The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-08 00:00:00

MODERN CORINTH AND ITS PEOPLE.

The modern town of Corinth is more completely
miserable than even a gond stout serviceable imagination,
always ready when called upon, can conceive. It is lite-
rally imbedded in filth and mud of all sorts. The people,
squalid and half starving, are half naked ; the houses art
all one story high, and all tumbiing down. Hungry doge
howl and light for offal over the ruined baths of Hadrian.
The hotel appeared a mere refuge for destitute vermin,.for
it is alive with them. They swarmed over the seats of the
chairs, and played at leap-frog with your feet upon the
crowded floor. The were upon the walls, the window sills,
the curtains, the tablecloth even, and appeared quite wild
with delight at the arrival of a fresh and tender stranger; a
Greek skin being impervious to their attacks, or of indif-
ferent flavour should they succeed in penetrating it. The
bread, however, looked clean when the crust was cut off;
and fortunately our lively little friends could not get into
the eggs, so that we managed to appease our hunger, which
was extremely sharpened by the mountain air and brisk
motion after the confinement of a steamer. We found it
quite as well to keep our eyes off the landlady when she
came in, is order to enjoy our bread and eggs; for a more
revolting old person it would be hard to find. When she
brought in a thick glutinous mess, which was stated by
Polychronopulos to be wife., we were too glad to take his
word for the fact, and to drink at a little fountain water
from the palms of our hands instead. The modern Greeks
are still a fine race of men, straight, upright, and well-
grown; and in the classes removed a little from absolute
beggary, the national costume—gay and flowing—adds con-
siderably to their personal attractions. But the women I
saw were, without exception, fat and uncomely. They
were broad where they ought to be slim, and narrow where
they ought to be full in figure. Their eqmpleaions are
oily, and their hair coarse and illiarranged ; their eyes
small, and their hands and feet large and clumsy. Not
even the grace of their national dress can conceal a certain
waddling awkwardness of gait. They seem to be horn to
show how ugly it is possible to be with faultless features ;
for they have nearly all the Greek profile, the straight nose,'
the delicate lip. They appear to marry while quite chil-
dren. Some of the men had, I thick, the worst and most
dangerous expression I ever saw in a human face: at once
dark and powerful—the cunnitosoneeive crime, end the
unswervin: firmness to go through with it.—Diekens's
"Household Words."

PARLIAMENTARY SPEECHES " MADE

PLEASANT."

Hes the reader any notion of the way in which
our parliamentary proceedings are being stereotyped for
posterity ? The late Prime Minister objected to Earl
Aberdeen's quoting from " Hansard," a part of a speech by
Mr. Disraeli, and more than insinuated that such extract'
could not be relied upon as expressing the ems sentiments
of the speaker. The very fact that this is contrary to the
truth, is the very ground for a just complaint. The mode
in which " Hansard" is " cooked" and " made pleasant,"
is briefly as follows :—ln the cue of any given debate, the
editors procure all the daily papers, compare the various
reports, and from the whole prepare what appears to them
most likely to have been the exact expressions of the speaker.
This speech is given to the printers, and a proof or sped-
' men printed oo a sheet of paper large enough to allow of a very wide margin, is sent to the speaker with a request
that he will return it corrected by a certain day. What is
the consequence of this generosity ? Why that a very large
proportion of honourable members return a sompositian
whkh is no more the speech uttered by them in the House
of Commons, than it is a Welsh ballad. Observe, that
whatever they return, is adopted. If any speaker likes, he
can in the first instance send his speech in IfiS. to Messrs.
Hansard, who will be only too glad to escape the chances
of a " proof " resembling a map gone crazy. It is true that
some practised speakers make very few alterations,—l have
heard that there were not twenty in Mr. Disraeli's famous
budget oration, and scarcely so many in that of Mr. Glad-
stone ; but the removal or the addition of a word may alter
the whole tenor of a speech, and in my opinion such after-
thoughts should be kept but on principle. To what awkward
results may not this practice lead t A member is struck
with a remark by some man (duet*, makes a memorandum
of the exact woMs, and two or three, or twenty years after-
wards, hurries to it to establish a glaring cue of inconsis-
tency. He rises in the house, and on the credit of his notes,
gives utterance to some rather strong observations upon the
versatility of public men. The house chess, and the speaker
congratulates himself as he resumes his seat upon having
done a very neat thing. Short-lived is his triumph. In
a moment the object of his censure rises, places his hands
upon his breast, and with the air of an injured man, and
in a tone which only en East India director, or a cabman
mulcted in a heavy fine, can hope to imitate, assures the
house that " such improper observations have never, at any
period of his life, crossed his lips. (Ladd cries of ""Hear,
hear; " from his subordinates) He would be unworthy of
the high position which it was his proudest boast that day
to fill—unworthy, indeed, to address the bran in any pm'.
tion at all—if, having uttered such sentiments, he could
look upon them with a 'baseless brown." (Enthusiastic
cheering for some minutes.) Perhaps his accuser is of rather
a peppery disposition ; accordingly, strong in proof, he re-
asserts his charge. Universal cry is raised for Hansard,
and the scene closes with a humble apology from the per-
plexed and crestfallen originator of the dispute. In all
seriousness, some means should be taken to secure to pos-
terity a knowledge of the actual facts. As it is, we are
duping the unborn generations. With open eyes we are
sowing the seeds of dissension between historians of another
age, who, comparing the printed evidence of Hansard
with the testimony of tradition, will learn not whether
Mr. Lucas was a lamb, or a toothless tiger—The hon.
member for Lincoln a professional or a sententioos
Cromwell, in high to ref
tights.—Comb Independent
Preis.

REPRESENTATION OF SOUPY' STAFFORDSITTRE.--
The Hon. E. R. Littleton, eldest son of Lord Hathertoo,
Ku oltbred himself u the successor of General Amon, for
the representation of this county, and his election is likely
to be unopposed—not, however, because hie mild *big
principles are popular with the South Staffordshire liberals,
who are in the majority on the register, but because they
are not ready for a contest just now, and because Mr.
Littleton is the son of a man who was poplar in his day.
and rendered some service to the county. The liberals are
already casting about for another candidate to run with Mr.
Littleton against Lord Lewisham at a general election, and
two gentlemen have been already named—the Hon. Arthur
Wrotteoley, son of Lord Wrottesley ; and Mr. C. II Dian-
mach, who is one of th.l greatest ironmuters in Wiles as
well as Staffordshire. This gentleman is *thorough liberal ;
but from the artiety of the members of the iron trade of
the district to have one of their body in the Muse of
Commons, it is probable that Mr. H:mmack would to
calve their united support t ithr t a.y rferecco whroicr
to mere party consideration.

&Hilt. Almost an my friend* CMe armed, and at the levee
held by me that day in Melbourne, tberu were no sham swords
inch 111 the paltry Lek:pi:the e: Melaka Castle carry
wLtn selling theinselots and their country to the vice-
gerents of English tyraixo. r, the noble fellows who
thronged around to sustain aka pro:cit me at this trying
moment, CArritd :rusty weapon', with Meer arms and
wiliing hearts to me the to ; and. I do believe, th.• police of
Ms:bourne that day wa; not sa'icieat to keep them in cus-
tody. Their eommerc:al reopectahility can be cc:lauded by
the fact that they r..pr:sented capital to the extent of he.(
a million sterling, and it money could insure my escape,
tut.s gals of pouutht would be fot theoming fur the purpose,
On Sunday evening Mr. O'S. ctuvsyed me to the lk use
of Mr. K., where 1 rlept a rl rpt at next day, Monday, the
3rd January. the that day, Mr. McC., a commission .gent,
iodine.' .Zr. O'S. to accoutpaey him to the captain of toe
E trl of Lincoln, and further disco., a plan of eicapr. Ac•
cor:ingiy they werie„en brard, a isv the captain, and arranged
a ith him that I should go on board the text morning, at
' daybreak, in the character of an "aide seaman." I con-
, seated to this new arram2ement. Mews. O'S. Kil—r, J.
L , and Alderman C. sat up all night along with me, and
the kind and accomplished Mrs. K—r laid aside all her do-
mestic calls to atutal moi mini-ter !o our cunt its.

ESCAPE OF .PATI:ICK O'DONOGIIVE FROM •
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. •
•
The .Peru York Tribute contains an account of
the escape of O'Denoghue, one of tee Irish poetiesl rre
sonars, who was lately at large on his merd of honour in
Van 1.P.r11201.1 Land.
On my return to Leur.ceoton from Port Arthur, on the i
' 6'h November 1832, leweet at once to my trusty friend
O. D. He had just returned from an unsuccessful adsen-
tare at Mount Alexander gold field, by which he was a I
great loser, having sob eidere 1 a thriving and lucrative j
trade to speculate at the d'_ tug's I testi° ed to him my :
ne reeiewee. art!: I elm the tt vsrel breaches
oluttfeenna“meaCt committed by the colonial it ivernment, in
respect to my ticket of leave, and the degreetntien aed
penury to which I was reduced by the :resulted
system of cruelty enforced Realest me, even in vinlatien
of the penal statutes is force in Ven Dircietes Lend.
We coneluerd that I stood before God and man sob (steed
fr.em the moral are honourah'e nspensliility originally
implied and uederstand by the "parole" entered into by
myselt and the other state prisoners, and without farther
huetation my eccare was hoed upon.
After a few dee., alecuee in elelbeurne, G. D. woo e to
me, :eating that everything was arrange I with the captelu
of :he Errl of Lincoln, which vessel was hound fur Callan,
iu the State of Lim t, a Soenisli settlement in South AMC-
TICA ; and requesting that I would start frem L tuneeetoa
furthwith, SO as to arrive in Melbourne by the met steamer.
It was ',tastily agreed that I should meet him tact even.
ing at the lieu(' cf Mr. G., an! there change my dna.,
and accompany him on bertsd et 8 o'clock that melit. I
hastened to my lodgings at the house of my worthy friend,
Mr. K. of Laud-hill, and packed up my wardrobe, which
war very eeatrily supplied ; :eel scents though it was, I
was obliged to leave Itet7 volumes of boost behind me.
O'N. and I mi. at Mr. G. s house at eight o'cloce. I put on ii
sailor'sjeckst, and we walkett at a quick pace to the Y. Y.
steamer, ho took me on beard and placed me in his own
berth, from which he removed me at daybreak next morn-
ing, to tl e platform of the engine reetn. At 7 o'clock lie
ton-teed me thence te the furnace room, and seined me is
a stove, which he locked upon me. I just tined into it
like a monster pie in ten oven, an I eon:telly resemhl a a
laree blade I.:evened, h-lauhcd en reel, about •o underge
the process of baking. I had been in this domicile for the
epee° of an lt .or Whin O'N. unlock id the door of it, and,
with consternatioa pictured in his tree, he stated that Mr.
S., the other of the ship, h :d v.:resulted with him, and
:hey arrived at the conclusion I would I e suffocated if I
remained in the store ; and that as the p: lice were :lbw to
commence their customary search, I must go ashore. This
was a most appalling announcement. It was the 9th Dec.;
my friend D. had his arrangements nude in Mahatma for
my reception and seijenent frog thence; lily own hoes s
N 4 re buoyed up to the highest pitch of excitement—and all
Phu+ unexpectedly frustrated ! There was no time, hew-
, vise to be etat, e+ the police were prowling about. I bid
poor O'N. good meruing, and &teepee on the wharf.
Pondering at what had just occurred, and viewing my gro-
tesque appearance in a sailor's unit tree, scented with tar
and grease, as I made my way through the back slums, I
burst into loud laughter ! But what gloom, despondency
and Burrow pressed upon mo a little afterward, as I beheld
the eessel with her steam up, gliding down the Tamer !
It was resolved that I should again go en board the
steamer at eight o'eleck on Suieley night, as nine n'elocle
oar Mcnlay morning, the 20th December, was filed upon
fur the vetoel sailing for Melbourne; and live or die, 1
should proceed in her. Ott Soot :y, the 19th, I had three
interviews with G. D., and at 8 o'clock he accompanied
me to the steamer, when U'S. placed Me is hit berth,
where I lay until four o'clock, and was then removed to the
engine.room, and at half-past 7 o'clock O'N. led me throng!,
tho furnace-room to the receptacle used for holding the
coals consumed by the furnaces. It was adjoining the fur-
nacre, but partitioned cif with sheet iron. In the centre
of this was an aperture, or trapdoor, *tech opened into a
cavity underneath. Thin cavity, surrounded en.tywhers
with burning flames, was selected as the apartment that 1
was to occupy in making my exit from the perfidious De-
nison. The chances were gloomy in the extreme. O'N.
havicg forced the trap-door, he launched me into the
cavern beneath it. Ile then closed the trap-door, and
directly filled the entire space with coals. I was
thus ensconsed in a compartment about seven feet
in length, three in width, and two in height; and by
its formation I was obliged to lie in a recumbent pos-
ture. It being lined on all aides with sheet iron, when the
furnaces came to blaze in full strength, the heat and want of
air made the den very insupportable. I dreaded instant
death by suffocation or apoplexy. The ordeal, too, was ter-
nbly tedious. After about an hour, O'N. dreading fatal
consequence:, caused water to be pumped into my dungeon,
by means of an opening in the ship's keel. I was then
placed between the two great element., fire and water,
saturated from head to foot with water, while fire raged all
around me.
The police search occupied two hours, after which O'N.
opened the trap door and helped me into the coal recess,
from whence he brought one to the engine room. I was
greatly exhausted, but soon rallied.
Thus ended the police search at Launceston ; but, on
reaching George's Town Heads, being 40 miles down the
river, O'N. informed me that I should again conceal my-
self in the tome place teat I had just been in, as the search
in George's Town for prisoners was even more rigorous
than at Launceston. The anticipation of the second life or ,
death ordeal made me very uucamfortable, and I looked
forward to it with much anxiety. Having arrived at
George's Town, I was again removed to the fiery dungeon,
where I was kept three hours, while search was made ; and
my escape was indeed very narrow, far the place set apart
for Soils over my head was searched closely by the police
ecestables.
I was now again placed in O'N.'s berth, where I remained
from Monday evemeg until Wednesday at noon, when we
reached Melbourne Wharf. On arriving at Williamstown
Harbour the previous night there was a strict police search ;
but I lay undiscovered in my berth. Immediately on cast-
ing anchor at Melbourne, on Wednesday, the 22nd Decem-
ber, Messrs. J. L., 8., and D.—tbree men who were aware
of my contemplated escape—came aboard ; and it was de-
termined I should walk ashore just as I was, cheesed in an
old blue troweers and check shirt, black, and greasy, and
haggard as any fireman could look. The quay was crowded
with people, and among them a large sprinkling of police
and detectives, horse and foot. My friends stepped ashore
and carelessly walked on. I followed in their steps, and
in a few minutes they entered a friend's house, where I
also entered. After having had a little refreshment, my
friends procured a vehicle drawn by a fine spirited horse ;
and myself and D., B. and L. drove off at a gallant rate to
the massien of Mr. Michael L., the brother. in-law of Mr.
M., Am Soar miles beyond Melbourne.
I remained at Mr. L.'s during Wednesday night; and on
Friday morning, the 24th of December, Mr. P. C. and Mr.
Fitz, of Melbourne, having visited and consulted with me
ea the previous evening, it was deemed advisable, for my
batter security, to remove a long distance from Melbourne,
to a secluded and remote part of the forest bordering on
the sea shoe ;' and that I should remain ~there until a vessel
was procured to convey me to America. A part of Port The morning of Tuesday, the Bth February, was fixed for
Philip headland, on one of the solitary beaches of Hebson'e the Oberon to sail out of Sydney harbour. On the pre-
Bay, was therefore selected as my rendezvous for the pre. viola evening Messrs. Ho-:k--s, Cl—r—y, and K*-I—y,
sent. called to apprise me of the management, and to tell me
Mr. O'Donoghste then describes his residence in a place that Messrs. Mac Jr. and Mr. Co—y would be with me at
of retirement for a few days, and then the receipt of a 3 o'clock next mooning, to convey me by a circuitous route
=Nage informing him that a passage is taken for him in to one of the coves near the mouth of the harbour. This
the earl of Lincoln, bound for South America. He rode was glad tidings ; the lingering delays and numerous dis-
els Willialelltaws, three miles from Melbourne, where his appointments I had already experienced—the loss of repose
and watchful anxiety I had undergone—were all calculated
*41..11s Imill mob every preparation for his outfit. He then
glieeeleiet—"We reached the ship at four o'clock in the to affect my health, and I found my physical energies
oudistthe captain was absent, no one could tell where. much impaired, and my mind reduced to a state of painful
Mr. D. and Charles G. returned to Melbourne. Mr. Jehn irritability. The apprehension of arrest, and the degrade,-
lion and shame of being dragged beck in chains to Van
L. and another gentleman remained for hours with me--
Diemen's Land, there to abide the merciless sentenes el
they then went ashore tit @earth of the captain. I was then
close in a state of great anxiety and continued illness. The the cruel and unjust Denison, pressed so heavily up -a ,
bat sad 'mad mates and the doctor seemed dis-
my imagination, that day and night Port Arthur, chain-
agreeable fellows, and the entire crew were in con- gangs and gibbets—the governor and hie ruthless Comp-
fusion and disorder. At six o'clock in the evening troller, Hampton—haunted use like spectres ; while shrieks 1
the captain elms on board—be was quite drunk, He of innocent victims seemed to reach heaven as they boy- ,
immediately asked me if I had my 'police clear- end around their blood-stained track. To be released
IMO ?' I answered in the negative, and inquired of from such a terrible state of suspense was the realisation
Um it the ship's agents had not received forty pounds for of a desire quite indescribable. With what proud
mg
sato Callao, and if he had not received himself one emotions, therefore, did my heart thrill when my
dif y pounds for procuring my "clearance," friends announced to me the near approach of my '
or stowing me away ? He replied in the affirmative ,• but deliverance ! Messrs. 11—k—s and Cl—y remained with
stated his inability to obtain a clearance. I was now placed me that night, and at three o'clock next morning Messrs.
in a sad position, for the rumour had spread that I had es- Cb—y and Mac— arrived. Bidding my kind landlord good
aped from Van Diemen's Land, and the police were on the bye, our little party started. We walked about two miles
alert an pursuit of me, snd if betrayed, they might have through the bush, and we came te a secluded point of the
readily arrested me on board. It war the last day of the road to Sydney, where we were met by a carriage, into
year 1852, and the captain and his officers Defile/ which Messrs. Mac, Co—y, Cle—y, Ho—k—s and myself
all Welchmen, they finished the old year anentered, and drove away at a spanking gait till we reached
ushered in the new, with drunkenness, elegies, our destination on the beach, where we arrived at five
o'clock. Here we left the carriage, and the driver was dis-
swearing, and blaekguarding. I slept none, and in
missed. We.bad been there about half an hour when a
the morning being New Year's day, 18.53, I requested the
captain to go to Melbourne and carry a letter to my boat have in sight, plied by a famous waterman, who pulled
two oars. Messrs. Mac and Co—y had instructed the see-
the commission, and proceeded in his own gig boat. While terman on the previous evening to meet us, and he was
he was away, G. D. came on board to bid me good bye, punctual to time and place. He was now alongside, and
thinking all was then arranged for my soiling. lie pre- we all entered the boat, and, after sailing three or four
seated me with a purse of one hundred sovereigns, which
miles toward the mouth of the harbour, we descried the cut-
he told me he was authorised to hand me by my Mel. ter beating down the river, and after a short delay the was
bourne friends. On telling him of my unfortunate
_pre- beside us. We went immediately on board, and, after a
dicament, he went ashore in pursuit of the captain. Two
cup of coffee, my friends took their farewell and retained
worn. to Sydney in the boat, leaving ate to the care of Captain
hours afterward the captain returned in his boat,
ponied by D. in another boat. The captain war again half Tr—e—t and Mr. Co—r—n, who remained on board to pilot
drunk, and had never delivered my letter, nor made any the cutter outside the headlands of Port Jackson.
further progress in the matter. Mr. D. considered it It was in the afternoon of Sunday, the 3d of April, that
prudent for me to remain longer on bard; whereupon we cast anchor at Tahiti, immediately after which I went
I demanded of the captain to deliver up the one ashore, and waited on Captain Kelly, the American Consu-
hundred and fifty pounds paid to him, which, after late, at his private residence. I stated to him the particular
, slight hesitation, he gave up, but declared the circumstances in which I was placed—satisfied him of my
other forty pounds forfeited ; and D. entered his identity as one of the Irish rebels of 1818—and requested
boat. Bat an awkward occurrence arose—the boat- that he would afford me the protection of the American
, man wanted to call to a Melbourne steamer which lay along- flag. He • received roe with great urbanity, and without
side the Great Britain steamer, discharging into the latter hesitation placed me under the protection of his flag, and
passengees and baggage. All remonstrances and entreaty of the American Government, so far as he was em-
were useless; they pulled across the harbour, and we got powered to do so by virtue of his office. He informed use
lon board the Melbourne steamer. It was crowded with po- that there was a British Consul, Mr. Miller, residing in Ta-
licemen, searching every crevice. I wore a blue monkey hiti, and, to avoid collision, he advised that I should remain
jacket and sou'wester, and passed unnoticed. We were incognito during' my stay at Tahiti. I hail, since leaving
detained two hours in this situation, when the Melbourne Van Diemen's Land, assumed the soubriquet ofJohn Thomp-
steamer got under way, and we returned to the city. son, and Capt. Kelly now deemed it prudent that I should
We arrived at the city wharf at 5 o'clock, and pro- continue touse my assumed name. There were thirteen 1
needed through the public streets on foot to the ll vessels lying at anchor, two or three bound for American
li—. The hazard of arrest which I had undergone pars by way of Cape Horn, but none of them likely to
during the last thirty-six hours was great indeed, and all sail for some months, and Capt. Kelly informed me that it
present prospect of escape seemed frustrated. In a was necessary I should obtain a passport from the French
short time Mr. O'S. called upon me. Means. J. L., M. L., Commissariat of Police, authorising me to 'remain ashore.
O'N., G—g, (21—n, H—n, D—y, D ---g, two He accordingly wrote a letter to the proper authorities on
Mr. B—'e, K—r, Alderman C. D—n, H—y, Me my behalf, and making himself responsible for me, upon
Cormack, and others, also visited me. Various plans of • the presentation of which I was furalshed with thu nem,
campe were sogrested and discussed, but none determined 1 airy passport. Captain Kelly apologised for not being
upon. It was however resolved that I should remain able to accontmadete Inc at his estahlisemeut during. my
closeted at Mr. Fitz---'s that night and next day. On 1
stay at Tahiti, but every room was occupied by American
ftunday, the 2nd Julien% my friends again all colleeted riptains of vesicle in harbour ; however, he sent for the
around :no, and the day passed off in agreeable chat and proprietor of the Washington Hotel, and gave me in
I
pleasantry. My friend Mr. O's. is in himself a hest, and is charge to him, with strict injunctions to make me COM-
the embodiment of a great find of wit, humour, and inform- tortilla. This courteous and kind reception by the repro.

At daylight we proceeded to the beech, opposite Wil-
liainrtown, where we met Mr. Mee., who had a boat in
requi,ition. I shook Laad• will my friends and got ictn
the beat with McC. We were soon alongside the sh'p,
and an going on deck we found the pilot an, eaptein. the
Isttir teen positively said he soul,: nut t ‘lse me as a cuainau,
nor without a " police clearance." This was the most start-
ling news I had vet heard, as the pilot on board, being a
p.,lice searching °nicer, bad power to arrist me. While
in a sort of stupelaetLa I ha-tilled over the ship'. side,
gained the boat, :nu with MX. rowed whore. It was
now six o'clock, and I had again to walk the public
streets of 31elb ',urea through police and people. I did so,
and arrived at the Melbourne Motel. These were a series
of hairbreadth escapes that disheartened me very much.
My friends again rallied abut me, and it was resolved
to remove me to the residence of Mr. P., residing about
twelve miles from !sh lhourne, for safety. On the evening
of 'furs 'ny, the 4th January, Mr. X. drove me in his gig
t Mc. P.'s horse.

Fr tha t h until Saturday, the 8:h 'smeary, I stayed
at Mr. P.'a residence. _ _

At the end of four days Mr. O'S. announced that he hod
tailed in hls t fforts to pri mire a eneaage for me to Aineric.:,
but that he Lad arranged for 'my proceeding to Sydney,
where favourable opportunities migh: present themselves
for my escape to {DIU^ free country. I consented to this
arrangement, and on Saturday. the Bth January, Mr. K. I
drove me to the suburbs of Melbourne in his gig.
At nine o'clock in the evening I bid may friends fartw-ell
steompanied by Mr. O'S— anal Mr. Da— I Da--y
orecteded to the wh.,:t. where we met Capt T—, and Mr. ,
and bidding good-bye to my two devoted comp- ,
nims, I sae-sped on board the packet. Here I was des-
tined to undergo avather mortifying delay. Such was tilt.
hustle GI Lc/sines' and the demand tor steamboats at Mel-
bourne, that our captain ceuld net obtain a Menace to tow
us down the river, and the dull, shygish waters of the
rivf r, coupled with n dead calm, left ua :sing in the river
from Sunday night till the following Saturday before we
could preceed as tar as the harbour of Williamstown.
During this period I was cmcealed in the hold of the ship
day and Mahe., without light or air, and having got to
Williamstown on Saturday, the moths r vigilant pa-
I:ce search was made ; but I was screened and covered up
mnong the ship's cargo, and elle Tel notice. Hay-
ing at length got under way, we had fine
weather and a ph:talent passage along the co tat
of New Ile/eland, and entered the magnificent har- ,
hour of Port Jackson at 9 o'clock on Friday night,
the 21st. Nothing could exceed the gentlemanlike conduct
and ath ntien of Capt. T—d ; he is indeed a gallant
young skipper. On coating anchor, the captain ordered his
boat and put ashore, accompanied by Mr. rum Campbell,
of Sydney, and myself.
' It was near 11 o'clock when the captain landed me. All
the hotels and houses of entertainment were closed; we
made several ineffectual attempt: to obtain lodgings for the
night ; the captain sent his sextant to endeavour to procure
private lodging., but in v.tin. At length we called at a
tavern kept by Mr. Pre—t, in Georges-street, and he con-
sented to let me have a bed. I soon perceived that mine
host was a warm-hearted Irishman, and I disclosed to him
who I was ; he thereupon brought to my beiside a brace of
pistols, and sat up all night, keeping watch, and offered to
drive me in hie gig next day thirty red:es off, out of the
reach of the police. This IWU obliged to decline, hav-
ing appointed with Captain T— to meet him next morn-
ing. At 10 o'clock on the morning of Saturday, 22nd of
January, Capt. T— called upon me and brought me to
the offices of his owner, and my great friend and bene-
factor, Mr. Macti,—, ship-owner and merchant, where
I met Mr. Mac—, who introduced me to Mr. Co—v—y,
ono of the most affluent merchants, and certainly one of Lie
most unassuming and devoted irishmen I ever had the
honour to be acquainted with. Hero also I met my trusty
and unvarying friend, Mr. Thomas Ho—k—a, together with
Mr. Mac--'s fine young son, Mr. Cl—y, and others. These
gentlemen had already anticipated my wishes, and had pro-
vided that I should take up my temporary residence at a
secluded spot, he abode of a gardener, Mr. W--h, from
Hathkeale, county Limerick, situate nbout four miles hem
Sydney, near the beach, outside Port Jackson, and within
sight of the ;far-famed Homny Bay. After a short con-
versation, a carriage was sent for, and accompanied by
Mr. Walsh, I drove off to his house. Here I remained
until the Bth of February, a period of 17 days, and was
treated with the utmost confidence by himself and kis very
attentive good wife. From the moment of my arrival in
Sydney, these gentlemen were incessant in their endeavours
to procure for use a passage to America.
At length a small cutter, the Oberon, of 35 tons, was
about to sail on a trading voyage to the islands in the South
Seas, in quest of tortoise alleles. Mr. Co—r—n was joint
owner with two others, namely, Mr. Tr—u—t, the captain
of her, and a Mr. Da—n, both Englishmen. A negotiation
was opened with the two latter, and through the influence
of Mr. Ce—r—n, Messrs. MacN—, Co—v—y, and
' Ho—k—e, and who had agreed to pay a sum of 4001. to
Tr —u—t and ll—n (Mr. Ca—r—n, the third partner,
having most generously sacrificed his proportion of it.) They
consented to convey me in the Oberon cutter to Tahiti, it
being an island under the protectorate of the French. This
was a monstrous demand, as it did not delay the gutter
in her trading excursion more than thirty days. However,
it was a bribo extorted by two sordid Englishmen, and my
friends, with generous munificence, paid the exorbitant
demand.

During my concealment at Walsh's house the newspapers
of the colony teemed with rumours about my escape, and
the police and their spies were everywhere on the alert,
which made my situation very perilous; especially as I
had been under arms ever since my escape from Laun-
ceston, for which Sir Wm. Denison would have had me
hanged, according to the custom in such cues made and
provided for all prisoners of the Crown in Van Diemen's
Land.

eentative r rthe. A.ueti.:.:n peer:tow:it ins! ire 1 we with net►
confidence.

It was now one hundred and five days s:ac, I escaped
fr .111 L. 11111.: . S:UU. (NT iT :eh 110ri..1 1 surf. :‘,l great
privations, and tic feu-use heat of toe .itus ..e of Tahiti
soon pew:awed a sassaile charge for in,, ,7,111‘ ili flle gene-
ra health; languor. extreme debEity, awl '..ts of appetite,
rendered ma Tate prostrate. Lt.sidin, my ataiety was not
altogether allayed, because is the event et Op, British
Consul getting information repecting my ideality, it was
probable he would call upon the French gee, ewe of the
Island to place me under arrest, and, in such case, it was
dal" •ult to foresee what would be the c ti-,,pa•nre. It is
true I had my gallant friend Captain Kt ily to c.iald me„
still the question would, in all probability have • rempi.d a
good deal of negotiation between England and France, and
meanwhile 1 migat have been detained in custody. These
considerations weighed heathy upon me, and I wistfully
gazed on ev,vy sail that entered in the harbour iu tne hope
of speedy release.
At length the barque Otranto, an Americin tliio, Capt.
Kendrick, cast her anchor. She was on a tridina voyage
from San Francisco to the Society Islanis, and had mos: of
her cargo of °earl..., pies, goats, and e" c t../.* Ay on
tr,r,l. She was not lice minutes in h.:el-1r C t:*.vn
Kelly seat a confidential gentleman (Mr. Adams ••ft board
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Aeeorlinky, em Wednesday, the 27th Ar-i', he re-
, turned, and I kit Tahiti and crossed over with the captnih
is a whale-boat.

After a dreary voyage I reached the free sail of t!e ...ea-
ten' republic ou Wednesday, the 22n1 Jahn, 1853, with a
light heart, and in pm feet health, after having L,en alto-
srther 184 ling in etll.2ting my err :e, ciunputirg Crone
the day I left Van Diemen's Land until I strived at SEA
Francisco.