna. ham a long and animated oenver.atina. MM. Foy and 11. Castan. entered during the reading of the prvces rerba. Tl.e latter carried under his arm an mamma map of papers. M. I tertut accosted him, aad spots to Wm tar 'ewe time with consideralde warmth. Afar semi preliminary business had been gone through. - al. B. Constant ascended the tribune, and began by thanking the Atusembly tor the delay which they granted him on the preced ing day. lie confessed that delay was necessary to him. Attacked le his capacity of a French citizen—attacked in his honour, for they amused him of having deceived the Chamber and the Reporter of ISlS—attacked in the memory of his &thee, whom (said he) they bad insulted in the grave he could not have controlled an emotion which might have been injurious to him. Any excess from that cause, however, was no longer to be feared ; and he thanked the Chamber for having given him time to investigate the facts of the discussion, because frump those facts must result his justification, and the woof that he possessed the rights for which he centeaded. Al. R. Constant dim mentioned, in answer to the assertion of M. ilMtieta, that no foreigner could sit in the Legislative Chambers without letters of naturalization, that M. fluinont, at this moment a Peer of France, had been a Swiss officer, had never received let. ten of naturalization, and did net need them, because he was the descendant of French Protestants, who were oblig; d to quit France in coosequence of political troubles. 31. B. Constant thou quoted Art. 22 of the Lew of the 15th of Deceamer, 17911, which is thus worded :—.••• Every person born in a foreign country, related in w:taisoever degree to exiles banished on account of their religiva, are declared eaturalised Frenchmen." hi. B. Constant then pro. seeded to enurnerute Carious facts and circumstances in support of the right be claimed, and was left speaking when the Eivik went to press. rnicss OF BRITISH Btrtk Stock 3 per Cast Reduced, 3 per Oen. Cans. 31 3 Si Inc Cuss 4 per Cent. 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TChi.+l)lV. !Lerch 31). will b. pertomed NATIV The Prlnejail Characters by Mrosy4. .iiirlair. W. Fa: nen, Cuoper, Van eett: Lbws AWNS and M. fres. To eunelode with TIli: HUNTER U►' Tit M.PS. TIfEATRE R 01,11„ ENW,ISH DYER:;-HOrSE. MR. MAT!' ENS AT HOME! On THUR:DA V, April I. and SATI:RDAT. Ith his ANNUAL LECTURE on PECULIARITIEs. CHARACTER. and MANK►:II ; rounded on Observationsand .Adventurts during his late A TRIP TO AMERICA. In Three Parts Pier In.— Monopc.l)l..gite. railed ALI. WELL AT NATCHITOCHES. All we I.steetert of the Evening , . Entertainment to be represented by Mr MATHEWS. Wort tJ be upend at Se. en—Performanee begins at Eight o'Cloek. II .tee to be 'siren of Mr. Stevenson. at the Bug Oilier. Strand En trance. fro.n Ten till ►'ive. Pledge rennet putnibly be kept after half-paat Eight ..:Chrek. Tee Mt. T tut Pessicommeoced put:a:ilium yesterday morning • at Five o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY. Wilma 30, Ins. The only intelligence of any interest in the French Papers cf Saturday, morning and evening, which came to Land last night, is the report of tile proceetlings in the Chamber of Deputies, a translation of which we have given l in another column. It appears that the French Ministry are not contented with the over*helming majority which they have obtained in the elertioos--a majority which affords the best comment upon the corrupt Whence of the Crown, and the e . ..slaved feelings of the peopkt they arc even anxious to drive from the Chamber the few liberal and distinguished members who have heretofore given a slight tone of freedom to the Fr:inch opposition. In our yesterday's paper we noticed the paltry exception taken to the admission of General Foy. This point was merely technical, and the question was adjourned till for 26th, when, however, the Glieral was admitted, and the mini►terial party transferred their petty malignity to another distinguished member, M. Benjamin Constant. It was objected to this Gentleman by a M. Dudon that he was not a Frenchman; it seems that M. Constant was born at Lausanne in 1787, and is a descendant of a French Protestant ancestor who was compelled to quit France in 1605. M. Dndon insisted that M. t'onstant, not having obtained letters of naturalisation, was inadmis sible to the Chamber; whilst the latter contends, that by the law of December, 1799, he is declared to be a French man. That law is couched in the following terms:— '° Every person related in soy degree whatever to those who were exiled on acclunt of religion, • declared natural Frenchmen." In 1791, the claim of M. lisinjamin Con stant's father, to be received as a French subject, was ad mined by the Municipal Council of a provincial town, and till the present unworthy and cleTicable effort, no ques tion has ever risen as to the full and perfect right of the Liberal Member to the privileges of a French subject. The discussion on this qu.ation was carried on with great animation *luring the sittings of Friday and SatuniAy, hut we have not yet learnt the decision of the Chamber. This proceeding is as curious as it is contemptible, dis playing at'once the base spirit of the Chamber, as it is now cons•irutrtl, and affording the plainest indication of the humiliating conduct which it will henceforth pursue. If these things do not cause the French people to look about them, they deserve to be both laughed at and enslaves!. Fermat Ft.i WlWl—Pwuts, 3l aaen 27. Five per Cents. 183 f. riOc.—Loan of 1823, IR.—Bank Stock, 131417 f. 541c.--Ncapolitan live per Cents. in francs, 1011. 50e. ; in ducats, 99.—Hentes d'Esp. 24—Royal Spanish Loan of 11123, 14 —Exchange on London, one inooth, 2.1 f. t,Ue ; Ditto, three inontht, 251. Coat . : Authentivat, Mardi t 7. On the motion of Mr. Plunkett, the Attorney-General for Ireland, the " Right of Sepulture /341" was read a se cond time, and ordered to be committed to-day. Mr. Plunkett spoke at some length on this important question. Ile styled the Bill, with, we fear, a little too much of the amplified oratory of his cauntry, "a great charter of reli " gious toleration, by which every person of every per " suasion was entitled to the rites of interment accordi:ig " to the solemn ceremonies of his own Church." The Right lion. Gentleman Rotted, that he proposed to repeal the statute of the 9th William 111. c. 7, which took away the rights of sepulture from Romati Catholics and Dissenters in the abbeys and convents which were formerly consecrated. But a clause was introduced, limiting the repesl so as not to trench on those grounds which had become, in the course of time, the property of individuate. Lord IVelleslev, Mr. Plunkett stated, was very anxious that the Bill should pass, and had devoted to it much of his valuable time. The excellent Nobleman at the head of the Government in Ireland is, we know, more than anxious that every just and necessary measure of conciliation, suited to the en lightened spirit of this advanced age of knowledge and toleration, should meet the fiat of the Legislature, so as gradually to destroy the barbarous code of proscription that for ages has been spreading discord and degradation in Ireland, and at length restore something like harmony Sod gc.el government among all classes of hie Majesty a Irish subjects But it is impossible that the present abor tive measure can have received his approval. Such a Bill, we unhesitatingly say, is an unqualified insult to the Catholics and Dissenters of Ireland. It is like every Bill • of Mr. Pl'inkett's that affects in the slightest degree the monopoly of the Church: it wears the face of fsirced and ungracious concession, and is clogged by the most odious and unnecessary restrictions. The Irish Attorney-General al way's legislates with the harsh spirit of a High Church Inquisitor: his Bills arc drawn up as if they passed the jealous ordeal of his friend, Dr. Magee, the haughty Beckett of the Irish Church. The present Bill, as we said before, is not merely ineffective ; it is clogged with re strictions that are downright insulting. No Catholic cler gyman will submit to the degradation of appearing in a suppliant mendicant's garb, to solicit from the proud par son his written permission to celebrate the funeral rites over the grave of one of his departed flock. A simple repeal of the prosciptive statute of the 9th of William was what the Catholics and Dissenters looked to. They ex r pccted to have their rights to the peaceful repose of the grave established without any encumbering restrictions, such as are imposed by Mr. Plunkett's Bill. The pre amble of this Bill recites—" That whereas, by an Act of " the Parliament of Ireland, passed in the 9th year of the " reign of King William the Third, intituleil, an Act for " banishing all Papists exercising any ecclesiastical juris " diction, and all Regulars of the Popish Clergy, out of " the kingdom ; it is among other things enacted, that no " person whatever should, from and after the 29th of Dec.! " 1697, bury any dead in any suppressed monastery, abbey, " or convent, not made use of for celebrating divine ser " vice according to the liturgy of the Church of Ireland " by law established, or within the precincts thereof,' " under pain of forfeiting 191., to be recovered as therein " mentioned?' And the pseamble adds, " that whereas! " it is expedient that the said provision should ".tc re " pealed." The first clause of Mr. Plunkett's.Bill acconl ingly repeals this odious statute, with a proviso, " that " nothing therein contained shall authorize the burying " any dead in any suppressed monastery, abbey, or con " vent, or within the precincts thereof, where the same " have not been within years usually employed for " such purposes." So far the Bill is what it ought to be, a simple repeal • and we expected to see a declaration of the right of Catbolies and Dissenters to inter, without in terruption, in consecrate t- ground, follow in the neat clause • but, on the contrary, to our infinite surprise, we find it ena cted, " That from and after the it shall and may he: " lawful for the officiating minister, .lee. upon application " being made to him in ieritiag by any clergynian or minister . 4 of any church or congregation, not being of the Established " Church of Ireland, duly authorised by law to officiate " in such church or congregation, for permission to per- " form the burial service at the grave of such person, in " the church-yard of sucb parish, according to the rites " of such church or congregation, to grant permission ac " cordingly. Provided alwaye," this insulting clause goes on to say, " that such permission for the perform " Ince of such burial service at the grave, according " to the rites of such church or congregation, shall " be in writing ; and that, in order to prevent any in- " terruption of, or interference with, the celebration of'! " any of the rites of the Church of Ireland, by law csta " blished, such interment and service shall be had and " celebrated at such time only as shall be appointed in " such permission by such officiating Minister of the " Church of Ireland. "Thus, by this arbitrary clause, the church-yards are shut against the Cathode and Dis senter, unless the jealous minister, on humble requisition previously made to him, chooses to °pea the guts ; and, without his written flat, no interment can take place: he may seal up the ground ;--he may refuse the permis sion altogether; —he, is not bound by this Bill to concede that permission ;—it still remains perfectly discretionary with him, whether he shall do so or not ' • he may evade the doing so, or name such banns for the service as would render the concession worse than nugatory. Many of the Protestant Clergy are not residents in their parishes at all ; bow, under such circumstances, are their written consents to be obtained? Is the body of the Cathe'ic or Dissenter to remain above ground until the clerical absentee is written to in France or in England for his consent, and either • gives no answer at all, or at the end of a fortnight or three weeks, at length makes the slow concession? There is no thing in the Bill to supply the dedrieneies of non-residence, nothing giving the (7a:lmile or Dissenter any relief in case of refusal, nothing making it imperative in the Protestant Clergyman to give his consent or negative within any li mited tune. But by this obnoxious and insulting the church-yards, which by king sessions have been ' invariably open to Catholics and Dissenters, and where, though the solemn ceremony of the dead was inter rupted through Dr. Magee's intolerance, the right of burial newer, in our memory, was refused. are nose closed up, and a single interment cannot take place without going through the revolting preliminaries scribed by this Bill ; and sepulture cannot take ace at all but at such time as the jealous Rector, in his igh discretion, tnay appoint. The Bill, forsooth, subsequently enacts, " That on any such permission being withheld,' " the cause siaall be specially declared in writing by the' , " Minister ; and one part of such written declaration " shall forthwith be delivered to the person making the " application, and one other part transmitted to the " Bishop of the diocese in which such church-yard " shall be situated, and shall he by him transmitted forth " with, signed by the Register of such diocese, to the " Lord Lieutenant of Ireland." While this tedious pro cess is performing, is the ('atholic or Dissenter to remain unburied? Or what retnesly will the surviving relatives have in this distant and slow appeal to the Castle of Dublin ? The fact is, this Bill is worse than a mockery ; it is framed as if incntled to wound the dearest feelings of the Catho lies and Dissenters of Ireland ; it is, in one word, another edition of the abominable Tithe Bill. We earnestly hope it will be strongly opposed on the commitment, and marked by the reprobation of the entire House. Measures such as this will not pacify Ireland, and Mr. Plunkett, from his long experience, ought to be fully aware of that. This Bill, if it unfortunately should pass, will create the deep est indignation and disgust among the ('atholic clergy and • people of Ireland, and the Dissenters will regard it in the same light. We have dwelt on it at so much length, be cause we know that the question is a most agitating and important one, and we hoped to have scca it far differently settled. We most earnestly hope that the recent specimen of the manner in which the authority of a licensing Lord Cham berlain may be exercised, wilt tenet to rid the English drama of an interposition so despotic, and so unworthy of the nation. The Duke of Mostraose is, of all men, per haps the least qualified to decide, even for himself, much less for the public, on any claims connected with genius and literature. lie has a deputy certainly; but no man can think with another man's mind, and the duties of an appointment in its nature intellectual should be discharged in person ; it differs in this respect from the many other sinecures which his Grace has so long held, and under which he enjoyed so ample a share of favour and emolu ment. It is not difficult in this way to account for the distrust which the Noble I)uke must feel towards any one wlao consecrates his genius to any subject connected with patriotism, or sends forth any opinions in alliance with public freedom. And yet this ought not to be. There is no one who more requires than his Grace to learn what are, and ought to be, the sentiments of a brave and gene rous people, or the maxims of a virtuous Governm.:nt. His patrician studies have never been turned that way ; but this is no good reason for suppressing them. His Majesty's pr. sent Ministers, moreover, have earned, and we hope will long continue to deserve, a fait share of popular confidence ; and he has no just right so to exercise his prerogatiee as to make it be believed that they are galled and kibed by every honest sentiment which finds its way to the stage. His Grier, besides, owes a heavy debt of gratitude to the nation ; he has been long salaried on the public purse, without any return of service : and the consciousness that he has thus become wealthy without any merit of his own, should at least have made him just v:wards merit. wherever he found it in another. There is no one more jealous of his own patrimony, or more alive to any attack on chat he conceives to be his rights, than himself. He has evidenced these enviable qualities more than once. It is within our remembrance that be enjoyed a complete ascendancy in the districts of Dumbarton and Stirling. He wielcls, we believe, the sceptre of his Lieutenancy over both counties. But when, on the death of Sir C. Ed mondstone, two or three years ago, the inhabitants of Srint.t NO, smitten with that love of independence frotn which his Grace so sternly withholds his heeme, resolved to rescue themselves from the supremacy of his influence, cad to return a Member of their own choice, he considered this determination as no better than a trespass on his poli tical property ; he looked on 'these independent voters as so many poachers on his manor, and he accordingly girded up his loins, mid set his whole force in array against the usurps . Ihe men of Stirling. however, com menced the contest, and carried it on with such vigour and planless, that they succeeded in bringing in Sir Home Druntinotal, to whom his Grace himself could have DO other obj.ction (for Sir Home was a Ministerialist), than that he was brought in by the Whigs, in opposition to his wish, and in the teeth of his influence. Ile could not brook this triumphant invasion of his dominions. Ile took offence at his Majesty's Ministers, that they should suffer the principles of liberty and the Constitution thus to beat him on his ewn grounds; and, like a wayward child. he resign..( the Lord-Lieutenancy cd'S-ri ael NG, the votes of which their supineness had put it out of his power to com mand. His Grace, however, permitted his anger to he soothed by the usual emollients; and, after a short time, resumed the power, of which, in a freak of resentment, he hail divested himself. Can this LORD CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD do otherwise than consider the upright intentions of a dramatic writer as the precise reason that should induce him to withhold from the public ear the sentiments to which they gave rise? If we hail many such " Guardians of this chartered land," we might close the door of our theatres. But we trust this will be the last of the line. THE KING. WIND/OR S MONDAY, MARCH 29. The weather being fine this'afternoon, his Majesty, ac companied by the greater part of his visitors, took an airing in his carriage, soon after two o'clock, to the Royal Lodge, and various other parts of Windsor Great Park, and after wards returned to the Castle to dinner. This morning, soon after breakfast, the Duke of i'Vel lington and Mr. Secretary Canning left the Castle for London. ...... Yesterday evening the band of the Royal Horse Guards attended at the Castle, and played sacred music during the evening. The Duchess of Kent bad a select party at tea on Sun day evening ; among the company were, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia, Prince Leopold, and Count de Moltke. We are sorry to say, the Duke of Gloucester was ItO disposed on Sunday as to obliges his Royal Highness to l keen the house. His Royal llighntss was better yesterday. The Earl of Liverpool has been confined by indisposi tion for several days past. The house in the King's Palace, Sr. James's, set apart by his Majesty for the future London residence of the Princess Augusta, having been completed in the repairs, alterations, and improvements for her Royal Highness's reception, the Princess left her residence at Frogmore, near IVindsor, yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, in her tra velling chariot, followed by two carriages and four, in which were the Princ:ss's domestics. They arrived at her Royal Ilighntss's residence soon after twelve o'clock. In a short time after, her Royal Highness received visits from the Duke of York, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Saphia, Ike. The Princess took leave of his Majesty after dining with him on Sunday. Accounts from Hanover say, that the people hope to see his Majesty there this year. Th, Lord Lieutenant has signified his intention to visit the city of Limerick, and lay the first stone of the new bridg" about tolbe built there.—Dnidin Frerntan's Journal. It is said that the Marquis of Londot derry is itnmedi ately to have another regiment in lieu of the 10th I lussars, and that Lieutenant-Colonel Quentin will be allowed to exchange. A statement, on the part of the 10th, is forth with to be laid before the public. Sir Colqohoun Grant, we understand, has been call-d over to attend the investi ration now pending at the Horse Guards, relative to the loth Royal Ilussars.—Dablin Frermuu's Journal. The Marquis of Londonderry has given 1,0001., and the Marquis of Donegal a similar sum, towards erecting a new bridge in Belfast, which will connect it with the county Down.—Dublin Parr. The Led Mayor has appointed a Special Court of Com mon Council fur to-morrow (Wednesday), for the purpose of taking into consideration the prcpriety of petitioning Parliament against the renewal of the Alien Act und:r aoy modification. ...0.-. JOURNAL Or A lICOXh VOYAGE Vol THE DISCOVERY OT • NORTH-WEST PAVvAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC Performed in the Yearn 1831.23313 . in the Fory and Hes la, Under the Command of CAPTAIN WILLIAM EDWARD ?.l.s. [Published by authority of the Lords Allmiralty.ll of the In a work so full of interest, and in which every page is ' replete with the most philosophic and amusing information, little more is left for us to do than to make such extracts, for the amusement of our readers, as may enable them form some judgment of its contents. It brings an wee.- ' sion to our knowledge of human nature which every re flective mina may turn to account. We will not, how-ver, take up that space, by any remarks of our own, which we are sure will be better occupied with insertions from the narrative itself, which will furnish much higher gratifica tion. We will bezin with the that arrival of a tribe of Esquimaux, and with Captain Parry's first meeting and subsequent intercourse with them. On the mOrning, of the tirst February it was reported to me that a number of strange people were seen to the westward, coming towards the ships over the ice. On directing a glass towards them we found them to be E.quiMault, and also discovered some ap pearance of huts on shore, at the distance of two miles from the ships in the same direction. I immediately set out, accompanied by Capt. Lyon, an otFeer from each snip, and two of the men, to meet the natives, who, to the number of five-ard.twenty, were drawn up in a line abreast, and still advanced slowly towards us. As we approached nearer they :maxi still, remaining as before in a compact line, from which they did not move far some time after we reached them. Nothing could exceed their quiet and orderly behaviour on his occasion, which presented a very striking con trast with the noisy demeanour of the natives of itdson's Strait. They appeared at a distance to have arms in their hands, but what we had talent for bows or spears proved to be only a few blades of whalebone which they had brought, either as a peace-offering or for barter, and which we immediately purchased fir a few small nails and beads. Some of the women, of whom there were three or four, as well as two children, in this party, having handsome clothes on, which attracted OUT attention, they began, to our utter astonishment and consternation, to strip, though the thennmneter stood at 23 deg. below ecru. We soon found, how ' ever, that there was nothing so dreadful in this as we at find ima gined, every intliviiinal among them having on a complete double suit. The whole were of deer skin, and looked both clean and comfortable. _ _ . ..... However quietly the Escpiimaux had waited our approach, and still continued to conduct themselves, there was as little apprehen sion or distrust visible in their countenances or manner as it was possible for one strange set of persons to evince on meeting another as soon, therefore, as we had bought all that they had to sell, and made them a number of valuable presents. we ex pressed, by s':gns, our wish to accompany them to their huts, with which they willingly complied, and we immediately set out together. On our way the Esquimau: were very much amused by our clop, espe.ially by a large one of the Newfoundland breed, that had been taught to fetch and carry—a qualification which scented to excite unbounded asto nishment ; and the children could scarce contain themselves for joy, when Captain Lyon gave them a stick to throw for the dog to bring back to them. A child of five or six years old, thus amusing itself, on such a day, and in such a climate, formed by no means the least characteristic figure of our motley group. An old and infirm man, supported by a stick, which indeed he much needed, was soon left behind us, his companions seeming to take no notice of his infirmities, and leaving him. wallow reluctance or apology, to find :As way home at his own pace. When we had approached the huts within a few hundred yards, three of the Esquin:aux went on before us, baring previously explained that they were going to confine their dogs, lest, being frightened at our coining, they ,should run away. When it 's remembered that these habitations were fully wit'in sight of the ships, and how many eyes were continually on the look , out among us for any thing that could afford variety or interest in our present situation, our surprise may in some degree be imagined at finding an establishment of five huts, with canoes, sledges, dogs, and above sixty men, woman, and children, as regularly, and, to all appearance. as permanently fixed, as if they had occupied the same spot for the whole winter. If the first view of the exterior of this little village was such as to create astonishment, that tiding was in no small degree heightened, on hecepting . the invitation soon gi .on us, to enter these extraordinary houses, in tile construction of which we observed that not a single material was used but snow and ire. After creeping through two low passages, having each its arched door-way, we came to a small circular apartment, of which the root was a perfect arched dome. Front this three done ways, also arched, and of larger dimensions than the outer ones, led into as many inhabited apartments, one on each side, and :he other hieing us as we mimed. The interior cf these presented a scene no less novel than interesting. The women were seated on the beds at the sides of the huts, each having her little five place or lamp, with all her domestic utensils about her ; the children crept behind their mothers, and the dogs, except the female ones, which were indulged with n part of the beds, slunk out past us in dismay. The construction of this inhabited part of the huts was aimilat to that of the outer apartment, brio{ a dome formed by`teps. rate blocks of grow, laid with great regularity and no small art, each being cut into the shape requisite to form a *obi:Lo ad arch, from seven to eight feet high, tit the centre, and having no support. whatever, bat what this prieciple of building supplied. I shall not here further describe the peculiarities of these curious editites, remarking only, that a cheerful and sufficient light was admitted to them by a circular window of ice, neatly fitted into the roof of each apartment. We found our new acquaintance as desirous of pleasing us, es we were resits , to he pleased ; so that we were soon on good terms with them all. While we were engaged in examining every part of their huts, their whole behaviour was in the highest chgreee orderly, ropectful, and good humoured. They eagerly received the various articles that were given them, either in exchange for their own commodities or LA presents, but on no occasion impor tuned us for any thing, nor did the well-known sound of "pilletay once escape from dam. Al'e had also great reason' to believe that these people possessed in no ordinary degree the quality of honesty, a quality time more desirable to us, an we had on shore, besides the house an I observatory, di our boats and other articles, which, had they been disposed to pilfer, it would have required all our vi. gilance to guard. If we dropped a glove or a handkerchief without knowing it, they would immediately direct our attention to it by pointing, and it the owner had left the hut before they . discovered it, would run out after him to return it. Numberless Instances of a similar kind occurred in the course of our subsequent communica tion with them, some of which I shall hereafter have an opportu nity of relating. This account is accompanied with a plate, containing a well-drawn " Interior of an Esquimata snow-hut," which we have no doubt is delineated with great fidelity, as it en ables us to imagine the scene very correctly. At an early hour on the 2d we set out with a large party on our proposed excursion to the huts. The natives received us with great cordiality, though with somewhat more noisy cam?, *ions of pleasure than before, and we soon began a more minute examination of their habitations and furniture, in which they ' readily assisted its, except that they always put very closely on the deerskins which composed their beds, tinder which were stowed such articles as they were least willing or able to dis. pose of. They sold, however, a great number of their things without reluctance; and it wits indeed astinishing to are with what e.,gerness they would, for the mere sake of change and va riety, batter some of their most indispensable articles for the codes• trifles in our pi:west:ion. For instance, a tangle sewing needle, of which they pus teased abundance not muds inferior toour own, pro cured front them a large well-sharpened panne, or man's knife, made of stout iron, for which, in point of absolute utility,. a hun dred needles would not have been a fair equivalent. Various other instances of the same kind occurred by which indeed they were not ultisumely losers, though they certainly would have been so had lour intercourse ended here.. _ dined in the huts, and the Esqulmaux gladly partook of our biscuit and meat, and even of a little wine, which however they did not relish. %Ve returned on board about sun -set, much gratified with the interesting clay we had past; haying laid the foundation of that perfect confidence and good understanding which, with little or no interruption, afterwards subsisted between us and our new acquaintance. I hi the morning of the 31, a number of these people were ob served to set oft over the tee to the south-west, to bring, as we conjectured, either some more of their people or of their property from their last place of abode. On walking out to the huts after divine service, however, we found they had been seal catching, and had succeeded in taking four. The very small quantity of food which they had in their huts at first coming, consisting of a little venison and the flesh and blubber of the whale and soil, in duced us to suppose they had left some of their provision behind, and that they would return foe it as occasion demanded. But we now found that, eren at this rigorous moon, they were entirely dependent in this way on their daily exertions; and that they had only removed Into their present quarters on account of the failure of their summer's store, and of the greater facility of obtaining seals at Winter Island, than where the sea was mote closely and cootinually frozen. On the 4th a number of Esquimau: came to the ships, and we took the of portunity of getting them to go through tie process of building a snow hut for our amusement and information. From thy quickness with which they completed this, our surprise at the sudden appeatanye of their village ceased ; as we now saw that two or three hours would be more than suricient to have completed the whole establishment just as we at first found it. They were then taken on board, and derived great amusement from our organ, and from any thing in the shape of music, singing, or dancing, of all which they are remarkably fond. Nor can I here omit a striking instance of the honesty of these people, which occurred :o-day. Sonic of the gentlemen of the Heels had purchased two of their dogs, which had the preceding evening made their escape and re turned to the huts. After the departure of the Esquimau: to. th.y, we were atirprisol to find that they had left two doge carefully tied up on board the Fury. which, on inquiry, proved to be the animals in question, and which had been thus faithfully re stored to their rightful owntirs. It is curious to Had in these savages that innate honesty which is so rare in civilized society, and which is among the first and strongest characteristics of an elevated and honourable mind. 'l'hc great aim of all established insti tutions iv to make 'nen hottest, anti the great object of all our penal laws is to keep Meta at and yet, in thts. untu tored tribes, this first-rate vii tun appears to be instinctive. What frith u: is An. great but rare charm of social inter- • coarse, is With them natural ; they seem ednearaillti alb exercise of it ; and thus attain, apparently without cart, what all the complicated machinery of government has hitherto failed m acquire. • The account of llggliak , who becomes, in the progress of this narrative, a personage of peculiar interest, will be extremely grati fying to all who are fond of studying the female zharacter in all the various shapes i 4 whieb it pee wits iteelf in the various condition/ of society. On the 7th I paid another visit in tho hots, where I found scarcely anybody but women and children, the whole of *nun, with the exception of the two oldest, having gone cei a abaft es emotion to the north-eastern side of the island. Otis if the women named Illgintk, a aster of the lad Toolonak, who favoured Oil with a long, struck us as having a remart ably "eft voice, an ex cellent ear. iii)d a great fondness for singing, for there ban seareele any stopping. her when she had once begun. We had, on their fires visit to the ships, remarked this trait in Ili:tholes disposition, w she was hrenit g for the first time to the sound of the organ ' oftof t which she seemed cever to have mouth; and aimed every day she now began to display some symptom of that superinity cif tinder standing for which the was so remarkably distinguished. A few of the women learned several of one names to-day, and I believe all thought its Angekoks • of a very superior class, when we re pented to them all round, by the ellidetance of our books, the names of all their husbands obtained in boded the preceding day. in our way back to the ships we ea* a Piety of them, with their dogs, returning MT the hill from the north-eastwarl ; and we af terwards met another of right or ten who had walked frond by the south-east point on the ice, all alike unsuccessful, atter being out in the wind for Six hours. with the thermometer from eighteen so twenty-two degrees below sm. Thus hardly slid these people obtain their daily subsistence at this severe•eison of the year' A wolf being caught in one of the traps this evening which was sea doer as to be evilly watched from the ship, a party of the °di cers ran out to secure the depredator, and fired two balls into the trap at once to despatch him. Finding after thin that he continued to bites sword that was thrust in, a third shot was fired eat hint. The trap was then suelciently opened to get his hind legs firmly tied together, after which, being considered tolerably secure, he was pulled out of the trap, which, however, his head had scarcely ckiired, when he furiously flew at Mr. Richards' throw, end *add certainly have stone tom some seHoits mischief. had not that gentle man, with great prese7.ce of mind, seized the Wood in his tutu by the throat, "queering him with all his force between both hands. This made the wolf relinquish his first attempt. and Mr. Rieharth only suffered by a bite in his arm and another in his knee, WWII, on account of the thickness of his clothes, were happily not severe ones. As for the wolf, be prudently took to his heck, &mid two of them were still tied together, and being favoured by Pie tin- t mentary confusion occasioned by his late rent-mare with .Mr. Rich. • ands, succeeded in escaping his peanut's. He was hued dead the following day, at the distance of three quartets of a mile Rom • the ships. 4 in the nth re sere visited by a musical parry of female*, consist ing only of a few individuals invited for this purpose. A number of the officers asse.nibled in the cabin td hear this vocal concert, while Mr. Henderson and myself took don the notes of their songs, for which, indeed, they gave mit every opportunity, for I thought they would never !cave off. We afterwards anius,sl them by our little hand of flutes and violins, and also be some songs, *kb die whole of which they were extremely well pleased. I feared several of - them, and especially Iligliuk, would have gone Into dui with de. light when we introduced loin our song some of their names min glesi with our own. While moat of newel* thus employed, Capt. Lyon took the opportunity of making desisting* of some of the wt men.especially To, ckit.. the prettiest of the petty, and perhaps of the whole villa-. . She was about six-and-twenty scars of age. with a far s more oval th an that of EINV:IM3U Xin general, very runty eyes and mouth, teeth rentarkshly white and regular, and poesessisg in her carriage and manners a 'degree of natural gracefulness whi ch email not be hid even under the disguise of an Esquimuse woman'. dress ; and, as was usual with Togolat, the dirtiest face of her whol, tribe. Her husband. Ewes-at, a little ugly man, of about five-and fatty, was the only individual among them laving claim to the title of Angdtkook, and wax, in reality, a sensible obliging man, and a find-rate seal-catcher. They had two children ; one of which, a little girl, Togalat, still occasionally suckled, and, ac cording to custom, carried in the hood behind her lodoh.._ the other, • boy about eight years of age, quite an idea, deaf sad dumb hunt his birth, and squinting meat horribly with both eyes. Finding that that poor creatures were nowZly amt of food, m for the en had again returned from an Munn d reconnect, I was happy to avail myself of a hint given me by Captain Lyon, to fur nish them otcaaionally with a email supply of bread-dust, of which we had we or three casks in each ship. Our present party was therefore, in addition to other arti e e r l if es :e zt c rplied with s e ttwa l pounds, which they i. imediately ex . their intention of taking home to their children. Sew of them visited the shire , as usual on the lith, and among du rest, Ka-oong-ut, and Ids son Toolooak. The old workman was not a favourite with us, being the only one who Ise yet -began to tense us be constant begging. We had often expressed displeasure at this habit, which after a day or two's acquaintance began to be . extremely troublesome:. but I. had to-day to take cogaissinee his stealing a nail, of which, though not a very salons offence. I determines! to take rather a serious notice, as fr might otherwise lead to more extensive theft. 1 therefore collected all the other Esquimau% who were on hood, awe having In thak_oressee - • pressed &rear ind ignition at this conduct. finned the el/Wider neat in disgrace. Some - of t h ose best acquainted with se were afterwards taken into the cabin. witere our sentiments were more full) planned to them. Among these I was not sorry to have T and Iligliuk„ who would not fail to report at the huts all our pro cc:dings, but who did not appear to consider themeelves in the slightest degree implicated in their fathers' offence, or con. caned is his disgrace. The people of the huts being such in want of fond, we ag'tin distributed some bread-dust among them, taking care to send a portion to the infirm old man, Hik-kei-et:l by Okotook, the husband of Iligliuk, a fir. , active manly fellos of about two and thirty, who, as we were pleased to find the acne day, had punctually executed his commission. We have marked many other interesting parts of this narrative for selection, but the want of room obliges us t', trespass for a day to - two on the patience of our readers. We cannot, however, abstain from extracting the follow ing passage, relating to Toulooak, as it tends to shew, the: notwithstanding all the distressing privations to which they are liable, and the dreadfully rigorous climate, to the bitter effects of which they are perpetually exposed. these savages have yet no disposition or inclination to quit them, under all the temptations which European civilization could offer. The scenery around them, desolate and dreary as it is, has charms for them, for which no acceptable ex change of comfort and enjoyment could be offered. Tonlooak, who now considered himself as quite privileged to find his way into the cabin without a conductor, and was not back. ward in thus practising his newly.nequired art of opening and shutti ig the door, sat with me for a couple of hours on the 18th, quietly drawing faces aid animals, an occupation to which he took a great fancy, and we often IrtlVreininded, br this circumstance, of a similar propensity displayed by his amiable countryman, our !a. mewed friend, John Starkhouse. We soon found that Toolonak. ?owned a capacity equal to anything he took an interest in Intro mg ; and could he, at his present age, have been voluntarily re moved tiom his companions, and his attention directed to the ac quirement of higher branches of knowledge than that of catching seals, he would amply hare repaid any pains bestowed upon b.% education. I had always entertained great objection to taking any such irdividual from his home, on the doubtful chance of bens. fitting himself, or of doing any service to the public as an interpre ter. My scruples on this held had hitherto been confined to the consideration due to the individual himself, and to the rels: ins leaves behind. In our present case, however, not the smallest:public advantage could be derived front it; for it had long ago becare evident that we should man kn DIV more of the Esquimaux heiguage than any of them were likely to learn of English in any rust/nab:a period of time. I was therefore far from desiring to receive from Toolonak an answer in the affirmative, when I to-day plainly put the question to hint, whether he would go with me to Lab/wont; stiona (European country). Never wax a more decisive negativa given than Toolomik gave to this proposal. He eagerly repeated the word Na-o (No) half a dozen times. and then told me, that if ist wort away his father would cry. This simple but irresistible ap peal to paternal affection, his decisive manner of making of it, and the feelings by which Isis re;dy was evidently dictated, were just what could have been wished. No more could be necessary to con vince those who witnessed it, that these people may justly lay equal claim with ourselves to these common feel' gs of our nature; and having once satisfied myself of this, I detennmed never agaih to excite in Toolonak's mind another disagreeable sersatiou by talking to him on this subject. • Sorcerers or wirr.nls, pronounced as written above in Urea , land • but at IVinter Island Aroe-w-kseir ; aced by daspeoPle at Igloc;lik cfm-nat-ko. KING'S Tit E E.—Tlle extraordinary circum-tence of six of the principal singers being at this moment serioosly fll, °blips the managers to repeat the opera of 11 A:4;er di Sid::-lid this evening, with the characters differently east ; (,'urioni pl a ying the Count Almirira, and Plied Firory. We should not be surprised if this novelty should ilrove In tereeting to the tublie, and drew a goed house. Sir S. Raffles, Governor of Beetgoolen, is on his voyage home to this country, on account of ill-health. Private advicea from Madrid, received yesterday by press, stale that Ferdiratul has been compelled, by the warm remonstrances of the English and French Ambassadors, to liberate many of the f'nnetitutionalista who were in con finement in Madrid and other large towns, and also Oat he has, in other respects, observed a more lib, ral policy. By he last accounts from Carthagena (Colombia) which are to the 2tth of January, it appears that t'olottel esErp bell and Colonei Ilamilton. the British Commissioners to Colombia, were reckoned to be then within a few day: of their arrival at Bogota, so that the next Jamaica ?twice: may be expected to bring information of their amval that Capitol. Il'e have seen letters from Gibraltar, Makes, and Cats to the 11th instant: from the latter port a Spanish aqua. dron has sailed to cruise. against the Algerin..e ' • and letters from the other quarters state, that the squitdrookot English vessels, of Mich, tached, and of such magnil captures by the .11gerin..1 • !t, and other cruisers, arc a* - nitude. that no alarm respeettu3 vies entertained. 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