The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-05 00:00:00

THE SUN LON DON, TLITIRSDA Y MORNING% FEBRUARY 5, 1816.

EXETER, DORCHESTER, and WEY- MR. WILSON PATTEN AND HIS
MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY. CONSTITUENTS.
41 special general meeting of the sohscribers to this TO THE ELECTORS OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF
Company was held yesterday, at their offices, 62, Moor- L.
'glte-Street, for the purpose of receiving a report from Gentlemen—The importantANCASHIRE
measures recently pro-
ithe committee, and determining on the most advisable
pisad in Parliament by her Majesty's Government, in-
vourse to be pursued; R. Riddel, Esq., in the chair. volVing the repeal or material diminution of all protec-
The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the tive duties on the importation of the productions of
meeting, countries, render it incumbent upon me to ad-
The CHAIRMAN said he thought the best course to be dress you publicly, at the present time.
Pursued was for the Secretary to read the report in the Under ordinary circumstances, or even under eiremn -
first instance, stances of more than ord:nsry importance, I should hesi-
The SECRETARY then read the report, from which it tate to take this step, but should act under the convie-
hppeared that the committee wished to ascertain if the tion that, in electing me as one of your representatives,
shareholders desired to submit the undcrtuking at once you had entrueted me with full powers to exercise my
to Parliament, or to postpone it to a future period. The own jndgnient, according to the emergency of each ease
object of the line was to fill up the gap on the line of which might cline under consideration, and that you
coast railway between Dover and the Land's End, pro- considered me responsible to you for the exercise of that
id for by the other companies. From the traffic judgment only on that occasion when you might be con-
tables it appeared that the undertaking would yield a stitutionally called upon to select your representatives.
remunerative return, eseeciallv between Exeter and If I depart, then, from my usual practice upon the pre-
the hetouth. The line wag read- increased in value by sent occasion, I need scarcely assure you, that Ido so
intentien of Government to construct a harbour be- under an overpowering conviction that the peculiar eir-
ip;o:eettilklertrsortlaed and Weymouth. Another scheme, similar cumstances of the present time absolutely require it
—the Bridport and Exeter Railway—shares of me.
ha
Company were not allotted. Your committee The change which it is proposed to affect is of such
I'made application to the South Western and Great , magnitude, it involves such grave and weighty conside-
yestern Heil ways for union with them, but had failed rations, it is moreover so great an alteratien of the
la effecting that object. The shares allotted were 42,076, system which existed at the period when you last did me
on 15,582 only of which deposit had been paid, and in eon. the honour to elect me as one of your representatives, that
se 5,582
of the sufficient number of shares not being I consider it a duty which I owe to you, as well as to
.
t,;ehal::eiernllithnpeon the whole line, they determined to limit myself, to make to you an open and explicit avowal of
to the gap already mentioned, but from the my views-and opinions, in order that if you disapprove of
s• at Yestern they would receive opposition. It there them, I may enable you, in a constitutional manner, to
booreremained for them to decide on what course was to exercise your own judgment iu the matter.
his with this object, and under these impressions, that
e adopted.Cowner said, that before that report was adopted after waiting a few days, in order to afford time to you
Li"? wished to ask a few questions. The first was, whether and to myself to give that attention and consideration to
the gentlemen composing the provisional committee the matter which it n qeires, I now lay before you the
"'bre for shares, and had they paid their deposits ? result of that consideration on my part.
Vred, Ihe CHAIRMAN said he had directed a paper to be pre- The present position in this country of the great ques-
containing the names of the whole of the provi- tion of protective duties, renders it, in my opinion, pecu-
liarly incumbent on a representative, that, in considering
f.)44 committee, the number of shares they had applied
Zilietiliedenpuonasitbser allotted to them, and the number On its intrisic merits a ith a view to an adjustment, he should
had been paid. A great number had not et the same time weigh well the general bearing and
men up their shares. The number of those who had future effect which his vote may have upon all the great
I ort their shares was 16 out of about 60 or 70. interests committed to his charge.
o e SECRETARY then read the names of the parties in It would be dishonourable in me to state (because such
haestien
a„i , 9 and said that several of the directors had is not my opinion), that I believe that that adjustment
rhthtt for 100 shares, but had taken up none. Others of this question is practicable which, abstractedly con-
-444° hsad rot applied for shares had been allotted some, sidered, would be most satisfactory. I do, however, con-
Th:rne had paid 301. ccientiously believe, that an adjustment of it is so essen-
ergi_ CnalnelAN said he had sent circulars to the ma- tial to all the best interests of the community, that, as
committee to take up their 25 shares, or pay your representative, I enter upon the consideration of
The SECRETARY the government measure with a determination, if possi-
theke _ continued with the list, and among ble (even at the sacrifice of former opinion, and in the
tuft. :coo had taken no shares where the names of Mr. spirit of that measure), to attain this, in my opinion,
It ar'setY Hughes, M. P., and Sir J. Key.—(A laugh.) desirable object.
and tZaPpeared that the chairman bad taken 25 shares, I ii•...tozr .--ry. that -the reasoe Which niiiin-TY induces
1,000"1" his brother Mr. R. Riddell, had written for me to take this course is tha prospect which I think I
oftenbut taken none. see before me, if an adjustment should not now be made
neetteteN said, as the latter gentleman was out —a prospect which, contemplated in the most favourable
pe,d ,he thought he ought to state that he had ap - light, exhibitsyearsof contest and uncertainty, ofjarring
hat' 4133°e1Y as a shareholder, and he (the Chairman) interests, of continued apprehension of evil on all sides,
panic doubt that he would take up his shares as other and the consequence of this, a continued want of confi-
-3,13`c! had done• dente, which must be equally prejudicial to all interests
ProeietCRETARY then read a list of the names of the --rendering, on the part of the agriculturist, all bene-
*2oo anal committee, several of whom had applied for ficial arrangements between landlord and tenant most
not pa 'Ns each, and the greater number of whom did difficult, if not impossible.
kij7.h9o their shares. Among the remainder was a It also appears to me, looking to the great political
alloetePthgerald, who had applied for one share, was movements of the last few months, connected with the
Tic-Ilene share, and had paid on one share. formation of a Government, that there is no reason
that
o'uhthinoraer, in reply to some questions, said whatever to expect, at any future ime, a more satisfac-
tleetc,? thirteen of the managing committee had been tory settlement than can now be effected ; indeed, I
Prehd;,, vvhich took place at a meeting where he had must own, that the consideration which I have given to
correct', He was sorry that he could not give them a these movements, has led me to a directly contrary con-
NNha hatioalance-sheet at present, but Mr. Morrison, elusion.
ectapan taken a great interest in the concerns of the I also consider that, as regards agriculture, the pre-
'iffalr,Apt would give them a rough statement of the sent state of the corn market is more than usually
,kr Ai" lue Company, favourable to an adjustment. it • -oche
;itappeared N then read a statement, from which These Tieing my opinions, I hasten to lay them before
s.
ile t"..11.505red,, athtat the total number of shares paid on you, and I beg at the same time to assure those of my
2,9ei shares'B2 2,610 had been re-purchased, leaving friends who have hitherto, in a more especial manner,
present:in possession of the shareholders, given me their kind and active support, that I shall
IteeesP4
~cheeas were 27,290/. The cash paid to engi- give a wide interpretation to any intimation which I
Offi sand''7. ;to solicitors, 1,922/. ls. Bd., which with may receive, that it is their wish, under these circum-
teaieed other charges, and with the balances that re- stances, to confide the trust now reposed in me to other
118 retie, Would , 004 „,, make a total in the expenditure of hands.
Ivotilene, itle amount in hand was 15,000/. which Allow me, in conclusion, to submit to you (the only
go to /7ceabout 245. a share. The amount necessary to claim which I have to make upon you), that you will
A strhainent was about 75,000/. place the same fair construction on my motives which
Why hidAtareno.LDEß said as there was only 27,0001. paid, you have hitherto done, during the now long period in
:8. The , leY incur the expenses they had done ? which I have had the honour of being one of your re-
-3°,4'41 ‘'oitrah_the!ax said that if the managing and provi• presentahves.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your
Peet.,
caress had taken up their shares as it was obedient servant,
Oahe . they would have done, they would. have had
4 sz%ciout funds to proceed with.
lad UnoLDEzt said he considered that if- they had
lea; 4 "annittee before they proceeded in their reek-
theee"Pcaditure it would have been better. If the
atiapeLihelonged' . .
do , to the committee; instead of to the
wed cura.s;at,tievould have been very different.
we hitini,tet. lAN said, in reply to a question, that he
bour,threservedh,,,lo Someh of the committee that shares
kr4t a.t a ,_7. them._ Upwards of 2,000 shares were
T theueium, the rest at a discount.
tte • eiteeis
iso °Neel, awl Proposed that the report then read be
ti lit
'if the ' that a committee of four shareholders and
g'Ate th Managing Committee be appointed to inves-
A s_ e affeirs of the Company.
A su'Autheoenen seconded the resolution.
ehaiem:tEttomeha said, he wished to know how the
ir4f the e_ could reconcile the proceedings at a meeting
toan, eahriPany at Weymouth? Mr. Crew, the chair-
tettienskhairtewhtolctit this line was most favourable. He did
x4.,,,e„1e._
u(ech,rvi3osut,iitdghe Chairman's duty, to have called
etthtefboerfeopareotvheeyanparmoceeneddemdenint.their
~,g:The, CIIAIRMAN said that they had reserved the
nt to themselves to go on with th
t'''LL,3 for wvharichh th...y oxp„eteri to i_____ e twenty miles
nu ate undertaking,. tent,
on with the
oLDEa-I,tv.
ingT.hey goni "ve sufficient capital
Y wanted 7,000/. to go
.lot?t.(l)'reSlithAayEßcorn Plied ,:tr,eotuhired great consideration
ItQclonleat, it appeared tahat e
than
. by the conductresolution. From the
zeltret
_tore, propose that of
teethe shareholders. He would,
thgey had
lost about
to i 4ecs'attili . +' he sharholders
aneittee of th
should andej osuprpno, i
oatne dd %jell ote in
vtiet;umrteedanttottntehothsehsstraotheooldfotrhsesatctchosunatds.,
Mourned should be
ineeti
result °r o,r'y conversation ensued.
of was Proposed
4 res
and seconded, that a, sum
`1213
she share shouldbeinemediately returned to the
noidt,..oders, that a committees of nine of the share-
Port '' be appointed to investigate the accounts, and ro-
ll en, , ,a. meeting of the shareholders ; that
fiTft ofihuie sane: to
lamed constitute a quorum.
kittee-4;00/iunttitodri. was carried unanimously, and the com-
MI .lots of thanks eii h
the was was then passed to the Chairman,
0 the
Meetine, separated.

J. WILSON PATTEN.
London, Jan. 31, 1846.

MR. TOWNSHEND MAINWARING.
The Member for the Denbighshire boroughs has ad-
dressed the following letter to his constituents:—
" Gentlemen,— The great importance of the Bill which
her Majesty's Ministers intend to bring into Parliament
respecting the relaxation of duties upon articles of food
and clothing, induces ma to address you, in order that
I may ascertain your Fentiments upon this great sub•
lea. I feel myself bound to adopt this course, as I
-distinctly sought your support upon the principle of
protecting native industry. I cannot, however, with
honour, withhold the avowal that Sir Robert Peel's an-
nouncement of the Government measure has had the
effect Iron my mind of changing the. opinion I have
hitherto held. Under these circumstances, I respectfully
ask you to allow me to approach the consideration of the
vast subject unfettered by the restraint which my own
address to you at the last general election imposes on
me, otherwise I must take immediate steps to vacate my
seat in Parliament. I can most honestly assure you
that no party feelings have influenced me in forming the
views I now entertain. Few, perhaps, have more re-
proached the Government than I have, for, as I con-
ceived, unnessarily stirring up this question at a moment
when their own previous measures were working so well;
few either have more deprecated their conduct in giving
way, as it appeared, to agitation. Better motives lam
now inclined to believe have actuated them. With
them, I believe the measure they have proposed may
diffuse comfort and morality amongst the labouring
classes, may invigorate trade, may permanently extend
commerce, and that agriculture itself may derive a
healthy stimulus from the encouragement which their
measure proposes to give.
" Relying upon the kindness I have ever received
from all political parties since my connexion with the
Denbighshire boroughs, I cannot doubt that you will
put the best construction upon the course which I feel it
my duty to adopt—assuring you, that as I have much
valued that connexion, I shall much regret whatever
occasion may sever it.

" I remain your obedient servant,
" TOWNSEIEND MIINWARING.
"London, January 28, 1846."

or ll°llos or LArtonn. —We understand r thatti paumrpeeesetinegf
~,e/nraster
threespinrs was held yesterday,
'),letfi,ning feeling
private one, we can--
of thetr?d w i th° respect to Lord
ai vooPro.position for the reduction.e of the hours of labour
4t ,57.11 Mills. pretendating being
its
,` course, to give any detailed
the feeling of
itthe earriee(l,ng
the villroecet!din,gs; but we understandt thateafiscal measure,
dtailed account of
vlrreausiti thiatatveSir
theßob P
effect of
them onditiort of the working
Ithe thatbtain a more plentiful and cheapfea
u rcturers, in many
Nett:,i it would also place th
position,e classes,
üb(p ameliorating
y enablingf fo e
tlelraii3,:liBno
311AUceh
degreebetter a
„differYrifilas brought before the Legislature,
objectsto e
andbwl
which,enable
ch
itradel_
e ornd
to meet
nt
theens
has al;;,tovei.
The e„,-"' occasions the House of Commons.tst,..
talten-et, ting resolved
tc)tt,,,, ‘o ascertain the 0?"7 °.„ as to the pro-
should be
a tot reducing the Ipurs
wooersl'rit'v-,3 and inthaantufaina-:la :he
Aole
body
of
et 4 heirpromoting
Thl7),.ortf
o f Sir
would) not'
cNri3" labour from twaelitie
tthsonertelevenhours.
feel •3 ieatc's„be c'nitionifteliwth(i)ch the passing
mill?wniearsthehours
of
nl -44trti •etl acceding to such an alteration in
is te be held
‘-31 Sat‘rp! that anothters
ex
L.,_tite t.,,,aY next, by which day, I I,
''' C 'cle Renerally will haN bten ascertained--
pected,
MunchOirleos-
-I.ll`ctrc/iaa.
14115 1 ott 2
-- -ANOTHER DISPUTE.— 0 n Tuesday
Broome
the 1114,,44ctItative of thel LondonL fancy-,
t r:11-.Pe11441:°tPugirst' issue between
And Ben
oa-side.
s'44 -'44ghato, h I 1i eve tliAlched for 10 /.
s of
:ettid ;,_ _ sc oo , w o w Ilfirrty
1,,.Fe to
fight toed into between them Terry, of
)t„__ rtie4.1"..!1 very., unsatisfattory manner. The terms of I
between them stipulated that the . t'Rlit '.u. gal(' uya home and
Ar "as trot to ybetween
homer
oert theirmet
firezotor fourit:/rttnt
eatllle Birrnin ban't tail Way.
t and evidently displayeda.
tilt,
tt,t thvi3afe
or
11; At thge. fourth round Broome hail
age.
l''itlrery BfT%'`,l,l(islenTe74lllcson' tended with 1
lerr tpeer9iod
Tt°r,(Lttle wa, he-co-tt,, 'lard for one houtr,esa_t w
l'otit-Y tin he
rehte'ter Nen, but the call
ketNek
itilies men eioseciattto to submit, a.n
.i.to g out, when Broome
tolonged,
contest
twhase ftty-ninth
INt'iris'itillitt4PPtit,:4lent ll'bltitNV N)vheicnh Terry's party calleda foul,p
4°44141A) ttla WM On his knees at the tike,e. A P
'lcke.,,_4lld ell t efeee, wli would net decide, andnaelen.ovst
ne to 13.1, Aid then' :At fight occupied one hour
rninll-"test;:tbc94i4ettssion took° pleas between theanrdesapixttelene
bett.„,,"o leas theea Ift the without any decision..e
I,~''K me as
11°-•ftect 1,. " At --or, much to the -
/'4,,,-_'l3 deei,;_4 loate hour last eveeohl
m fight again.
teteaort'6:stte., tzi'ullut
xbl‘,TotithTat,. tolle p•A
g F ENGLAND.— In
Horner a
„gustthz, reNree an-
no4describea.tid before Parliament), Dlr. Leonard_etriet(the
I babef togia ilt, rattllt of his inquiries in his d
k 1,4,4 naeettaiT:l), giving the following curio
41 liq,,,ltllpy 2 Zl' by inquiry, that the 1,519 fi
gine,, with
%f ~I.t. of 4,
~, 8 factories, hare 1,552 steam- en _
h ower
u_srudtsetaeital.st:n;
,Qtzhie:%l.":tich is
s'ir)3B horses, and 515 water-wheels, t
re
,11,9,751
p0,,,i LptfA4 at 5,413 horses ; being toegeaT
ages, of
z. Crithlbt 11;7 SrrIPIOy 2.21,437 iaersoas f
i 5,16 ~1,141 are children between 8 and 13 years
filb‘aTs of theuetween 13 and 18, and 141,4tdOreonf 18 and
38,172
IT alil3.2(piveett ilb:rei are 5,424 fem
_, Balenhl 18 ;, making
iiillier ,'B,,°4piee'llales n:or18a o`': 574 2pe r abovecent. of the whole
th tb1.44.
b(._ f ry, .?BT.• t
hBe'irneceh
a thei,e last
thy istrict
;77as e,44„ti'ri,cs, of 10,041 horses power, and of 50,52'
is,t„_
sekber T,' ,3,,d• This incroaet has all taken place since
hk\,7-o th:i '4,2, crease ttlt revival of trade began ; andt
111 been
cielert o,f, Persons employed since that time mtp
th_iseea a__ n4itieraoly greater than the above amount; for
11:,,rettirue, 1838, when the collection of particulars
.for
br.i,Qe" totirei,,°` 1839, began, and November 1842, many mills
44 the ' te4sed to work, and others had considerably re-
,,,,,trinsllnber of their hands. The total number of
tl'11)' retell:loT district, ascertained by inquiry, is 14 9
41,14-114;i4epa / fino praolnei;:oxx made to
etosaine Parliamentp is that
ePtiltie wZltioi!. e ?Institute my district —viz. Lancashi art
14 P.ilitit county 'oil , and the
the of the North Riding.
1'1t4,31. there wo;eolliic, and the four northern. cou.ntTesasoef
ter.17,1T3 the 10 '
-tlphe ,-, ,e
nat.work in
yezus;onalyd6346rle;
asrheonwenwtg
_a6n, in
2 237emore
my and
alone than there were
4i loyZe°ll', united kingdom 10 years ago. As regards the
til4 late 1' (24' w.ooen, Air. Ilorner says that the clause in
for nl2 holies! Which prevents women from working more
thoertNl.
a`,.B, Which prevents and secures to them regular intervals
li,e,,e Of 'lBvP lesto 85,515 randy district, that is, to all
414, 'email tYr4.. Of age upwards ;. and I have
kb.r__cta...4l7 eneve that the interfereace in their behalf
i1%114,-.4 aPProYecl of? and especially by the Women

RESULTS OF A DISSOLUTION.
(Prom the Liverpool 7 imes.)
If it was not for the interruption to business pro-
duced by a general election, the free traders Would be
quite as willing to have an appeal made to the people as
the Duke of Richmond or Mr. George Banks can pos-
sibly be. So far-from fearing the result, they feel loon •
fident that it would end in the utter rent *1 Int mono-
polists. At the last election the latter put forth their
strength in the counties, and: won so many of them
that they have nothing
"-..;-w to gain in that quarter.
whilst in the and boroughs they would I.i,avo no
chances even of holding their regem pdsltioli. Suppos-
ing the free ottalers or the Liberal and Conservative
party to net together, there' are several large and popu-
lous districts, such, for instance, as Lancashire, the
tsNocVaeprscaterlßlyi
ai dmai nesngi
single
,go of e Ymoor
nk
os
ph t amn
edmlldb
ei dr dvrl eosue
ld lie ore
twit
rhni
whilst ft is' imposeibte t 6 point out a
single diatrilt ih villieh that party could gain any con-
siderable accession of strength.
'With regard to.Laneashire, we feel pretty confident
that the result of an appeal to the people would be a
declaration in favour of free trade !n orely constituency
in the. ootint.?, At 1.11'6 present time, professed free
traders itite returned by Manchester (2), Oldham (2),
Stockport (2), Proton (2), Milton (2), Ashton (1),
Rochiale (1), and Wigan (1). Of tl4Laneashirt!
servative members, J.,ord. EiT;erton, and Mr.
Cardwell. Men'.liti for Clithcroe, are known to be
favthitable to free trade, and Lord Sandon and Mr.
Greene, of Lancaster (the Chairman of Committees),
are understood to be so. Amongst thofeilwto,ar%sitriell
doubtful are one county men%bet for z4ut— sancai
wo for North Itanddillito, one for Liverpool, one for
Warrington, one for Lancaster, one for Wigan, and
two for Blackburn. Several of these gentlemen will
most probably, vote with Sir Robert Yee!, an 4 of
those who do nest it is tel'y thitatful whether a single
one of thtdi twill be reelected. South Lancashire is
well known to be sure for two free traders; North Lan-
cashire is less so, but the probability is that Mr.. Wilson
Patten will vote with Sir Roberkyeel 4Mb itie the
free traders aecl Olt tildritteConservatives will easily
secure hia iteletettion. Cow his juvenile colleague, Mr.
Olifton, will act, no one pretends to know, hut
his wisest course will be to go with the Goveatnent; For
his hold on the division is Very slight; and Would nbt
outlive a eerintts contest-. We COnSi ter the return 'o
two free trader; deraln itt tiverp.-4 At *erring-
ton; the old eonsavd.titte party, once so strong, is
much divided, a large section being furious Against
Mr. Ireland Blaekburne, for his Maynooth vote. From
this cause ho will be beaten, if he siruld stand on the
monopolist interests thssugh lid Wobld hate fair chance
as a free trader, ithl be sure of his election; if no one
else was brought out on that interest. Mr. Matton'i
position at Lancaster is imich thg Sanie Mn Jfeland
Blackburn° at Warrinitoii. Ile has very little chance
of being eentee. '6n file interest which last returned him,
but might came in handsomAy as a convert. Both the
t_3om-ervative members at Blackburn are connected with
trade, and will most likely vote with Sir 11,'Obekl #06); IA
which case their etattS afe secure. Sao that there only
remains tint strange, incomprehensible place, Wigan, of
which we feel any doubt. At present the free traders
return one member, and the Earl of Balcarres the
other. It is barely possible that the monopolists may
continue to return one member, if the Lindsays, who,
however, have a great respect for the powers that he
should think it prudent to go into dead opposition to
what their countryman, S.r Per.inax, would have called
" the great mon.",
The above resume does not hold out a very brilliant
prospect to the monopolists. Still it is qaite true, and
and if they are wise they will take stock iu other
counties besides Lancashire before they go into a fight
with Ministers and the free traders.

B 3LTON. —COLLIERS' TURN- 0 UT. —The dispute be-
twe.2 n the colliers and their employers, in this district, still
continues without any appearance of an arrangement, and
the supply of engine coal in particular has become so scarce
that some mills have been obliged to run short time for want
of fuel. • We hear, ho-.vever, that the Darcy Lever Coal
Company have agreed to give the advance asked for, viz.,
Is. 2d. per pit loud of 20 tubs, and that the colliers IT 91441
Fe3lllne Vr9rl4 044 moruinge.r Atanchester Guardian,

MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED.)
TBE NEW MONTHLY.
The present number of the New Ilionedv is graced
by a paper from the pen of Mr. Harrison 'Ainsworth,
intitied, " Lainan Blanchard and his Writings," which
does equal credit to the head and the heart of the
writer. The character of poor Blanchard, one of the
most gifted, and at the same time one of the must kind-
hearted of created being.:, is admirably drawn. The
man as he was is there depicted, and depicted too after
his own kind heart. It is such a sketch as Blanchard
himself would have written of his friend, had he chanct d
to be the survivor. Mr. Butler contributes some verses,
intiticd the " Berkzhire (American) Jubilee," and
Charles Houten gives us one of his new world, spirit•
s'irrino- nautical ballads, entitled, "Pierre Picard, or the
Sea Famine." This number is rich in American
sketches, for Captain Lev7nge continues his " Echoes
from the Back Woods," and furnishes us with informa-
tion regarding men and things in America, which is not
only interesting, but worthy of serious attention. We
extract the following description of tho garrison of
Eastport, the first United States town beyond the Nova
Scotian frontier, as an example
" This fort was garrisoned by a company of horse artil-
lery. It was composed entirely of deserters from our regi-
ments.cp!artered from time to time in New Brunswick. These
al being :.entry regiments, the men had of course never learned
to ride, and rarely to exercise great guns. Nevertheless,
they did their duty as flying artillery in the United States.
They wore fancy-coloured waistcoats under sky-bluejackets,
trousers of the same colour, with broad yellow stripes down
them; their boots turned up at the toes, like skate. 4, the
trousers only reaching half way down their legs. The wliole.
was crowned by a frightful leather cap, with a huge brass
letter to denote their company : but it is but fair to remark
that their bar. acks were as clean as an unlimited allowance
of whitewash could make them. We reco:tnised a rascal
who had deserted from St. John's not long before. He was
walking about, dragging a nine-pound shot fastened to his
leg (by which we concluded that he had already gin into a
scrape), smoking a cigar, and looking as if he did not care a
d—n for General Jackson or any one else. We heard, soon
after we left Eastport, that this company having been or
dered to Florida, to_ quell an insurrection of the Seminole
Indians, the most of them duerted on their march to Bos-
ton. They were, however, retaken, and sent out. On my
return to New Brunswick, I saw a letter from the last of the
survivors to his brother, recommending him arid his com-
rades on no account to desert their colours for the American
service, he being the only one who had escaped the toma-
hawk of the Indians, or the deadly pestilence of the swamps.
The difficulty, however, of preventing desertions was, in
spit of all warnings,great in New Brunswick. Yankey agents
followed the men, enticed them into crimping-houses, and
plied them with drink, and when sufficiently intoxicated.
they were put on board fast sailing schooners, which got un-
der weigh whilst they lay in a state of unconsciousness. On
coming to themselves, many might have returned, had they
not been given more rum, and been afraid of the conse-
quences of their first transgression. There was but one inn
stance of a man's returning in the two years we remained in
New Brunswick.
The remaining articles of this number are for the
greater part continuous.

AINS WORTH.
Only yesterday we stigmatised the revival of materials
already familiar to magazine readers as the most incor-
rigible fault in that order of periodicals ; to a certain
extent the monthly press is ephemeral in its very na-
ture : it lives only upon the appetite for present novelty
and present amusements ; and hence any repetitions, or
so to speak, any olclnetses, are both presumptuous and
ietolerabls. Ainsworth, this month, actually comes out
with a reprint of its eJiti,r's romance, " Old St. Paul's,"
a work not very long since published in a weekly news-
paper of extensive circulation, and subsequently in an
ordinary three volume edition for circulating libraries.
What interest can, therefore, be expected from its pre-
sent re-appearance we are at a loss to conjecture, es-
pecially as it is the most mediocre production of
its author. We are particularly anxious to
avoid anything that may be, construed as in-
yiduous, but we tsitist decidedly protest against
an instance of such palpable disregard to the interests
and entertainment of the subscribers to this hitherto
(and deservedly) popular magazine. Mr. Ainsworth
has already shown by his many admirable fictions that
his imagination needs no stimulus, that it is naturally
gifted with extraordinary fecundity and vigour. His
novels have followed each other with rapidity and merit;
and if any one quality of his intellect was more conspi-
cuous than another, it was that of being prolific in in-
vention, plot, character, and incident. Recently how-
ever, he appears to have been encompassed with Indeci-
sions, and trepidations, and misarrangements of a very
unliterary class. In his "Revelations of London"—
again discontiuned—he was evidently plunged into such
a cobweb of dilemmas that he found it difficult to extri-
cate himself with adroitness. But in republishing his
present story of the plague and fire of- London,
he has, in our Conception, acted more mistakenly
than ever. Enough, however, upon this point :
we earnestly recommend him to withdraw his
unfortunate revival from his magazine, and no longer
arouse a recollection of " Old St. Paul's;" but this, of
course, in every sense, ex cathedra! Here, as a recom-
pense
for our moroseness, we will extract from the pages
of Ainsworth a delicate little fantasiet it is daintily
headed

' occasional few, indeed, who are more intimate with him
as a playright, the majority again are merely acquainted
with him in " Every Man in his Humour," a coated)
which, notwithstanding its superiority for represeuta.
tion, and notwithstanding the illustrious Captain Boba
himself, that beau ideal of a braggart—with his
" twenty more kill 'em, twenty more kill 'era, twenty
more kill 'em "—is, in our estimation, not to be com-
pared with his immortal "Alchemist." This latter
satirical comedy stands indeed alone fur its shrewd cut-
tings and slashings with a two-edged wit at all the
weaknesses and rogueries discoverable in human nature.
Its variety of character, to:,, is amazing ; "Face," that
arrant varlet of a charlatan ; "Abel Drugger," with
scarcely a syllable to utter, and yet about the principal
personage in the drama;" " Sir Epicure Mammon,',
wonderful Sir Epicure, with an ithagination like an in-
tellectual El Dorado, and a voluptuousness of heart
beyond that of Medici; and the "Angry Bay," that
right inimitable specimen of irritability ; with these
creations, and the strange elaboration, yet strange sim-
plicity of its plot, we know no production of professedly
the same aim which can be for a single moment men-
tioned with the " Alchemist." And Ben Jonson's
rivaly with Shttkspere having been gainsaid and pil-
loried as a fallacy by Barry Cornwall, we can discover
nothing, excepting possibly- his mannerisms, to debar the
public from cherishing tho° old bluff poet as one of their
favourite household spirits, and as about the truest and
most English of their stage-bards. Having been se-
duced into this protracted plea for our " rare Ben," we
can but observe that Chambers for February equals) if it
does not surpass,
all its former Prbruary offerings.

PICTORIAL GALLERY OF ARTS.
Mr. Knight here brings the first volume of this spi-
rited series to a conclusilni and, considering its exceed-
ing cheapness, it may tiumberamting the many marvels oc
type.graphical and illustrative art that have issued from
the press of late years. it is an undertaking deserving
of all praise and all encouragement, as one like:y to foster
a love for the higher descriptions of art among tbe mul-
titude : it forms in itself a kind of moveably " Nation&
Gall, ry." The frontispiece is a curiosity it is a cop)
from a piece of tapestry in the possesion of Lord
Brougham, taken from the renowned " Virgin in the
Chair," of Raphael. The colouring of this plate ik
brilliant; it is a good example of chromatic effect, al
once dazzling and subdued.

OLD ENGLAND'S WORTHIES.
James I. (that choice bard-prisoner, in the dungeon
at Windsor Castle), Henry VII. (that weak and feeble
monarch, familiar more with rosaries than sceptres),
Wolsey (that problem of party-feeling, by one regarded
as the Cardinal-virtuel by another as the Cardinal-vice
of his age)—Chem sad other°, airwd ex-celient materials
for the Second Part of Old England's Worthies. The
biographical condensations are judiciously managed, and
the tune of narration is admirably impartial. When
completed, the volume will be an invaluable companion
to our native history.

CfIURTONS LITERARY REGISTER'
A fantastic assortment Of queer things is the opening
article of this number, not inaptly styled " The New
Curiosities of Literature." It groups together nearly
every superstition and "legends hoary" in connexion
with the month of February : it offers us some bits of
antiquarian and scholarly information of the " blood
baths" used by the ancient Romans fir purifying tht
victims of Elephantiasis, or, as it IS commonly called, the
white leprosy. It submits to our notice some fragments
from Dekker, descriptive of "moon-men," or half-
witted persons, with sundry other eccentric gleaning
from old folios, breathing of dust and cobwebs—smelling
anciently and wortueatena resuscitation of Sir Cor-
nelius Agrippa. In the after portion of the miscellany
there is scarcely a single publication that has appeared
within the past four weeks but what is mentioned in
some sort critically. The literature altogether is su-
perior, and the Register deserves patronage.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE TALE?
Ohl do you remember how bright was the day,
When far in the wild woods wejvander'd away;
The sweet birds were singing on every tall tree
And thro' the dark olives fair glitter'd the sea?
Al], do you remember, as on fled the hours,
You cull'd me a garland of freshest wild flow'rs;
And as 'neath the soft shade we sat down td rest,
Each dreaming of what each *as leVing the best,
Each gazing on that each loved most to behold
Ah I ttd you remember the tale that you told?
Altogether indeed, for February, there is a rich assort-
of poetical fragments; no unwelcome recommendation for
the lovers of day-dreaming in this &jelling and uncon-
scionable season. Edward Kenealy proves still further
his accomplishments as a lingual student, by treating us
with a basket of unknown but beautiful flowers, in a
paper entitled "Swedish Anthology:" the strains of music
which he echoes in translation have a character about them
that clings with tenacity to one's memory, haunting and
re-haunting the inner ear. They are tinctured too with
the gleanings of the far north ; they breath ,like the
sound of madrigals among the ice-mountains: in them
Frederika Bremer seems to speak to us in rhlOm: they
glow, bat their glow is frost, Andre* Winter ad-
monishes us that we " Be Trustful'—and his admonition
is couched in such pensive metre that—we listen and
obey. Nor is the finest Scholar of German lyrics in
England silent—he unhusks from the original of Friedeich
Rilckert five charming miniature jewels, in very fantastic
rhymes. Are they not jewels ? Here is one I
I sat upon the shore; and every
The green that ell the lieldei,Wdothe mountains shone,
The l'afitcl thus that theaVes, fruits, blossoms threw,
Hed disappeard before me, one by one.
Merg/d in the billow's green, and heaven's deep blue,
Each separate colour from my sight had gone;
Thus
,ontv foldir
tiles
o
For thesti we thank dbh ehll tt Sdifie iiassages
in the 13riiate nisttify of my Poodle," by Dudley Cos-
tello, would, if divested of its plentiful larding of
phrases that are somewhat ever-ididdiatie; shiach much
of 144 a. We hit,v); r %Int suspicion that the subject
(4, Ole WaY, a very facetious one) has been previously
touched upon : however, it will gain its end, by tickling
the mouth-corners of its readers, besides *ell sprin-
kled with sareo.tiik ficott's Demonology and Witch-
craft" lifts etidently Stiggersted to Thomas Wright
his 1‘ Uhapter& fedui the gi,stor* of Sotcers7 and
Magic." The introduction displays some kfiowiedge of
that abstruse and enticing lore ; we shall anticipate
several striking disclosures in its continuation. There
is an agreeable bonhommie, though rather an over-plenty
of minuteness; in the " Lifo and Writings of Nimrod,"
and
.at Mr. Apperler •With all his ,elevli,rnetd.s merely
tile favciirite or a class, *e eonside; such profuse corn
mentaries as misjudged. "Female Delinquency," in
reference to its alleviation by the late excellent Mrs.
Fry—that soul-sister of Howard—affords material for a
sensible and benevolent es„say.; which is wordy a second
perusal ; aliu, what with the foregoing con eiothions and
a laughable, chatty, little episode of every-day life, by
Shirley Brooks, telling us "How Mrs. Malmsey Ma-
naholeged; her Uncle," Ainsworth:B 412atirie Forms; on the
w

THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
Though but the preliminary jump of a new ad-
venturer among our monthly publications, the People's
Journal bears about it an impress of health and stability,
which at first is somewhat enigmatical, until we re-
member that its literary and artistic contributors art
equally experienced ill the requisites for similar pub-
lication. What appears to be the most decided charac
teristics about this serial is its fervid, and earnest, and
paramount advocacy of the populace. ' Nor is this tone
of earnestness, an affectation ; it bursts forth in bosom
gushes, it beats with the beating of an unseen but eloquent
hearts it utters its bold ban upon Oppression, it breaths a
soul sigh for the vines of poyerty, it points to the on
comings of better and brighter things ; its general
spirit is not that of morbid grumbling, but rather of a
heaven-born hopefulness. These qualities, however,
from their very sacredness, ttte festricted of course, to
the serious portion of each number; the lighter litera
tare abstains from the profanation of such themes—the
anomalous mingling together of grand truths and flip-
pant jokes. William Howitt gives two rather milk-and-
watery estimates of Charles Dickens and William
Wordsworth—men whose eulogy should not be sounded
forth in staid and formal period; but in warm, and ire-
petuotim, and unstudied tones of love. We say advisedly
of love—for is that not a recompense well merited ?
Have they not severally attempted to excite within our
hearts affection for the Unseen and fur the Seen ? And
have they titit succeeded teiumphaiitly in that beautiful
endeavour?—have not their simple utterances stirred up
the waters of our inner-spirit ?—and aro they not each
absolutely in some measure, what Shelley calls
" The silver key of the fountain of tears!"
by moving our dearest sympathies " up from our heart
unto our eyes,"—and after this shall we not speak of
them boldly, plainly, lovingly, and cordially ? For
this quietude of style, William llowitt is the very anti-
thesis of George Gilfillan, who estimates passionately,
and yet discriminatingly. Some metrical morceau of
Ebenezer Elliott ; two smart sketches from London So-
ciety, by Angus a Reach, with capital illustratidns, by
Kenny Meadoits, (the couple of waiters in the tavern
scene being the very extravagance of drollery) ; with a
plentiful supply of other very en'ertaing matter, form
altogether a valuable and amusing magazine of more
than ordinary merit, for the surprising small sum of
eightpence halfpenny. So much enterprise, so much
ability, so much benevolence of purpose will not surely
go unrewarded or unnoticed.

SPUR TING RE VIEW.
A numerous collection of brief but capital contribu-
tions ; they ate chiefly capital, but not all, one or two
sinking down below even mediocrity, particularly a very
(fortunately) short chapter, headed " A Safe Shot." It
is an attempt at the graphic and conVersational, which
sinks to the common- place, while it taggs on to a clever
engraving from a.painting by Arnfield upon the same
subject, like a bttaf td a ladyJs pettieoati Sweetmeat,
the property of Mr. A. W. Dill, is here presented to us
by the engraver of Hacker, and a worthy descendant of
Lollipop he a,pßears to be, from that limning. Scribble
gives a rollocking " Day With the Pytehleyi7 and, with
some similar sprightly and roystering tfritsiotis, The
Sporting Review passes muster this month with no little
credit.

A better selectionTioliEartPirs clioGull4tdhescarcely have been
ma;
sagneedsassrttal
.rtosnrcilanitns mobietiri,r,l
emi-
nentlybl
FOrresthenetclisserim
nation 'Cf itS 'editor. Profeski• pewit:lsoH gives us a
sketch remarkable for its perspicacity on—that marvel of
nature, that consequence of cultivation—" Rotaria
Cynaa ; or the Rotation of Crops." The disquisition
",On the Philosophy:of Agricultiire," ,is ,evidpntly the
eLsion of a thoughtful intellect ; it is. ci&ested of all
prejudices in favour of the old-established systems, and
is very learned upon all the latest expositions of the re-
nowned Baron, Liebig. Ataiott the mesf imciedititely
Iniefehing and toe papeis, however, is a
synopsis of Dr. Lyon Play fair's Lecturts upon the Po-
tato Disease, the importance and veracity of which may
be almostsaii tot have the, Nbctidt) lolf Goternttient.
Peinbii Albeit:a Ox flgitri in all the pain-
ftil glory of obesity open the fronti.Tiece, though he
lodlcs as gentlernaitly, 4 " blade" as you would well find
uficA the turfs"
,thilpumber Nte, feel
like " One who has Whistled at the Plough," and that
with considerable satisfaction to ourselves.

Trig. 4AT REP§ TV
As a quaiterly of didroreign
jurispiud,nbe, thiS periodical already fills a preeminent
poSition itl.bonOlApbtaties: ettrii6a, bttt dis-
pAsSionat6 iribwi; its ehliOteheci and 6fildite clidracter,
its perfect freedom from bigotry or intolerance of tone,
tog-ther with its many evidences of experience and re-
search, render it a worthy exponent of the profession.
" Lord Eldon comp red with he ju,clges of his Time" is,
tti't e4TeR OA the ti+itiii• hidiSelf laidtinci,e; d toah-
breaking nut for Horace Twiss ; and " The Opening of
Lincoln's Inn Hall" gives an opportunity for a spirited
survey of the present state of the legal profession,
which, apart from the importance of the subject itself,
should be read by etc*, ohe who admires candour and
boldness. As a n hole the present number Is sterling.
CH '

.111AMBERS'S EDIAI3URGEI JOURNAL.
This really admirable periodical sustains its reputation
without any appearance of effOrt ; its pleasantry is un-
forced, and its philanthropy unaffected. In the former
particular, we have "The Innocent Railway," and the
"Freaks of Fortune ;" in the latter, a very fine-toned
exposition of "Savings' Banks," and their beneficial
consequences. A pleasant morsel of book-gossip, too,
is that about "Ben Jonson," that horn-handed singer of
sweet masques and dainty ballads. Our glorious old
dramatist is not appreciated as much as one buckle of
his doublet deserves ; we would indeed wager that the
majority arc acquainted with his name rather through
that quaint inscription on his tombstone, in the Abbey,
" 0 rare Ben Jonson I" than through the medium of his
Christmas moralities or cloying love-ditties, spiced and
comfitted with imageries of heaiity more than almost
any 0124 Similar efißione iu our Ono. With the

COLONIAL MONOPOLY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia—On behalf of the agriculturists and of those
numerous parties who are to lose the advantages they
have derived from protective duties, a measure Sir
Robert Peel will endeavour shortly to carry into effect,
it is important to inquire of what crime or fault these
parties have been guilty—what offence they have com-
mitted that they are to be so much punished, as Sir
Robert Peel's project would inflict on them? He
or
pro-
poses that they should sell the produce of their
labour anti industry, at whatever price it may
command, in markets open to competition with
the
country,ssd, and
This
h especially
ast is the
in
compelled
to purchase some of their necessary supplies at the mo-
nopoly orlindeesclamhaerdtuimpoen them ; it
be favouring the colonial interests to continue their
monopoly, but it is actual cruelty to the consumers of
this
those who will be obliged to sell
at an unprotected price, to oblige them to buy their
sugar, coffee, and a long et cetera of articles, at a price
vamped up by monopoly,—that is, rained fictitiously
beyond their actual value. This would be a queer kind
of justice, and would Mao* that Sir Robert Peel's
conversion to free trade principles must have
been of a peculiar character. Certainly he has taken
a one-sided view of the great question. If he
should be induced, to expose the many branches
connected with the landed interest, to the abominable
hardships of selling the results of their labour at an
unprotected price, and at the same moment decree them
to buy all the colonial produce they may need at a
monopoly price, of what earthly utility will taking
:3s, 6d. per cwt., little more than a farthing per pound,
,ff the duty now imposed on certificated free labour
foreign sugar be to the farmer? He will never enjoy the
edvueteges of the reductieli; the benefit will never reach
hire ; the three shillings and sixpence will be swallowed
up by the importers and the wholesale dealers long be-
.ore the suer reaches the small shop at which the farmer
deals. No man ever addressed stranger arguments to con-
firm this view of the question than Sir R. Peel himself did
when last year he reduced the duty on British sugars
from 245. per cwt. and 5 ler con% to 14s. per cwt., and
5 per cent. lie then clearly showed that unless the
reduction of duty was equivaleni. to a penny per pound,
the consumers of sugar would d, sire no benefit whatever
from the diminution. No remarks could be more to the
purpose than those he theta used. Why should he be
oblivious of them just new ? H. !mows full well the re-
duction of the said 3s. 6d. per cwt. can never be of use
to the farmer ; is fact, on the announcement of his
scheme the sugar market improved nearly a shilling
par cwt. Will it be commonly honest and fair to
the landed interest, and to all others who have had
the shield of protection removed from their
labours, to compel them to enter the t 1,1,1 ‘,1%
competition, to commence a struggle with the
world as it were, under the crippling facts that have
been described? As well might it be expected that a man
with his hands tied behind him is in a proper state to
fight another who has his hands entirely free.
It is a lamentable circumstance, and very unfortunate
for the multitude of straitforward and well-thinking men
amongst the agriculturists, that their leaders should not
be more conversant with the ordinary rules of life, the
business of the day ; and instead of uniting their abili-
ties to stem the tide of public opinion flowing surely and
steadily in on them, they do not at once give up the
futile attempt, and change their position; and declare, as
protection is to be cas to the winds, let all classes stand on
the same ground, as protection is to be removed from us,
let it be also removed from all others. We are to ha, e
no favour, give us a clear stage Concomitant, however,
with such an arrangement, it would be equitable only
to the colonists to sweep away the absurd regulations
imposed upon them by the mother country. The colo-
nists undoubtedly should be free to sell in the dearest
markets, and buy in the cheapest. Let them obtain food,
lumber, and freight where they like—also labour, pro-
vided they do not, in the last particular, infringe
the laws of humanity—then might all differential
duties on colonial produce be cleared away, with-
out injustice. A revision of the sugar dirties
ought likewise to be made, and a more
equitable mode be adopted; for it is evident, from the.
letter of your correspondent B. S. R, who appears to be
intimate with the regulations of the sugar market, that
some of our sugar-producing clothes possess consider-
able advantages over others, through the laws governing
the duties on sugars imported into this country. His
plan for obviating these difficulties is undeniably good,
and merits the attention of the Legislature. To place a
like duty on an article worth 20s. per cwt. and on one
worth 40s. per cwt., because the two happen to be
Muscovado sugar, an undefinable term, is clearly
unjust—and reminds one of the hodge-podge
patchwork measure Sir Robert Peel is abou

io introduce—a measure clearing away all duty here,
by halves there, and by thirds elsewhere. Why,
in the name of common sense, instead of this confused,
does he not produce a conaprehensiv-3 and comprehensible
plan? If protection is to be thrown to the winds, as he
says, why not act on his opinion at once?
It would appear by Sir Robert Peel's proposition, that
the colonists are to experience a different kind of treat-
ment to-that meted out to us. If he and they think
protection will serve their turn, let them enjoy it
amongst themselves; but, in the name of fair play, let
us, who are to be deprived of all protection, have the
colonial monopoly utterly removed. They may take our
produce or leave it; confer the same privilege, as regards
theirs, on us.—Your obedient humble servant,

THE MALAY SLAVE-TRADE.

(From the Singapore Free Press).
In addition to the forty-two slaves lately brought from
Pahang by the gun boat, the steamer Diana (on her re-
turn from Pahang on the 10th instant), brought eight
more, consisting of six Bugis women and one child, and
a Javanese man, thus making fifty in all rescued from
slavery by the authorities here within the last month.
The accounts given by some of these persons show the
manner in which the trade is carried on ; and it may not
be altogether uninteresting to our readers to mention a few
of the particulars given by the captives. One women, a
native of Tabunnan, in the island of Bally, a widow, had
a daughter who was one of the concubines of the Rajah
of Tabunnan, and against whom the Rajah conceived sus-
picion of infidelity, on which both the mother and
daughter were sold as slaves to a woman about five
months ago. They were then taken to Baddong, where
they were put on board the vessel of a Bugis Nakhoda,
named Wah Cassia), by whom they were conveyed, to-
gether with a number of others, to Pahang. The
mother was brought away by the steamer, but the
daughter stil remains at Pahang. This woman states
that a great number of persons are annually sold as
slaves by the Rajahs in Bally and their nobles, the prin-
cipal purchasers being Bugis traders.
Another widow stated that she lived in the district of
Crambetan in Bally, but her husband dying about a
year ago, and being necessitated to borrow about tan
dollars to defray the expenses of his burial and conse-
quent religions ceremonies, she and her child, of about
itwo years of age, became bond servants to the lender,
from whore they were, after some time, redeemed by the
Rajah, and were subsequently sold by his highness to a
Chinaman. The Chinaman disposed of them_to a Bugis,
by whom th y were conveyed to Pahang in Wah
caasim's boat.
A native of Yanyeh, in Bally, and his wife, having
gone a few months ago to Baslclo'ng to trade, they were
seized bt one of the principal men there, and put on
board Well Cassim's boat, being sold for thirteen dollars,
and were conveyed to Pahang.
An inhabitant of Meng°, in Bally, and his
wife, having
accompanied their chief to Liberman, were both kid-
napped by a gang of persons, who sold them to the
Banda of Sarrangan for eleven dollars. They were by
the latter sent in Wah Cassim's boat to Pahang for sale.
The man states that this boat conveyed forty-eight men
and nineteen women to Pahang on this occasion.
Similar stories are told by others, from which it ap-
pears that a most active system of kidnapping and slave
dealing prevails in the island of Bally. Indeed, so firm
appears the conviction of these unfortunate people that
if they returned to Bally they world again fall into a
ate,4_e of zlairtry, that they are aaigadit unnziiinoue—ia,
expressing their disinclination to return to Bally, pre-
ferring to remain in Singapore, where they find many of
their c )untrymen s-ttled.
The Rajahs in Belly have a very great number of
slaves. The sources from which they are derived are
various. The most usual appear to be these :—lst,
Women who have been divorced by their husbands be-
come the property of the Rajah. 2nd, Widows and
daughters of men dying without male issue go, with all
the property of the des, ased, to the Rajah. 3rd, All
culprits and malefactors became slaves to the Rajah ;
and convictions, therefore, often proceed on the most
unsatisfactory evidence. 4th, Prisoners taken in war,
and poor unprotected persons, who are seized and treated
as slaves. ,
The ways in which these slaves, so obtained, are em-
ployed, are various: some are engaged in working for
the Rajah, and some he sends out to trade on condition of
their bringing him a certain share of their profits;
others are let out to hire, and of these persons many of
the crews of the vessels which trade from Bally to
Singapore and others places consist. The women, if
young and handsome, become ti .e concubines of the
Rajah; if they do not take the royal fancy, he sends them.
to trade in the bazaar, receiving a portion of their gains;
or he sends them out as dancing-girls and prostitutes,
participating in their earnings. The largest source of
gain must, however, arise from the sale of slaves. They
are bought from the rajahs by the Chinese and
Bugis, the latter, as far as can be learnt,
being now the principal dealers, and conveyed to
the Malay states, where they are sold, the Arabs re-
siding in these places being the largest owners of slaves.
Formerly Europeans did not scruple to derive large sup-
plies of slaves from Bally, though this is now happily at an
end. We find from a paper published in 1830, that the
Netherlands Government formerly had an agent esta-
blished at Boddong to buy up slaves, who were sent up
to Java to be employed as soldiers. It is therein stated
that about 100 men had been obtained for that purpose
during the two preceding years, who had cost the
Government, for price, agency, and transport, about
20,000 dollars. French vessels are also stated to have
resorted to Bally for the purpose of buying slaves.
Women were preferred by them ; 150 rupees were given
for a young and handsome women ; 80 for the middle-
aged i • the old being rejected altogether. Boys were
also bought, but grown up men were not in general
taken being considered too intractable.
Slavery is, as far as we have the means of knowing, le-
gal in all Malayan states, which derive their supply of
slaves from Bally; and being also legal according to the
laws of Bally, there seems to exist considerable diffi-
culty in the way of effecting its total suppression in
the Archipelago. The recent efforts of the Singapore
authorities, whiete must meet with the approbation of
every one desirous of seeing the traffic in human beings
blotted from the face of the globe, were only so far suc-
cessful through the co-operation of the Rajah of Pahang,
moved thereto by the intervention of his royal relative
the Tommungong. But even while delivering up these
captives to us, th Rajah was undoubtedly committing a
wrong upon those of his own subjects whom he dispos-
sessed of their slaws, and accordingly we have heard
rumours of very great excitement having prevailed in
Pahang on the subject, especially on the part of the
Arabs, who, as we have before remarked, are very ex-
tensive
slave-holders.

AN AGRICULTURIST.

AUSTRALIAN EXPLORING EX-

PEDITION.

To those of our readers who are not already aware
of the safety of Captain Sturt it will afford much
gratification to learn that the gallant leader (in the ex-
ploratory expedition to the northward, which left Ade-
laide more than a year ago) was, at the date of his
dispatches (18th of July), at a temporary depot, formed
at the distance of about 500 miles from Adelaide, in
longitude 141 deg. 30 min. east, and 29 deg. 40 min.
12 sec., being about 90 miles east by south from
"Mount Hopeless," and near the turning point of Mr.
Eyre's expedition in 1640. With the exception of the
late much lamented Mr. Poole, second in command,
whose sudden decease is officially announced in the
Government Gazette notices, the gallant party has
suffered no fatal enmity during the long and
arduous journey into the mysterious interior from which
" the veil" is yet to be lifted. Mr. Piesse, the store-
keeper cf the party, accompanied by four men and a
single bullock team, has been the bearer, as far as
Moorunde, of the captain's dispatches, which are so
voluminous as to have determined the Government to
defer the publication of their intended digest until the
next issue of the Governntert Gazette; we can, there-
fore, only lay before our readers such particulars as we
have been able to glean from sources which, though
unofficial, may, we believe, be relied on. Mr. Piesse,
who was commissioned to procure for the party fresh
supplies of provisions, with the view of further explora-
tions in another direction, is said to have left the
depot with his small escort on the 18th of July last,
three days previous to which date the remains of
Mr. Poole had been interred. When within four days'
journey of the Government station (Moorunde) on the'
Murray, Mr. Piesse found means to anticipate his
necessarily slow progress through somo friendly,
natives, by whom his brief note, stating the general
safety of the party, found its way to the station, and
thence into Adelaide, many days earlier than the news
could otherwise have reached us. The extreme northern
point to which the party had attained was about 28 de-
grees of latitude (only one degree further than Captain
Frome reached), and to reach this they had to en-
counter a country of such extreme desolation, aridity,
and high temperature that the thermometer frequently
stood for. hours at 140 in the sun, 130 in the shade,
and 90 underground. In short, during nearly four
months of the period of their absence the party were.
compelled to remain in the vicinity of " a water-
hole," from which it would have been perilous in the
extreme to have made either a forward or a retrograde
movement. They had all suffered from scurvy, but were
recovered, and in excellent health and spirits. When
the party arrived in the surmised vicinity of Lake
Torrens, they found little to represent the large body of
water heretofore so circumstantially described. With
an expedition which could not subsist with less than onethousand gallons of water per diem, it is easy to imagine
the difficulties of a progress through such a country as
we have endeavoured to described ; but it is not so easy
to appreciate the courage, conduct, and enthusiasm
which have not only been equal to the task of extrica-
tion, but are even now protracting Captain Stuart's re-
turn, in the hope of reaping for his adopted country
some valuable fruits from his self-imposed, but hitherto
unsuccessful, tails. It may be some months before we
witness the return of the hardy expeditionists ; in the
meantime we hope that enterprise so daring, and explo-
ratoratory ardour so enthusiastic, will not be without
their reward. It is most satisfactory to know that the
natives met with have in every instance been inoffensive
and friendly.—Adelaide Observer.

MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF TAR.—At a recent meeting
of the Westminster Medical Society, Mr. Weatherfield read a
paper en the external and internal use of tar in senile and
other chronic eruptive diseases, and from the success which
has attended Mr. Weatherfield's practice it would appear that
in many obstinate chronic cutaneous diseases, tar may be
considered as a specific. He administers it externally in the
form of tar ointment, and internally in the form of capsules.
Asirrox. COAL-PIT ACCIDENT. —On Monday,
report was very prevalent in this town, that a most serious
accident bad taken place at the Broad Oak colliery, attended
with the loss of many lives. We are happy, however, to
say, that the accident, though serious, was much exaggerated.
It appears that, for some days past, the coal behind the
boiler and engine-house wall, at the bottom of one of the
pits belonging to Lees, Jones, Booth, and Co. has been on
fire ; the miners have been engiged, ever since this was
known to be the case, in eudeavouring to put it out, but the
task has been found extremely difficult, in consequence of the
great heat arising from the burning mass, which is about 50
yards in extent. The men have for some days been unable to get
near, so as to throw water upon it, and a driftway has had
to be cut in order that they might continue to direct the
water by means of a fire-engine which has been taken down
the pit for the purpose. The steam having got into the roof,
on Monday morning, just as the men were changing " shifts,"
nearly one hundred tons of the rock and dirt above fell with
a tremendous crash; fortunately the men bad not com-
menced work, otherwise there would have been no less than
twenty-pourfellows,literally crushed to death. The persons
-seriously injured we John Fletcher, the engineer, who was
examining the joint' a a pipe, near the boilers, when a por-
tion of the roof struck him, and broke his collar-bone, put
out his right shoulder, nearly cut off his left thumb, and
injured him on the head and other parts of his body. A
miner, named John Garside, was buried in the mass, near the
boilers; a piece of rock struck him on the head, making a
most dreadful gash. This poor fellow was forced against
the nearly red-hot bricks in the fire-hole, and when extri-
cated his back was found to be almost burned to a cinder. A
boy, named Henry Marland, received a slight injury on the
leg. No others were hurt. The men give great praise to a
miner named Marland, father of the boy who was hurt, for
the exeraons he used in extricating those who were partially
buried in the ruins. The sufferers are doing as well as can
be expected. The fire is not out.—Nandiester Guardian.

It seems, therefore, very desirable that the Rajah of
Pahang, and other native princes on the Peninsula and
elsewhere, should be induced to abolish slavery in their
dominions, and then a convention being made between
them and the British, a speedy stop would be put to all
slave importation into their territories. The places
where a large demand at present exists for slaves being
shut against them, the Bugis traders and other slave-
dealers would find the trade no longer profitable, and it
would gradually dwindle away. The Dutch Govern-
ment could, no doubt, effect much for the amelioration
of the slaves in Bally, were it willing to exert its in-
fluence, and from the character of the new Governor-
General of Netherlands India, we should suppose he
would be prompt to aid in the promotion of such a humane
object.
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The Nockodah Wah Cassim, by whom most of the
recently rescued saves were conveyed from Bally to Pa-
hang, was sent to Singapore by the Raja of Pahang, but
he has been set at liberty by the authorities here. The
only Act which is applicable to his case is the sth
Geo. IV. cap. 113, sec. 9 ; but to bring him within its
reach, he would have required to have resided in some
of her Majesty's dominions under the territory of the
East India Government. He, moreover, produced a
document, by which it appeared that he was in the em-
ployment of the Rajah of Bally; so that, altogether, it
would be difficult to bring him within the reach of
the law.

One of the persons brought from Pahang a Javanese
from the neighbourhood of Semarang, states that as he
and nine companions were out fishing at a considerable
distance from the harbour about nine years ago, they
were seized by Gallang pi!ates, by whom they were
taken to Gallang, where the individual in question re-
sided for three years. Ile was then taken to Endow, and
sold to a person named Tuanko Moods, with whom he
lived for about three yes•r3 at Endow, and then accompa-
nied him to Pahang. He further states, that after being
captured he remained in the piratical boat for nearly a
month, and that about ten days after that event, and while
hovering off Samarang, a European child was brought on
board, with four Javanese who had been taken by the
pirates. This boy he asserts to be Joseph Pahang, the
European boy who was some time ago brought from
Pahang, and is at present in the Institution school. Ile
says that the boy, whom the Javanese accompanying
him called John, was taken to Gallang, but afterwards
removed from thence, and that on his going to Pahang,
he found the boy with Tuanko Syed. Joseph, on being
shown this man, said he did not believe a word of his
story, that he never heard anything of it at Pahang, and
that he was very slightly acquainted with him ; on the
contrary, he has always understood that ho was brought
by a Bugis of Punnen Rattle to Pahang, of whom he has
a faint recollection, and who, ho has been informed,
sometimes comes to Singapore, so that he entertains
hopes of mectiLg with him and learning something of
his early hist-ory before he fell into this man's hands.
This boy, We beDve, since he has been here, has
im-
proved mni.h. Ile l-,as gained good health, and intellee-
ttvlly disrl 7 great acuteness and intelligence. He
is ay
versed in the Malay, Arabic, and Cochin Chico. Inn-
gung(2,3.

THE LAST OF THE BUCHANITES.
(From the Dumfries Courier.)
In our lae>t we recorded the death of Mr. Andrew
lanes, at the advanced age of 82, a proprietor, on a
small scale, of houses and land at Crocketford, and the
last of a sect of religionists, never, wo believe, very
numerous, but who, from their singular doctrines and pri-
mitive mode of life (sharing, as they did, most things in
common), excited at once wonderment, and attracted
very considerable notice over Galloway and elsewhere,
during their day and generation. The founder of this
sect, a native of Banffshire, previous to her marriage,
bore the name of Elspeth Simpson, but afterwards be-
came much better known as Mrs. Buchan. About the
year 1784 she commenced her public career, first et
Glasgow, and shortly after at Irvine, where, among
others, he converted aR• lief clergyman of the name of
Whyte. From Ayrshire the party emigrated to
Dumfries-shire, and settled for some time at
Closeburn, where many strange stories are still
told of the pseudo-prophetess and her followers.
Auchengibbert, in the parish of Urr and stewartry
of Kirkcudbright, formed the next rendezvous,
until, for some cause or other, they made another move-
ment, and became the first feuars in the village of Crocket-
ford. A prominent article in the creed of Mrs. B„
which she carefully inculcated, turned on a pivot not a
little flattering—namely, that all true believers, when
ripe enough in faith, in common with herself, would be
translated without experiencing the pangs of dissolution.
Accordingly, it is stated on no slight authority, that ott:
one occasion scaffolding was erected at Auchengibbert,
roomy enough to hold the whole family at that period,
who on a signal assembled with the greatest promptitude,
deliverance
promptatude,
in the expectation of participating in n
the
evil world.
from the snares and temptations of
But the experiment, as may be
that the ranks of
occasioned so much d;sappointm
enst.upposed, failed, and
the deluded were sadly thinned.
Still afewf°l.o7
An-
drew others the indomitable
Innes. remained, and among
17 9
6
Dirs. Buchan became seriously
unwell, and finding
,4her end approaching, she admonished