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Chamber of Deputies, a translation of which we have given
lin 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, 3laaen 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 enacted, " 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/ORS 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 tol
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.

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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 Hesla,
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-