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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1835.

ness of this free and independent people.--( Cheers.) But I
am toll, gentlemen, that the Government is not sincere : now
I strongly suspect that the wish is father to the thought—
( Cheers.) Is it to be believed or imagined that a statesman
like Sir Robert Peel, or the Illustrious Hero, the saviour of
his country in the hour of peril, whose deeds, 'like
those of Alexander, will be handed down to generations
yet unborn. Is it to be supposed that men like these will keep
the promise to the ear and break it to the hope ?"--(Great
cheering.) Gentlemen, I cannot, I will not believe it, and I
say as long as they act up to the principles they have professed,
they shall receive from me, in any humble situation I may be
placed, all the support in my power—( Cheers.) Gentlemen,
I shall be ready to answer any question that may be put to tae,
and I will only detain you a short period in making some
comments on the subject of Religion—( Hear.) I think
that a State Religion is essential to every country—l think it
essential to the maintenance of any other religious creed, at
the same time I think that those who are of a different opinion
to that State religion, should have the opportunity of exer-
cising their opinions, as freely and as openly as possible, so far
as the welfare and good of the country at large remain unin-
jured. In the colony over which I governed, I had persons of
every religious persuasion, and upon leaving that country I
received addresses from all classes of religion, a circum-
stance, I believe, unexampled, thanking me for the
protection that I had afforded to them all.—(Cheers )
In order to show that what I have stated is the fact, I will
real those addresses from the newspapers of the colony.—
( Cries of." No, no, you need not read them.") The gallant
Captain said that it would be much more satisfactory for him
to do so, and during the reading of the document the gallant
Captain was repeatedly cheered. He then proceeded to say,
that all he wished to show was, that while on the one hand
there ought to be an Established Church, he was anxious
for religious freedom to the fullest extent. Those were his
opinions, and he would be ever found to act up to them.
In presenting himself before the electors, he could assure
them that he had no selfish object to gratify—(Loud
cheers)—so far from that, if any other gentleman should
come forward, whom the electors should think better cal-
culated to further their interests, he would immediately
resign his post to him—nay, he would do more—be would
even use his utmost exertions in canvassing every perscn
in order to secure his return.—( Great cheering.) He trusted
t:lat the electors of Westminster would not for one moment
imagine that he did not feel proud of the high honour of re-
prceeniing the first city in the world—(Cheers)—but in times
Ike the present every individual ought to give way for the
public good.—( Great cheering.) He could only say in con-
clusion, that should it eppear advisable upon consideration that
the present proceedings should go further with any fair and
probable chance of success, and that if they should end in suc-
ces, they would find that the confidence which they had re-
posed in him had not been misplaced.—( Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then stated that the result of the meeting
had been highly satisfactory to himself, and he trusted to all
present. He thought it the cluty of every man who had the
welCare of his country at heart to come forward and support
men entertaining principles like those of the gallant Cap-
tain. He trusted that every person present would go
forth and exercise all the influence he possessed in or-
der to forward the election of Sir Thomas Cochrane.
as by doing so, he felt confident they were studying the inte-
rest of themselves. (Bravo, and cries of " We shall dis-
grace ourselves if we do not.")
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
dispersed.
Sir Thomas Cochrane, no leaving the room, was most en-
thusiastically
cheered.

CITY OF LONDON.

SOUTHWARK MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

A meeting of the friends of Messrs. Lyall, Ward, and Wil-
son, was held in the Three Tuns Tavern, Southwark, this
day, at one o'clock.

-Mr. FLORENCE YOUNG was voted into the chair. He said
they could not expect anything very great from an old man of
eighty ; but he considered that this was a time when it was the
duty of every one to do all in their powe . He trusted the
meeting would hear every gentleman who addressed them
without any cavilling disposition. In his opinion, at a public
meeting every person should be heard as long as they spoke
temperately. He trusted they would act properly, and without
disturbance. It was most likely he would not bear any thing,
but he would see whether any disturbance took place, and, if
possible, he would at once put an end to it.--( Cheers.)
Mr. WESTON, banker, came forward to move the first reso-
tion. He had got but very short notice of the meeting, but
those present would forgive him, if he was not so well pre-
pared Es he should have been. The names of the gentlemen
who were before them, and whom he supported, were well
known to them, and therefore they required little eulogy from
him. The last few years had shewn them a great many alte-
rations made in the constitution ; whether they were for good
or evil he would not then inquire. He thought they were of
the latter character. Reform, in his opinion, had been like
a vulture upon England for the last three years. It had been
usel as a cloak for attacking with all force every institution
in the country.—( Cheers.) One who saw some little faults
in the constitution, would go to work, and with a cautious and
careful hand take care, while reforming it, not to run an:
risk of destroying it.—( Cheers.) The gentleman whose
names were before them were men who would act in that man-
ner, and while repairing every institution that required it,
would take are that the safetref the Crown and the Church
was not put in any jeopardy. When they went to Parliament
they would look at the matter in that light, and would also try
to conciliate those who were of a different opinion. In a com-
mercial point of view, they stood in a more interesting view
before the City of London than they did in a political one. It
was important that the Representatives of London should have
a high standing in the commercial world, and he was gratified
when he saw how high the preponderance upon that head was
:n favour of the gent!emea whom he was interested for. He
would not add more, but would content himself with moving a
Resolution to the effect that Messrs. Lyall, Ward, and Wils-
son, from their independent principles aad high character, &c.
were proper men to represent the City of London in the House
of Commons.

Mr. W. W. \Vasil said he thought he would only do harm
to the cause if he said anything after what bad fallen from Mr.
Weston. He agreed with every word of that address, and
therefore be seconded the motion.

The Resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
Mr. F. ALLEN SHUTER, in proposing the second Resolu-
tion, said that it must be a most gratifying thing to the gentle-
men present to see that the gentlemen whose names were be-
fore them had had the courage to make such a stand upon
such principles. Wherever they ha:. gone they had been
well received, and had made friends. It had been the fashion
of late to say that the King had deserted the people by dis-
missing the late ministry, but on the other hand it must be re-
membered that before the Kin, did so they had been deser-
ted by their own party. It was Lord Grey, Lord Stanley, Sir
James Graham, &c., who had carried the Reform Bill, and
where were they—had they not left the ministry in
disgust—(Cheers)—and was not that because Lords Russell,
Brougham, and Durham were taking too long strides towards
revolution and anarchy ? It ought to be remembered that Sir
R. Peel was placed in very difficult circumstances when called
upon to form the Government, and his very first act was to
give a general amnesty to the country. He sent to Lord
',Ranley and Sir James Graham amongst his first measures,
which he would not have done had he not been prepared to
carry into effect every wise and proper Reform. It was the
duty of the City of London to send men into Parliament who
were independent, in contradistinction to those men who were
sent in there pledged to oppose every measure, however good
it might be.—( Cheers.) The Constitution which had placed
England at the head of the world, was one of Church and State,
and though he was most anxious to preserve it so, he had no
objection to take off the wheels and grease them—to have the
rust knocked off.—(Cheers.) It was their duty to combine,
for the Dissenters had now thrown down the glove, and stated
that it was against their consciences to pay any thing for the
support of another Church. He did not think that any really
religious man could find any difficulty in so doing, for the be-
nefit of their poor fellow-men. He had great pleasure in
mavin,,, a resolution to the effect, that those present should do
all in their power towards the return of the three gentlemen.
Mr. BORROWDAILE seconded the Resolution. He had good
authority for stating, that some of the most influential and
leading Dissenters were determined, as far as they could, to
support no candidate for a county or borough that were not in-
clined to support the Church.
Mr. SHEARS hoped his friends, who were present, would
forgive the liberty he was taking. It was a subject
he was sure, that they all felt deeply interested in.
—( Cheers.) There was one point which he thought
they ought to bear in remembrance, which the gentlemen who
had addressed the meeting had not adverted to. The parties
who were adverse to them assumed to themselves exclusively
the character of Reformers. He believed, and indeed felt
convinced, that neither of the three gentlemen who had been
named were adverse to any necessary reform or acknowledged
abuses ; and he believed that Sir Robert Peel had com-
mitted himself, as far as man could in good faith commit
himself, to adopt the same line of conduct.—( Hear,
hear.) Therefore he thought that their friends were
quite as much entitled to the character of Reformers, really
meaning what they said when they read the word Reformers,
anti not Destructives, as the party on the opposite side.—
( Hear.) Their oeponents had also exclusively assigned
to themselves the character of the independent candidates.
He would ask those candidates whether they could be called
independent who went into Parliament pledged to oppose
the measures of the present ministry ? Those men
were bound to oppose, if they had any consistency
in them those measures by their acts, which they in their
hearts approved of.—( Hear, hear.) Did Mr. Lyall not show
he was a Reformer in reforming one of the greatest commer-
cial abuses that ever existed ?—( Hear. hear.) Did he not do
that which men who talked ten times more, never thought of,
and from which the commercial marine of this country would
derive great benefit. He appealed to the conduct of Mr. Wil-
son—he would not say he was an old servant, but he had very
honestly served his country as their represer.tative formerly.
His conduct was such as he (Mr. S.) humbly submitted ought
to be the conduct of every Member of Parliament when his
Majesty's Government proposed measures conducive to the
public weal.—( Cries of " Hear, bear.") Mr. Wilson sup-
pcated them, but when they brought forward measures
which he dial not approve of, he proved be was not the
slave of a party, and he opposed them, and thus he would say
that Wilson and Lyall were tried men. Of Mr. Ward he did
not know much, but the little he did know of him he felt
confident that Mr. Ward would redeem all the good opinions
that his supporters entertained of him; All the talent, respect-
ability and independence were on their sides,and he thought every
man who wished well to his country would not discharge his

duty unless he sUpported gentlemen entertaining such pria-
cifile.s as they,did. These were his humble sentiments, and
he entirely concurred in the resolution. _ _

%Mr. WETHERSTONE said, that after the remarks that had
been made he should not detain them long, but he wished
merely to call their attention to the vote which they were
about to give. Something more must be done than giving their
votes on the hustings for the three candidates--it required
their united energies to place those gentlemen at the head of
the poll. They must exert their influence, not in any party spi-
i it, but in a fair and logical manner, which would win votes, and
not lose them by intemperance. He hoped that many who were
then present, and who could not go out canvassing themselves,
would send out their servants with cards, backed by their own
names, and the very circumstance of those cards having
attached to them respectable names, would cause
those who were now wavering to vote for Messrs.
Lyell, Wilson, and Ward, and he had no doubt by so doing
they would get many hundred of votes they had then no
knowledge of. He would then throw out the suggestion
that the gentlemen who were then present should form them-
szilves into Committees, for the purpose of canvassing voters in
that neighbourhood.
The CHAIRMAN then asked Mr. Wetherston, whether he
would make a motion to that effect ?
Mr. WETHERSTON replied that he should like some indivi-
dual in the room, who possessed more influence to do so. He
only threw them put as suggestions. --
The CHAIRMAN then said that might be made a distinct reso-
. _

lotion of. He had to state however that it was a matter of deep
regret to the Candidates, that they could not be in attendance
as they were then canvassing; but they had each of them
sent a son to represent, and he had no doubt they would be
listened to with pleasure.
Mr. LYALL said he could not resist the pleasure he
felt in expressing his heartfelt gratitude for the kind-
ness in which his father's name had been received upon
this occasion.—( Hear.) He felt it was his duty then
rather to thank them for past favours conferred than to solicit
a continuance of the same. He would not take up their time
with any unmeaning declarations and opinions on political sub-
jects. He believed there was one .ruling cry which they
might use on that occasion, and that was that they were duti-
ful and loyal subjects, and devoted servants of their King
The present crisis would slew who were attached to their king,
and who were not. He would implore them to mark the base
ingratitude of the party who were opposed to them on the
present occasion. If ever there was a king since the Conquest
who made sacrifices for his people—if ever there was a king who
showed himself a friend to liberal measures and who appeared
to have no other object in view for the welfare of his peo-
ple—it was the King who reigned over them—(Loud
cheers.) Yes, it was this Sovereign, whose name they had
used in a manner, not merely unbecoming an Englishman, but
unbecoming any man possessed of common sense and common
good feeling.—( Cheers.) And the course those indi-
viduals would pursue at the ensuing elections was a striking
illustration of the spirit which pervaded that party, for they
would only return men to Parliament, pledged to
oppose the present Ministry, merely because the King
had exercised his prerogative in selecting those Ministers,
and that too before those Ministers had forfeited the con-
fidence of the nation, by one single act. (Hear, hear.)
He would not take up their time any longer, and he only wished
to state, that they had upon this occasion advantages which
they did not possess in the last, for besides that his father was
associated with two other gentlemen of the greatest weight
and character in the city, they had the three leading morning
newspapers in their favour, which represented the
opinion of a considerable portion of the constituency
throughout the country, but, above all, they had with them
the King's name, and that was a tower of strength.
( Loud cheering.) He concluded by thanking them
for the manner with which they had listened to them.
Mr. FRANCIS WILSON remarked that he need say but very
liitle after what they had heard from their excellent friend,
Mr. Lyall.—( Hear, hear.) A great measure had been
passed. The Bill of Reform could not now be touched
and they had an administration chosen by their Sovereign, and
it became them now to call upon every man to defend respec-
tability, rank, and wealth, and the three estates of the country.
It was " The King and Reform I" being cried throughout
the country that had carried the Reform Bill, and he would
ask them whether it was not now the King and his Mi-
nisters. He would implore any man to fight under
that banner, and give their Sovereign and his Ministers that
real and cordial support which their own feelings would
dictate.—( Loud cheers.) His father had served them
from 1818 to 1826, long before Reform was a fashion
and he believed that both in and out of parliament he
had conducted himself in an independent manner—he
had no personal interest to serve, he went in, as he would
go in upon the present occasion, for the purpose
of supporting any Administration which had the welfare of the
country at heart.—( Cheers. )
Mr. HENRY WARD said his two friends had so exhausted the
subject, that he had very luckily nothing to do upon the occa-
sion. He would only say, that if his father was again elected
he would, as before, oppose any measure which he did not like,
by whomsoever they were introduced.—(Cheers. )' If his father
was again returned to Parliament, he would undertake for him
that he would, at all events, act as a loyal subject and a good
citizen.—( Cheers.)
A vote of thanks having been proposed to the Chairman,
Mr. WOOLLEY said before putting that motion, he thought
it was the duty of the meeting to mark the sentiments given
expression to by the three young men who were worthy of their
sires. He therefore moved the thanks of the meeting to
Messrs.- Lfall, Ward, and Wilson, who had so ably stated the
principles upon which their fathers stood.
The motion was seconded by Mr. BORRODAILE.
The CHAIRMAN said he understood the motion to be one of
thanks to the three young gentlemen who had appeared sub-
stitutes for their fathers—he thought they were worthy sons of
most worthy fathers--they had, so far as he could judge, given
expression to feelings that did them much honour, to feelings
that breathed the true spirit of liberty. If he was going to
Parliament be would give no pledge but one, and that one was
that he would act as an honest man.--( Cheers.) He trusted
that the candidates then before them would be sent to the
House, for their sentiments were as his own.
The motion was then put, and passed unanimously.
Mr. HART said he was desired by the Chairman to ask that
every gentleman then present would afford their best assistance
to the Committee then sitting in the George Inn, in that neigh-
bourhood. As the Chairman could not put the vote of t'aanks
which had been moved, he would do so, and he trusted they would
all join in doing honour to an honest m't—Passed unani-
mously.
The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said, " You see, Gentle-
men, that when a compliment is paid, I hear well enough."
—( A laugh.) He had often been engaged in healing
wounds caused by difference of opinion, but on that occasion
he had had nothing to do. He thanked them sincerely, and
trusted they would go immediately and exert themselves for
their own principles.
The meeting then broke up.

ELECTIONS FIXED.

METROPOLIS.
County of Middlesex—Monday, Jan. 12.
City of London—Monday next, Jan. 5.
City of Westminster—Tuesday, Jan. 6.
Borough of Southwark—Monday, Jan. 5.
Borough of Finsbury—Wednesday, Jan. 7.
Tower Hamlets--Wednesday, Jan. 7.
Lambeth—Friday, Jan. 9.
Greenwich—Tuesday, Jan. 6.
COUNTIES.

Surrey, Western Division—Monday, Jan. 12, at Guildford.
Eastern Division—Jan. 14, at Croydon.
Stafford, Northern Division—Jan. 10. Southern Division—
Jan. 12. _ _

Northampton, South Division--January 10. Northern Division--
January 15. _

—E';se';,l,;orthern Division—Saturday, Jan. 10. Southern Divi-
sion—Monday,_Jan. 12.

Wiltshire, Northern Division—Jan. 12. Southern Division,
Jan. 14.
Somersetshire, Eastern Division—Jan. 15.
Worcestershire, Eastern Division—Jan. 12.
Buckinghamshire—Jan. 10.
Nottingham, Eastern Division—Jan. 12. •
Derby, Southern Division—Jan. 20.
Hants, North Division—Jan. 12.
Norfolk, West Division—Jan. 10. East Division—Jan. 20.
liutlancl—Jan. 10.
Leicester, South Divivion—Jan. 15.
Kent, Western Division—Jan, 19.
Suffolk, East Division—Jan. 13. Western Division—Jan. 15.
Berks—Jan. 19.
Huntingdon, Northern Division—Jan. 12. Southern Division--
Jan. 13.
Isle of Ely—Jan. 15.

Lincoln, Jan. 5.
Bristol, Jan. 5.
Wells, Jan. 6.
Lichfield, Jan. 7.
Gloucester, Jan. 7.
Bath, Jan. 7.

CITIES.

Worcester, Jan. 5.
Canterbury, Jan. 9.
Hereford, Jan. 5.
Winchester, Jan. 8.
Norwich, Jan. 6.

UNIVE
Cambridge--Mon
BOROI

,RSITY.
aday next, Jan. 5.
UGHS.
Yarmouth, Jan. 6.
Colchester, Jan. 6.
Alaldon, Jan. 6.
Poole (Dorsetshire), Jan. 5.
Birmingham, Jan. s—Polling on
Friday, Jan. 9.
Liverpool—Expected on Monday
Newport (Isle of Wight), Jan. 7.
Evesham, Jan. 6.
Kidderminster, Jan. 7.
Marlow, Jan. 5.
Wolverhampton, Jan. 8.
Banbury, Jan. 5.
Portsmouth, Jan. 6.
Taunton, Jan. 5.
Guildford, Jan. 6.
Derby, Jan. 6.
Maidstone, Jan. 5.
Sandwich, Jan. 6.
Stamford, Jan. 6.
Hastings, Jan. 6.
Brighton, Jan. 8.

St. :Albans, Jan. 5.
Stafford, Jan. 5.
Devi7oS, Jan. 5.
Northampton, Jan. 5.
Dover, Jan. 6.
Plymouth, Jan. 5.
Dovonport, Jan. 5.
Sudbury, Jan. 5.
Newark, Jan. 5.
Bury St. Edmonds, Jan. 8.
Buckingham, Jan. 5.
Droitwieh, Jan. 7.
Harwich, Jan. 6.
Horsham, Jan. 5.
Grantham, Jan. 6.
Thetford, Jan. 6.
Berwick, Jan. 6.
Cricklade, Jan. 9.
Medhurst, Jan. 6.
Bridport, Jan. 6.
Wycombe, Jan. 7.
Shaftesbury, Jan. 8.

It is understood that the differences between the
Bank of En-gland and the Joint-stock Banks in the north of
England have been amicably terminated. The latter have
agreed to a',stain from the circulatidn of their own notes, on
the condition of receiving accommodation from the Bank of
England at a rate of interest somewhat below the market
value,

LITERATURE.

THE UNFORTUNATE MAN. 3 Vols.
R. Bentley. London, 1835.

This tale stands every chance of popularity. The
conception is an ingenious one, and the execution is
not a whit behind hand. Captain Chamier is the au-
thor, and in the progress of his task has shown a fer-
tility of invention, and graphic force of style, worthy of
the most expezienced novelist. His tale is narrative

rather than dramatic ; broken up into fragments, in-
stead of maintaining a continuous interest ; still the
reader who takes it up, will not pause till he has
won his way through it ; for the adventures of the
hero, in addition to the earnest and tragic character of
some of them, have all the charm of unexpectedness.
The opening of the story—as is but too often the case
with modern works of fiction—gives no clue to its ter-
mination. It is not a mere matter of sentiment and
moonshine, where two young people fall in love with
each other in the first volume, are full of tears and tri-
bulation in the second, and are snugly married in the
third—but a tale of the world about us, bearing the
marks of verity in every page. Of pl:;t, speaking in
the critical sense of the term, there is none—no am-

biguity—no dexterous unravelling of strange predica-
ments : the tale must rely for its success, (and suc-
cessful it will be,) solely on its wealth of stirring inci-
dent, and the extraordinary energy with which some of
its sterner descriptions are worked up. The hero, a
young man named Ganjam, who has been kidnapped
while quite a boy, on his way from his father's house
to join his ship at Plymouth, is his own biographer.

In an early part of the tale—the interest of which
commences with the second chapter—we find Min em-
barked in a slave ship, which has just quitted London,.

for the port of Loango, in Africa. The scenes of
guilt and desperation he witnesses, and the se-
vere trials he goes through while on board
this accursed, guilt-freighted vessel, are some of them
as powerfully pourtrayed as any to be met with in the
whole vast range of fiction. Captain Chamier is here
no painter in water colours—he does not back out of
his task from any idle fear of being thought to exagge-
rate matters ; but describes freely and boldly, like our
blunt friend " Toni Cringle" in that downright, plain-
speaking " Log" of his. When the slaver has taken
her " live logs of mahogany" on board, and is crowd-

ing all sail for the West Indies, a sudden calm springs
up in the tropic regions; and this at the moment when
the allowance of fresh water is running low, and the
crew, in consequence, are beginning to experience all

the horrors of intense thirst. This gives rise to one
or two thrilling descriptions, especially when the pro-
_ .

)osition is made for the throwing overboard of the

three hundred slaves : but we must pass on from this
to the murder of the master of the vessel, and his
reprobate son young Smith, by the pirates of a felucca
who have just captured them
" The next that was brought on deck was Captain Smith.
His son leaped up immediately, and clung to him with all the
strong hold of affection. The Captain knew his end was
come, and looked at the Captain of the felucca, who had nearly
fallen under his arm, and who was now very unconcernedly
smoking a cigar, appealing for pity in regard to his son ; for
himself, he seemed quite prepared to meet his fate, and ap-
proached the gangway with a fearless unconcern. The youth
riveted his arms round his father's neck, and cried out with all
the excited feelings of a boy, who could not reconcile himself
to his inevitable death, " Oh, save me I save me, father !"
cried the poor half-distracted creature . • " save me from these
men ! what are these ruffians going to do with us? " At this
moment some of the pirates tore young Smith from his father,
and walked him to the Captain of the felucca, who, running
his quick eye over the pale face of the youngster, shook his
head, puffed out a long line of smoke, and on his giving a
glance at one of his men, the younster was released, and again
ran into his father's arms. Smith made no resistance as the
pirates lashed his son to him ; the affrighted boy screamed
most dreadfully, imploring his father to save him for his mo-
ther's sake ; he endeavoured to kneel down, and held his
hands, which were left free, in the manner of supplication.
The father never shed a tear, but looked undaunted and un-
dismayed ; and yet he seemed to linger on the deck, like one
who would willingly have lived, if only for his son's sake.
The lashing being completed, the pirates who were anxious to
finish their work of destruction, said Via usted con dios,'
and gave the victims a push toward the ill-fated gangway.
" Oh, father ! father ! stop, stop, stop,—only for one mi-
nute,—father, only for one minute. Oh, look at me 1 I will
not be drowned; oh, my poor mother ! oh, save me ; save
me 1 ' This seemed to disconcert the Captain, for he stopped.
and seemed actually insensible to the pain he must have expe-
rienced from the application of a sword : he looked down upon
his son's face, and I thought I saw, indistinctly as I could see,
a tear fall. His son looked imploringly on the countenance of
his father; his eyes seemed to read a hope of escape, even
when it was most useless and most unpromising. Ah I how
low,-' we cling to hope, even when its rainbow has lost its
brightest colours ; how fondly we cling to the last tint, although
the eye may see it gradually fading from the view I and fer-
vently, even at death's gaping door, we imagine an escape,
and hope glimmers even in the darkest of adversity.
" The Captain, having bent his head forward, and kissed
the forehead of his son, who was screaming with the worst
anticipation, lifted him from the deck, and walkinu steadily to
the gangway, jumped into the water, and sank to rise no more ;
but, as he fell, we heard one loud scream which the sea of
eternity husked for ever."

Those who are desirous to become acquainted with
the full claims that our late Whig Ministry have upon
the gratitude of humanity to all after ages, for the
abolition of the atrocious slave-trade, should read
Capt. Chamier's account of the spirit in which this sys-
tem has been, for centuries, carried on on the coast of
Southern Africa—of the parents separated from the
children, and being marched down hundreds of miles
from the interior, under a blistering sun, to the coast,
chained together, like Polish patriots, by the legs, and
then tossed like so much ballast into the hold of some small
vessel, where they have scarcely room to recline at
their full length—the women serving as materials of
pleasure to the crew, and the men being left to live
or die, of thirst, or famine, or suffocation, just as
suits the caprice of their owners ;—those who desire
to know from what a stain the Whigs have here relieved
human nature, should made a point of reading this
tale. It is true, painfully true ; but the flesh creeps
—the blood curdles—the hair stiffens—at the harrow-

ing description, and with a shudder of disgust and
horror we repeat involuntarily the poet's stern remark—
• quid non mortalia pectora cogis?
Auri sacra fames."
In the second volume the scene wholly changes, and
we are transferred from a slave-ship and the fierce
hurricanes of the Atlantic, to Russia, where the
author's experience enables him to give us many a
valuable glimpse into the repulsive character of the
domestic policy of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh.
Captain Chamier speaks of Nicholas, as well as the
man, but far better, than the Monarch, deserves.
He inel:nes to the belief that his faults are less those
of the individual, than the system. May be so, but
we do not accept the plea ; for if the system be con-
fessedly bad—if, on Captain Chamier's own showing,
its immediate effect is to produce discontent—its ulti-
mate and inevitable one, revolution—then, it is the part
of an enlightened Monarch to correct it, and finding
that he is sailing on a wrong tack, to put about, and
try another. The gallant author is not perhaps aware
of the bitter, sweeping sarcasm he is conveying in this
one pregnant sentence : " I was now in the best
society in Russia, saving always those who sweep the
streets of Tobolsk, or dig for gold in the mines of
Siberia." Here is the Iliad in a nut-shell—the whole

despotic policy of a rotten Government laid bare in
little more than a single stroke of the pen. The best
society in Russia is to be found among the Siberian
exiles I 'What a cutting censure is here I What
would be thought of us as a nation, could it be with
as much propriety alleged against us by a foreigner,
that our best and most enlightened society was to be
found at Botany Bay ? The following striking re-
ma►ks are put into the mouth of a Russian Prince :
" My credulity is hardly sufficient,' I said to Prince -,
to credit your assertion--that there is hardly one family in
Russia who has not a near and dear relation in Siberia."

" You may rely upon it for a fact," was the reply ; " and