The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-26 00:00:00

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Two Years' Cruise off Terra del Fuego, the
Falkland Islands, &c. By W. Parker Snow,
late Commander of the mission yacht Allen
Gardiner. 2 vols. Longman.
The author of this book is one who has visited

many parts of the globe, and experienced many vi-
cissitudes, and his narrative must therefore be
looked upon as the record of a traveller and naval
commander of some standing, and consequently not
liable to errors of ignorance or prejudice. Among
other voyages he formed one in the expedition of
the Prince Albert to the Arctic regions in search of
Sir John Franklin, and his present undertaking led
him to the vicinity of the opposite pole. Interest
of various kinds appertains to the narrative before
us—as a description of a place and people little
known—as the record of an adventurous cruise,
and as the account of the proceedings and successes
of the mission recently established in those parts.
Captain Snow appears to have been animated by a
strong desire for the success and establishment of
the mission, and in consequence offered himself for
the difficult and unprofitable office of captain tothe
mission yacht. This mission was first established by
the late Captain Allen Gardiner, whO devoted him-
self to its furtherance. He went out himself with
six companions to establish a mission station, and,
dreadful to relate, they were all starved to death in
Spaniard's Harbour, Terra del Fuego' in the
autumn of 1851. This catastrophe Captain Snow
asserts to have been mainly brought about by the
want of common precautions, and, judging from
the accounts he gives of the general proceedings,
such rashness is not incredible. After the lamented
death of Captain Gardiner and his companions, a
society was established, subscriptions collected, and
a schooner built and called the "Allen Gardiner,"
to be despatched to establish a station on one of
the Falkland Islands, and if possible civilise and
instruct the neighbouring Patagonians. The plans
adopted, and the want of method or management,
are severely censured by the author, who appears,
if his statements are authentic, to have been
placed in a very trying position, without any
definite instructions or friend:', and finally, sud-
denly dismissed from the ship, without any official
reason. Allowing for personal feeling in the nar-
rative, there appears to have been serious mis-
management ; and, if another mission is con-
templated, it would be advisable to conduct
it in a more business-like manner, with
some more definite object in view. The
plan of enticing native children away from their
homes, to educate them, is open to many objections,
and likely to effect little good. Captain Snow, in
his appendix, has some sensible remarks on the sub-
ject of missions, and the necessary qualifications for
a missionary. He appears to have a deep inte-
rest in the subject ; indeed he would scarcely have
undertaken such an arduous task without it, but
he is possessed of sound sense as well as of earnest
piety, and adopts for his motto the following ex-
cellent maxim, " Faith in God's promise ought not
to snpersede, but to encourage our diligence in the
use of proper moans. We do not trust God, but
tempt Him, if our expectations slacken our endeae
yours." His officers and crew were by no means of
his opinion, and disobedience and disrespect of orders
were frequent, though the commander seems to be
authoritative enough when necessary. Ho was fre-
quently told that being a " mission ship" there was
no danger, and similar reasoning, while it was not
easy to manage men who plainly gave their opinio
of their own superiority. During their stay at
Terra dcl Fuego they visited the graves of their un-
fortunate predecessors ; and as Captain Soow stood
on the fatal spot ho resolved that no want of com-
mon prudence should induce him to tempt Previ-
deuce, or provoke a similar fate :
"The night was now nearly calm. A few heavy
gusts of wind occasionally rushed down the hills and
made the vessel tighten her chains ; but in all else there
was quiet, except in the booming noise made by the
surf, as it dashed upon the shores where those poor men
perished. As I leant over the bulwarks, and turned
my face towards Earnest Cove, nom a dark mass of
trees and rock, with aivhite strip of sandy beach
front, I could in fancy see the dying missionaries, their
skeleton ferns and totteringsteps, vainly' prowling about
for shellfish, or aught that would serve them as fo d.
£here they were as plainly evident to my mind's eye as
though I bad known them in life, and been personally
present with them. I was as if fascinated 1 Tue
whole story of their sufferings again came visi.ily before
me; and I returned to my had I there and then mate
a vow that, come what might, I never would, by any

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participation on my part, tacit or otherwise, aslow this
mission to starve others in a similar way. That I have
kept my vow, and to my cost, is too painfully proved at
the present moment, even while I am writing ; for every
effort that malignity and detectel wroag cut devise to
injure and oppress me is being resorted t ) by those
-Odom I refused to' assist and ceunteeance in pi•oce,:el
logs that would eintoit certainly have brole,lit about
another case, not far unlike that of Captain Girdinei's.
13st whatever I may suffer, I rejoice that I was firm in
resisting such inrane doings ; anti the vim. I registerei
in Spaniard's Harbour, abreast of those starved msu'e
graves, I have kept unbroken."
The proceedings here alluded to were those of hire
of the party—the surgeon and catechist, who, after
differing from the rest of the party, insisted on re-
maining on a desert island by themselves, causing
Captain Snow great anxety. The details of these
I affairs, however, are better learned from the author's
I pages. Many years ago, when similar efforts were
being made to civilise the Fuegians, three of them
wore brought to England and instructed. They
were then sent back to their native place, hoping
they might improve their companions. This, as
the writer remarks, was of little use, unless followed
up, and a year after, when the place was visite !,
it was found that one of them had robbed the other
and left the place, while "Jemmy Button," as the
most intelligent had been called, had nearly sub-
sided into original habits. He still retained a know-
ledge of English. One of the objects set before the
anther in It's recent voyage was to discover this
Jemmy Button, and to his surprise he did so, and
found that he had not forgotten. all his English,
though twenty-three years had elapsed_ Little
else remained to distinguish him from the other
savages, and there was little chance. Indeed, it
seems almost a cruelty to have introduced this poor
youth to civilised life, only to return him to his
native wilds and companions. But though ex-
pressing himself with gratitude, and saying that
everything in " Inglish conntree" was vary good,"
he strongly objected to any proposal for removing
him or his children from their native spot. 'rids
was repeated front all the aborigines with whom
the author conversed, and thereupon he thus ex-
presses his opinions :

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been stated! I now publicly deny it. To go amongst
tical experience, is another thing ; but to try and get
properly understand, especially after what I learned
from Jemmy Button—against this I protest. It may
wxvirteryhuot both a the question
regarded
be glossed over : it may appear in letters, and print very
prettily ; but, I maintain, it is not right until the peer
creatures can be made to comprehend and understand
all about it. Facts speak for themselves. Jemmy But-
ton had tasted the sweets, or, as they might be to him,
the bitters of high civil zetioe ; he at all events knew
what it was, and all about going away ; yet, what was
his answer, when I and the Catechist asked him if he,
or any of his boys, would accompany us only a little
way I Why, a positive negative ; and, therefore, if I
were to hear of ten or of fifty Fuegian boys as being at
the mission station in Falklands, I would never believe,
until I knew that the Fuegians had learned our lan-
guage, that those poor lads had gone there as only a
religious society ought to let them go, namely, wits
full and perfect knowledge of what it was for. Evil must
not be doiie that good may perchance, and only perchance,
come. Tire English colonies of the west were helped
into existence by labourers imported from Africa, by
men who spoke of good things to come ; and the
colony of Kappa Island is also as openly avowed to
be aided by imported natives, who, under the plea of
being taught the useful arts of civilization, &e., will
be made to serve in looking after the cattle, and doing
other labour, Let the useful arts, however, be taught
them in their own homes; not where a doubt of its
straightforwardness can be raised. Let them see that we
really have their good at heart by going to their
homesteads (and wretched though they be, they are
homesteads with evidently strong family affections
around them), rather than by our dragging them away,
and thus appearingly to want only to make them slaves.
For what else can they consider it, if they find them-
selves doing strange work for us in our land, while
they are not able to get back to their homes at their
own will, Savages they may be; degraded, miserable,
wretched beings t But they have hearts as well as
we ; and their way of thinking may not be the same as
ours on the question. Let us then go to them ; not
inveigle them to us."
The writer himself, supported by other authority,
asserts that one sailing vessel is not safe on such
a mission in these parts, and advises that should
a vessel be sent among the natives alone, it should
he a steam vessel, as a sailing vessel is naturally
dependent on the wind, and liable to be boarded
by native canoes. No accident, however, befel
any of the ship's company, owing, probably, to the
captain's judicious arrangements. The details of
life at Stanley, in the Falkland Islands, are not
very attractive ; the evils inseparable from a limited
society and circle of interests are very prevalent.
Our author expresses himself strongly on this
point, and maintains that the absence of all means
of rational amusement is a fruitful source of evil.
Human nature imperatively requires" some source
of excitement and interest, and in most cases con-
trives to obtain it, though under very opposite
forms. Those who are most severe in its censure,
will seek it themselves, though perhaps uncon-
sciously, in their devotion to their business, or, in
more strictly disposed persons, in the excitement

of a May meeting on the interest of a mission to
the Patagonians. The universal demand for men-
tal recreation, and its moral as well as physical
effect , clearly prove that it should be encouraged
instead of crushed, provided, always that it is
rationally and moilerately direeted. Various causes
continued to render the writer's stay at Stanley
Harbour disagreeable, and these circumstances
way have tinged his impressions, but his picture
is not inviting. His narrative is plain and straight-
forward. As regards his private wrongs, it is of
course impossible to judge • but from the manner
in which they are stated, ;he sympathies of the
reader will generally be on his side in his arduous
and responsible position. Regarded as a book of
travels, it offers us but little definite information,
as he saw but little cf the natives. The nautical
and meteorological observations may very possibly
be of service to those navigating that difficult and
dangerous coast. The charts and coloured plates
afford a good idea of the various localities. In his
preface the author commends his work to the indul-
gence of the public from the circumstances under
which it was written, and his own want of practice
in literature. This work will no doubt effect the
object intended, by calling public attention to them)
regions and our connection with them, and it is
therefore not impossible that some lasting good
may be effected by this narrative of " Life in the
Southern Seas."

English Style. By G. F. Graham, author of Eng-
lish ; or, the Art of Composition, &c. Long-
mans.
This book may be of esential service to the stu-
dent; it contains a clear statement of the rules to be
observed by those who would attain to a correct
style in speaking and writing, also a summary of
the errors to be avoided, but which are of such con-
stant recurrence in everyday life. It is chiefly in-
tended forithe higher classes in schools and colleges,
and it has every appeiranca of being particularly
qualified for such scholars. An historical sketch
of the English language is appended which is in
structive and interesting. The following remarks
prove the progression and extension of the Saxon
tongue, and confirm the poet's assertion
" It kindles realms se far apart,
That while its praise we sing,
These may be clad in autumn fruits
And those in flowers of spring."
" The extraordinary extension of his language should be
to every Englishman a subject of natural and honourable
pride. No language, either in ancient or modern times,
has ever been so widely spread as English. If we compare
the extent of territory over which the ancient Latin was
spoken with that in which English now predominates, we
shall be struck with the difference ; and when we remem-
ber that neither India nor America was known to the
Romans, we shall easily seehow much more widely diffused
is the modern English than was the ancient Latin lan-
guage. In modern times, French, at one period, had a
considerable preponderance in Europe, and it is still very
generally studio 1, and even spoken, on the Continent. But
on the whole the preponderance is now greatly on the side
of English. It is spoken throughout England, Tales,
Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man (though in all these
places there are still some scanty remains of Celtic dialects)
—and in the United States, in Canada, Australia, and all
the English colonies and dependencies, it is now the
prevailing language."

The Poems of Francis Hingeston. E litecl by his

Son. Longman.
This is a volume of pleasing and unpretending
poems by the late Mr. Hingeston, of Cornwall,
whose verses were much admired by his friends and
neighbours, and whose son has, therefore, thought
it desirable they should be presented to the pubic
in a more enduring form than in serials and scrap-
books. They deserve this cAre, as there is much
graceful melody and pathos in them ; and if the
author makes no ambitious flights, he spares his
readers that straining aftar effect so common in
modern posts. He says of himself in one of his
letters, "You know that I have never followed the
muse in her high flights; that I possess but a feeble
wing and weak voice, and that .all my glory has
been to flutter for a mqinent upon a sunbeam, to
sigh to the wild winds of my native hills, or to
twine a sitnphs garland. of field flowers for some of
those sweet children of Nature to whom alone my
lowly vongs have owed their inspiration." The
poems have appeared in various local pa,p6rs, and
some of them have been introduced in Mr. Pol-
whole's "Biographical Sketches of Cornwall ;" but
they have now an opportunity of being more widely
circulated, and and tolerably secure from severe
criticism, .inasmuch as the "simple garland of field
flowers" is DOW a wreath of immortelles over the
author's tomb.

The Private Life of an Eastern King. By W.,
Knighton, author of " Fort:st Life in Ceylon."
New Editi.m. Routledge.
A. uew and cheap edition of this work, which ap-
pearei SODT3 two years ago, has now been issued,
and from the presnit state of Eastern affairs, will
no doubt have a large circulation. It is not in-
appropri Lte to the time, as it is compiled from the
expe fitnces of a member of the household of the late
King of Oude, Nussir-u-deeu. The facts contained
in it were related to Mr. Knilshtou, during a,rt

dental acquaintance, and as he was struck with'
heir novelty he proposed to the " member of the
household" that a book should be made of them
He was quite willing, but objected that his name
should be put to them, and they have consequently
appeared under the auth,rity of their accomplished
editor. Tile great de9ire now prevalent to know
som•t'iing of the interior of that Eastern life of
which we have unfortunately been so ignorint, will
itoz,t probably ensure an extended circle of readers
to this work in its present form.

Russell's HistorJ of Modern Europe Epitomised.

Routledge. - -
This is an extremely useful summary of general
European history, well suited to convey a general
knowledge of the subject, or to serve as a work of
reference'. It 'is the more unimportant parts that
have be,_,n abridged, while the gnat events of mo-
dern times are described at length, thus not de-
priviir,' the work of the interest seldom found in
abbrevia• ions or epitomes. The volume is large,
and contains a large amount of reading, which will
repay the industrious, student by affording him a
general knowledge of European history from the
rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Paris.
A compendious index enables the reader to refer
readily to auy page or incident.

Walter Colyton. By Horace Smith. Father
itustace. By Mrs. Trollope. Knight and Son,
Clerkonwell-close.

Reprints of these two well-known works have
just been published by Messrs. Knight, each com-
plete in one handsome volume. They are each the
story of a particular class or epoch, the first being
an historical tale of 1688, and the second a tale of
the Jesuits. The former topic is certainly the most
suitable,. as controversial novels are seldom pro-
ductive of much beriefil-. However, they both
display the various abilities of their authors ; and
are handsomely bound in cloth and well printed.

The Comprehensive History of England. Parts
3 and 4. Blackic and Son, Edinburgh , and

London.

This is a work that is very extended in its
character, as its name implies, and as far as
can bo judged at this early period, it seems to merit
encomium and encouragement. It professes to
be civil, religious, intellectual, military, and social,
and, commencing with the Conquest, will come
down to the present day. It is illustrated by nume-
rous woodcuts, and written in a clear and simple
style, and from its fullness and comprehensive na-
ture it is far more interesting, as well as likely to
make an impression on the reader's memory, than
a more succinct or abbreviated history. It comes
down, at the end of the fourth part, to the reign
of John, after recounting the romantic exploits of
Coeur de Lion in au interesting manner. We trust
it will proceed in the same style.

Stones of the Valley. By the Rev. W. S. Symonds,
F.G. S., Author of " Old Stones." Bentley.

An instructive little book on geology, by one
qualified to give an iutroduction to this interesting
science. It relates chiefly to his own neighbour-
hood of Gloucestershire, and describes the discove-
ries made there. It is not very elaborate in its
terms or definitions, and will not be formidable to
those who know nothing of the science, while it
may possibly suggest some new ideas to those fam--
liar with it. We trust it will meet the encourage-
ment that every work that renders science simple
and popular merits.

The Old Bachelor in the Scottish Village. By

Thomas Aird. : Blackwood.

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This is a second edition of this little work, re-
vised and enlarged, forming a very pleasant volume
of country gossip, of sketches of 'Scottish village
life and manners, not unmixed with kindly satire
on his neighbours, and frequently enlivened by a
little domestic story or love aiventnre. It is a
very agreeable and entertaining collection of anec-
dote and reflection, and will serve to pass a leisure
hour very pleasantly.

The Westminster Review. John. Chapman.
A very sensible article ou the folly and extra-
vagance of
.present fashions opens this number of
the Westminster. It is called " Female Dress in
1857," and very severely, though justly, does it
attack and censure the general mania in this re-
spect. It may seem a trifling subject, unworthy of
serious reproof, but when it is considered what i
misery wilful and unprincipled extravagance t,
this respect may cause to a whole family, and tp_oft
circle of unpaid tradesmen, it will assume a cll.
lent aspect. It concludes
.by quoting. entire the.
clever American satire just published, called

r " Nothing to Welr." An article on Captain
Osborne's " Quedah" gives a pleasant summary of
his work and numerous extracts. The recent vo-
lume of the "ldistory of Civilization in England" is
brought under consideration-, and its weighty topics
treated with depth and earnestness. Mrs. Brown-
ing's " Aurora Leigh" rteeives an encouraging and
discriminating criticism. " The Your Empires"
is a polttical article on the much-vexed " Eastern
Question," and the consequences of the Russian
war. Two papers pn " 2Eschylus" and " Morn-
sen's" Roman history offer attractions to the
studious, while articles on " RepresentAtive Go-
vernment," and " The Progress of English Jurik-
prudence" are suited to the more practical reader.

BOROUGH OP i3OI)IIEIN.:7POLITICAL

DEMONSTRATION.

On Thursday the 17th instant, the Reformers of
Bodmin assembled • and proceeded (according to
announcement,) to Carmiuow Cross, about a mile
to the east of the town t I meet their worthy repre-
sentative, Mr. Wyld, whom they received with the
most enthusiastic welcome. After the usual salu-
tation, and a few introductory remarks from Mr.
Wyld on the occasion of the meeting, a friend de-
sired him to leave the carriage in which himself,
Mrs. Wyld, and Miss Wyld, had come from Lis-
keard, that he might be brought into the town in a
ioaoh drawn by twenty volunteer tradesmen of the
borough ; but he declined, and replied as follows :
My dear fellow-men—your kind offer reminds me
,f the barbarous ages, when nobles held serfs or
slaves who vied with each other in doing their
master's bidding, but these barbarous cuetoms are
now passed away before the light of Christiauity,
and every man in these realms stands on the saute
footing ; and though, perhaps, Providence may
have kindly favoured me with property beyond a
great many of you, I. am nothing more than a. man,
and shall shortly stand with you before the great
tribunal of Him who knoweth the hearts of all men.
He was 'about to add another sentiment, but the

cheers and enthusiasm of the townsmen were so

great that he was unable to proceed, and he became
zo overwhelmed with emotion that tears gashed.

from his eyes, and he sat down amid the dinning
shouts of the multitude. Mr. William Serjeant

then rose from his carriage, and addressing Mrs.
Wyld and Miss Wyld, stated that they (the in-
habitants) had come to welcome them to the
borough and to their hearths, and he hoped they
would that day receive such hearty hospitality from
the inhabitants of the parliamentary ,borough of
Bodmin, as would engrave the name of Bodrnin for
ever on their memory. He then addressed the
gentlemen present, and shortly after the procession
proceeded towards the town, preceded by bands of
music, banners, flags, (to. After passing through
a considerable part of the town, Mr. Wyld re-
turned to his private lodgings, Mayoralty House,
until half-past three, when he visited come
~ther places in the town, and entering the
Market House (which was beautifully decorated
with flowers, evergreens, &e.,) sat down to tea
with Mrs. Wyld, Miss Wyld, and about four thou-
s and inhabitants of the borough and neighbour-
hood, including ladies. Visitors continuing to a-
t tin admission to the tea until near seven o'clock,

it was thought advisab!e to hold the public meet-
iog on the Mount Folly, and accordiugly. Mr.
Wyld, after making an apology for the absence of
his worthy colleague (the Hou. Capt. Vivian), ad-
dressed the audience at considerable length on the
lis'.urbarices in India and China, the Divorce Bill,
tile Reform Bill, Vote by Ballot, and other politi-
cal matters which have come before the House of
Cvmmons during the last session of Parliament.
At ,he cloie of his address the front of the Market
House was illuminated with gas burners arranged
iii the form of the letters which compose the words
" Welcome Vivian and Wyld." The musicians

then promenaded the town,-.in which everything
tsstified joy and gladnoss, and it was said the only
thing absent from the town was a "sad counten-
aice.". The display of fireworks, under the super-
intendence of Professor Lawrence, then called the
Attention of the people, and gave general satisfa,c-
-' ion, the closing motto being "Success to Bod-
win." During the continuance of the last motto,
V)e bands play, d the national anthem, " God save
the Q ueen, ' which added greatly to the.effect of the
scene and solemnity of the occasion. The crowd,
which was computed to be upwards of ten thou-
sand persons, toen dispers'ed, and in less than two
hours pbe town was perfectly tranquil. No angry
or iniple.isant feeling was. manifested throughout
the day, and the chief Illagistfat3 Ills been heard to
remark that such an occasion he could never befora
rememb3r,' he and his fellow magistrates and the
,:instables throughout the borough having had no-
tling to do.—Ou the following day the poor from
the Union Workhouse were regaled with tea and
c tke in the II irket-house, and from the expressions
• f thaafulness manifested by many who had been
op rested with a kail of misfortune, it was evident
they were happy, and seemed to glow with emotion
at the kind attention paid to them.—West Briton.

THE NEW AussroN TO CENTRAL

AMERICA

SIR W. GORE OUSELEY.

In ou.it last we intimated that her Majesty's
Government, were about to send a special Minister
to Wallington, with a view to an understanding
:pith Mr. _Buchanan and his Cabinet as to a basis of
liolicy to bo pursued by the Unites States and
(treat Britain towards Honduras, Nicaragua
Guatemala, &c., so as finally to dispose of those'
irritating and profitless diplomatic entanglements
kl.own as the Central American Question. We had
reason, we added, to believe that the individual
(i.le.Aed was one veto would be found peculiarly
suited to the daze, both from his professional ante-
cedents, his knowle lie of the Spanish-Americ sit
character, and his personal acceptability to the
President of the United States. It will be seen
that on Friday last, at Windsor, audience was
given by tlieQueen to Sir W. Gera Ouseley, K.C.8.,
who received his eredi.!utials as spe;dal Minister to
Central America. This nomination is most credi-
table to her najesty's Government, and is some-
what of -an innovation on the rule that has
hither obtained in such selection?. Not only is
Sir William not of the political following of those
now in power, .but he had ben recalled
from his mis ion in the River Plate by Lord Pal-
merston, when Foreign Secretary,. having been
sent thither by Lord Aberdeen, as also to the Court
of Brazil ; but such was the sense entertained of his
services alike to the commercial and political inte-
rests of England in South America, where events
in regard to Rosas, the opening of the Parana and
its affluents to the trade of the world, &c., entirely
justified the course he-had recommended years ba-
fore, that one of the earliest acts of the Derby Ad-
ministration was to bestow upon him the Order of
the Bath. It will be recollected, moreover, that
Lord Malmesbury was particularly proud of the
mission to Paraguay in 1851 by the late Sir C.
Hotham (being, in fact, only a resumption of the
work Sir William Ouseley had employed that la-
mented officer upon in 1845), and that Lord Cla-
rendon, on succeeding to the foreign seals, was at
first disposed to make light of what his predecessor
attached so much importance to in such respect.
Both Lords Palmerston and Clarendon, therefore,
have shown themselves superior to personal consi
deration in choosing Sir W. Ouseley for the present
undertaking, his fitness for which has alone weighed
with them. Sprung of a family remarkable for its
eminence in the diplomatic service, it is now some
30 years since he entered the profession as attache
to Sir R. Adair's mission, at Washington,where he
married a daughter of Mr. Van Ness, then late
governor of the State of Vermont, and previously
United States Envoy Fxtraordinary at the Court
of Ma4rid. Until his return from South America,
as already stated, Sir William was constantly em-
ployed, always with success, as we trust will be
the case on this occasion ; for there could
hardly be a greater boon the cause of civilisa-
tion than removal of the only exietegag impedi-
ment to complete cordiality between two na-
tions having so many motives for co-opera-
Von and so few for dissent as Great Britain
and the United States. We believe the strongest
desire in this sknse animates the rulers of each
country, and a better proof of it could not be given
than the mission now being out. Our Minister,
we understand, will
he
tprouc:epdr,obitaibtihye,
tfiersttweinesetaatnscoei
to Washington, and
the several Governments of Central America
where, speaking the language,
the local usages, he will doubtrsci understanding
s beab
able tod
much more for the promotion of the objects con-
templated than would be possible through sub-
ordinate agents, or by any amount of correspond-
ence. Accompanied, we believe, by Lady Ouseley,
he will sail by the Arabia on Saturday next front
Liverpool, and will, we understand, be entertained.
the previous day here by Mr. William Brown,
M.P., who, both as chairman of the Honduras'
Interoceanic Railway and of tbeAtlanticiTtyesl,ueagraitvaabpilili
Company, as well as in his priraftaellcaopahaer
capacity,
whatever
of this, as he invariably does of
occasions, to evince his
icable relationship
of the An 1 Sg o- axon.
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race.—Livepool

course of A HEAVY ESSEONSIBILITY.—In the return of death
for the past quarter there is one of a male aged 76, who
one of the Westmin-
-4 years l inmate
see ou nine years he assumed.
the responsibility of becoming sponsor to upwards of
1,000 coildren born in the workhouse, wayte for
w o r o many
eYs. e
and for the service
of becoming godfather he was, upon each occasion, re-
warded by the pariah authorities with a pint of porter.]