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'MUM -CHRISTMAS BOX.
MRS. JOHNSON.. Sole Proprietor of the AME-
RICAN SOOTIMNO SYRUP, for Children Cutting
their Teeth, he, York-pleat, City road. At this critical season,
when Children are Teething, sad suffer more pain than at any
time of the 'year, vefy few escaping convulsions, it is earnestly
recommended to every Mother and Nurse, who have young Chil-
dren, Dot to be withnut the American Soothing Syrup in the Nur-
sari, as it gives immediate tails& Mrs. Jobiseoe, feeling for tie
poor at a time like this when so many are etst of employ, arid
wishing to relieve those little soarers, has given them a reel Chriet•
Ina, Bus, by extending her Charity one hour longer ; that is to
ty, from nine to eleven every Tuesday and Saturday morning
Mud next March (and then as usual front Nine till Ten), *bile the
days'are so very abort, as hundreds who live at a great distance
cannot get their Children to her house in time • they must bring a
letter from a respectable housekeeper, that their. are real ebjects.Of
charity. Mrs. Johnsen hopes, at the sane time, so great a charity
will not be abused., as it is entirely out of her Mon private purse ;
aid trusts that persons who can afford to purchase the Syrup, wet
Dot injure the poor by obtaining what is intended for their relief.
This inestimable Medicine to be had wholesale and retail as
above and of the principal Venders in' Town and Country; at'
9d. per bottle.
N.B. Norte are genuine, unless signed on the Statep with Mrs.
Johnson's own hand.wiiting.

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" Dooms et Fluent; tmor."=lioe • , '
Thy house;lownev and(pithemtp of
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. That dl.-- Wier.
HAPPINESS "-the gsytotiorrow of the mind" is
J.ll. insured by mardagn;. ghe snidest tie of perpetual Friend-
ship." is a Oft from ilenvas,• censentir.g plosion* with reason, by
which, rip Johnson, "we approach in some degree of association
with celestial intelligence."
Previius, however; -to entering intirdds hallowed obligation, it
became= imperative duty, not only in regulate the passions, but
so demise the arosser•natere front those impurities which thy free-
dom et unremicted pleasure may Dave entailed upon it. To the
wog of sorb attention, are attributable many of thesefhapless
gioninees. turbid', while they excite the commiseration of the be-
looldstolsenti alio impress him with the few of self-reproach.
• Luxurious habits will effeminige the body--a residence 111 the
aspics will relax- the elastic flitre.....Dut more especially does the
Immature infatnaden. of youth too frepeptiyeotnproinise the II
send dignity into a ;state of inanities% from whence the atimixed,
sellorer mere than doubts the • chance of relief. To all such then
We address ourselves, dieting hive• energy, muscular strength,
Meaty; not will oar advancer appear tpiestionable sanctioned as
they're by the multiplied proofs of Ott years' soceeltekt experience
The easy cafes of married life are tweeting". disturbed by the
pospension of those blessing, which concentrate the nuptial wreath
the female habit is Aso constitutimally weak—yet. it can • •
strevgtbened, and deficient jimmy improved into funet4lpower.'
is every- case of syigidiltle intredoe, as well as in every relaxation
of the generative economy; we pledge our ability to cure speedily
sod with effect. gartiestly minium to repel the unfeeling eutpjyle
from the posiPen •so presumptuously taken up. we deviate front
cotabispincipitto •witti less hesitation and maddest lower o
intepity as Members of the toilese of Sitrierons, Ws
!Oa the mallfering comanosky of either Sex ( those en te
he. matrimonial Me) at ease to our home, itt •
p given ter personal eonsehadem ; and letters from tbe.emetrrom
immediately answered; thine most amain a remittance for Mole"
sad Medicine, which can be feepardedt o any pare of the.
however distant. 0053 aid Co. M.FLe. Stu:peps; •
No. 11, BeetwedoMenet, Fleet-etteets tondos.
ErJnot puMished (Seveineentitlididon), 1. The'Reatt of Lisa*
familiar Commentary on the above Dhinees. nod, Hvotlllll4.l
aiitrlwed emissive, to the . Female Gm May be had at 16'
Princeir4taret, Soho; 174, Flesoetred ; 4, Catiterise4treet, &rantl;
lihenmod, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternener-eiw ; and Chan*
MO, Pall-mail, London; Porter, 71, Graftoootrem, Dublla
M'Phaa, 154, hoops*. Glasgow; 9. CAM-street, Edinburalli
mittiAlMeefiselisn, Pelee 56. • .A.k. Js

FRENCH

'APERS. •

11fROH TRH DARETTS DR /RANDS OF SATURDAY.
CONSTANTINoPteIt, Dipc. s.
The Ambassadors of Frince and England at length
tabs, ked yesterday: All the efforts made to induce
the Porte to accept their proposals have failed.
.The Marquis de Ribeaupjerre, who embarked OR
board his ship before the other Ministers, had previously
scut to M. Minstacky, the Russian Consul General*
Bocharest, instructions, in which he acquaints him svitli
his departure from Constantinople, and at the sametias
desires him not to leave Bucharest till further orders;
because-his presence there still depends upon particular
circumstances. The capital, in consequence of the pre-
cautions taken by the Government, remains tranquil;
yet•the Franks were not without uneasiness.
PARIS, Jas. 4.
This morning, at eight o'clock, the Minister of Fi-
nance came to transact business with the King. At nine
his Majesty transacted business with the Minister of
War, and at. noon with the Minister of Marine.
To the news from Constantinople already given we
add the following details, furnished by the Augsburg
Gasetie, in a letter, dazed Bth December, in the evening:
.4 Messrs. Guillenainet and Stratford • Canning bad
quitted the port at two o'clock in the afternoon, and at
five they were out of sight. The -north wind still de-
tained M. de Ribeaupierre, at the entrance of the Canal.
Before they left their hotels, the Ambassadoinef the
Once Courts. Lad repeatedly asked for their passports.
The Reis Effendi caused them to be answered, that the
_Porte would make no difficulty in delivering firmans to
them, if they could .chew orders from their Courts for
the step they were going to take; otherwise it must be
ignorant of their departure,. though it did not intend to
throw any obstacle in the way of its
" However, underbabd orders were given to respect
the vessels of the Ambassadors. It had not transpired
that they met with any difficulty. M. de Ribeaupicrte,
it is said, gave his two Colleagues, upon his departure,
the assurance that, if the Porte respected, in full eaten',
lbe Convention of Akermann, and did not by some in-
considerate step, compromise the protectorate of Bus-
sia over the two Principalities, the &lasi, Cabinet
vetlld conscientiously execute the Convention of the
%July."
FROM THE CONSTITUTIONIZE. OF FRIDAY:
PARIS, JAII. 4.
W. are asked from all parts of France what has be-
tome of the Ministers? .We cannot satisfy the public
curiosity on this point. Our opinion is—supposing the
Representative Government to be a reality--that the
.k.l"ent Ministry can only last a few days longer; but
"Pelts oa the suliect are so various, that they serve
Fawn to confuse thisi enbghten our opinion' We
hear of MM. Polignac Brume, Martignac, Orebro,
Portal, Portalis, Levi, the Hellcat, Ite. but the report
of one hour is allured:eged by the repoit of the near. It
seems probable that M. de-Ville'', having sworn to live
and die Minister, means to form' a new Ministry, aad
keep a place for himself. As there are yet £8 Electioier
to complete, he means to take the Interior to himself,
Placing a•chnk at the head of the Finances, the Marines
and even at the head of Ecclesiastical. Affairs. He ill in
very Mazarin, ready to make head grilling the Coosa.
tattooer Fronde. There is oohing wanting bet the bat
and the purple. As Minister of the Interior, he weaddi
arrange every thing with Prefects and Sah4Prefecu, pal
as to have the elections his owe way, either by Fran&
or forte. He may, beweeittri be detsividi The Cell'

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stitutional electors are Frenchmen, nisi fleaktlniloll6€l.
expose the odious intrigues by which vow aunt *aim
have disgraced themselves. M. de Villele thinks hitn-
self indispensable; but the rise in the Funds yestercty.
may have satisfied him• of the contrary. They sunk.
when it was 'reported that the Ambassadors had left
coostan inople, and rose full 2 per cent. when it wayre-
ported that there was to be a change of Ministerc,and that
M, de Villele was not to remain in office. He is de-
feated, therefore, in his very citadel; the ungrateful
Three per Cents rose against their creator—a true par-
ricide. M. de Villele may- now retire to Antenil with
M. de Peyronnet,
These great ruins will oonsole each other."-
We have just heard that the Ministry is broken up,
and that the new Administration is to be composed as
follows: .
M. de Polignac, President of the Council.
IL de Saint Priest, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
M. de Martigtraci to ltd. Leine, Minister of the Interior.
M. Pastern, Minister of the Seals.
M. boy, Minister of Irtnance. •
M. Pomba, Minister of Etclesiestleal Affair*.
General Dude* la Brut:retie, Minister of War.
M. Obabrol, Minister of Mahan
Whas is anima,* it Swats: Ihembet, Dim% sett
b not stated. • EL4,ll$ o'CLoca•—The report of the change in the
siitsistry is confirmed: At do breaking: up of, the
Council yesterday, M. de Ctrabrol transacted business
with the King, and the Ordinances and Appointments
were countersigned by that Minister—one of those who
are to remain in office. It seems from authentic infor•
motion, that the Ministry is.to be composed as follows:
M. de Ferronays, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
M. Martignac, "Interior,
M. Ponahs, Keeper of the Seals. '
M. Itoy. Finances.
ht.Chabrol, Minister sf Marine.
General Meaux, War.
M. de saint Cuierq, Commerce.
Friryndttenso &-clesiastital Milk%
Poblic instruction is to be taken, it is said, •from
,der his controul, and placed Under that of the Minister
lei the Interior. •

M. deVillele will, it it said, enter the Horne of Peers,
and M. de "Polignae- will set out for London.
The Functionarjet,pf the .fligh Police; are not yet
knOwn. • .
WARSAW. Pea.120.-(Parnste.teminieiliessoor.)
The,Polish army, consisting of; 4000 men, Well-
trained aid partly veterans, is on:the poinkoimarehing
in join the grand-Rdisian army Which is to' esner .Tor-
The Staff of thetloartermaster oaken' Traiverl-
ranCh it already
.gone with tile advanced. guard;
Prince
of four regiments oi M lancers, under the °et's of
Prince Adam of Wirtemberg, grandson of Prince Czar-
and..the brigadipf General ILaskowiecki. The.
division of General Count Stanislatts Potochi and ano-;
ther division of cavalry, commanded.-by Lieutenant.
General .Weissenhoff, will. follow immediately. The
corps de reserve is ruder the *-
order: of Lieutenant:
General Count Krasinski,' with a considerable park of
artillery.
Though, according to the Constitution, the Polish
I,lBaniatieura be emplpip4 hezoncy the..frenLiers, they
'have solitited tlkS favour sharing iitiblo glorious cost
test against the oppressors of Christianity; and they
titre solicited with the more energy, inasmach as it is
probable, that on the result of this contest, the fate of
,tin unhappy country will depend. There is an oppor-
;vanity of tealising the hopes excited by the Emperor
iklesander—l mean the re-establithment of the inde•
pendence of- Poland—on which will depend the future
repose of Europe, because this would destroy all the
fears. of the other Great Powers, and do away with the
necessity of keeping up great armies. This re.enablish-
meat will repair the injury inflicted on our country, and
confirm- the balance of power without the least injury
to the interest of any state.
When the question-is the independence of Greece, the
restoration of the Sarmatian nation deserves to be taken
into serious consideration by all the Cabinets of Europe.
The King of Prussia, united in interest with the Auto-,
crat of Russia, must be sensible of this truth, acrd we
do not doubt that both these Princes will make some
sacrifices for the accomplishment -of this great object.
The marriage of. Prince William, son of the King of
-Prussia, with the Princess Eliza Radniwill, the de-
,areadout of one of the most ancient Princes of Poland,.
and who is descended froni the race of the Jagellores,
together with the journey of the Prince tO•Petersburgh,
,supplies at this moment great scope to conjecthres.--
,The Poles draw fresh hopes from this coincidence.
The Grand Duke Constantine, General in Chief of the
Polish Army, has recommended the Poles implicalect
in the Russian conspiracy to his august brother', cle-
mency, and it is expected that they v. ill be pardoned
as soon as the Tribunal of the Diet has pronouncei its
judgment.
The Polish army, it is said, will be spread along the
frontiers of Gallicia and Boukowine, to wait for the de-
velopment of the plan of operations. In this position
it will beessy for our troops to collect provisions from
the fertile districts of Gallicia, for the inhabit 4nts of that
country are animated with similar hopes and similar
patriotic sentiments, and will be happy to see na
lineal troops in their vicinity.
LISBON; Dec.l9. •
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PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

In the night between the 15th-azid 16th, the plate of
the church of Saint Estevao, de Altama of Lisbon, was
stolen to the amount of 5,600 crusados. The robbers
left in the church, in place of the plate, a piece.ol paper,
on which was wrieten, in large letters—
r, Os ricos nao dao—os pobres nao • ten—os. Sancta
pagarao." (The rich do not give—the pool have nothing
—the Saints shall pay.)
BUCHAREST. Das to.
• Every thing announces war, and we are upon the
eve of great events; the Russian armies are ready to
march. The Austrian Agent, M. Aquenau, who resides
in our town, has just given the Mocans (shepherds of,
Transylvania, who every •year lead their flocks into the
plainseirWallachia to winter them there) orders to
quit the "banks of the Danube, and withdraw with''
their* Socha towards the frontiers of their, country.'
About fifty water •earriers, Hungarians, have trans-
formed thaiiialves into Austrian soldiers, to watch over
in that edgewise the houses and shops of the subjects of
Auitris who reside in our town. The guards of our
capital biive.been tripled for some days past, and the
citizens have been forbidden to • stir from their
botsses after eight o'clock at night. An ordon-
Dance of the. Hospodaes has also forbidden any person
quit his station, and act to as to occasion, a • public
compotioss or tumble. opals( pails of sbeA. Nokia* as a
rioter. Its this state of things the priacipalasea goer

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town have pretestathetaselves air dee itespedieGirike,
and begged hilt. to Atomise* the Chiefs of the Badgedonsiciliated for *leeriere as osr town, of which
they occupy a considerable quarter, and confide to them
the police of the interior of the capital, as has been done
in all critical eases. Two hundred 'citizens go the
rounds of The town every night; their head-quarters are
at the Monastery, of Radon Voda. a fort, placed on
hill to the east of the cathedral Castle. Every err has
hastened to confide in the hands of the head of that Mo•
nastery all his valuables. We hear from Hertninstaai',
that the number of Austrian troops in Transylvania kndl
' Bennet augments every day. They are alt foreign irtboes-
that 'wire; those belonging to the country go, accord-
ing to the Austrian syitem, to other provinces; the sol.;
dier understands art the language of the colonist, not
the latter that of the former. These troops are in great
pan Italians.

GERMAN PAPERS.

FLOUENCE, Denman, Itt.
Our Gitatik of this date hat; the following article:—
Comm, D0c.6..:-Accordinl to otoppliti frdt*
qt the $4.1.04 Cochrane, widllitkAgUakrsitilli'd
some of the-Greek ships of war, destroyed peter .
focal nssels in that neighbotithocid. The whole Coast
of the Morea, with that of Arcarnania, is 'so strictly
witched, that not a single neutral ship can convey pro-
visions to the Turk', who min great want of thern...o
Patras and Missolonieti will, therefore, kw:4Y be itiole
to hold. out long. Lord Cochrane. who mas lately ona
erpige before the harbour Of Navarin, to blackadi the
Toikish ships remaining there; is Said now to' intend to
,fan Genera ships
at Drago Mestra, near klimolingtti,
and that,Colonel Fabvier -had been desired by the Ad-
mirals of the Allied Squadrons to,desispfrom his enter-
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VlBltifltt ;111.116.4111ssouslr.)
Bulk Shares
Die.. 26..-On the Acid colitis*, of the
tire of the Ambit:lndies being published t • • '
Bank Shares . 1011 ' . •
• Is the aseakst a ialt.,
• • Afgessesne Zeitestg, bilt.3o‘
MUNIC.K.Dsc. au.
f.r.rojetit' We hear that letters have been reerived from Lient.-
Colonel Heidegger, dated Poros, Noy. 16,;in which that
brave officer says, that the ('creeks bad offered him the
4ignity of Vice-Rey of Candia. The. greater part of
that island is known to be in possession of the Greeks,
and in ordM to subdue it entirely,' Lord Cochrane had'
an eipeditkut. Colonel Hiedegger seems is.
ishied to wait for Ative-itriVai of Count Capo d'lstsia
before be decides on this offer, which is so honourable
bob to him. and to his.caustry.—Pistrent. Con m4.16.'
CON3TANTIN9PAR.,

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time further light is thrown on the circumstances
which preeedesi thb departnreof the Ansbassalersfroft
thilistensitsoolia. isrtifearrivall of eminearecild letteriadt
thutith alt. being, we believe, of the same date as that
,of the official dispatches. It appears that after Mr. S.
Canning sent off his dispatches of the 28th of Novem-,
ber, in which he stated it to be his positive determina-
tion to quit immediately, he was detained by various
new propositions from the Porte, though all of so Fri.
,vplous a mature as not to be entitled to a moment's
attention, and that it was not till the sth ult. our 'Am-
bassador conveyed explicit information to the merchants
that no hope whatever remained. The alarm which
the announcement produced among the merchants was
considerable, and by far the greater part of them came
to the determination of quitting Constantinople at the
same time with the Ambassadors. They embarked,
therefore, on board ship such goods as Were of light
carriage, and placed the remainder of their pro-
perty under the care of the merchants of neutral
nations, with instructions to have it shipped for Eng-
land at the earliest opportunity. After k became
certain that the Ambassadors would leave, a depu-
tationaf the English' merchants waited on the 'Dutch
Ambassador, under whose protection it had been ar-
ranged that they should be placed in the absence of
their own embassy, and received from him full as-
surances of attention to their interests, with the ex-
pression, at the same time, of his confident belief that.
his protection would be as effectual as that of the Aus-
trian Minister had formerly beers to the Russian subjects
during the temporary absence of Baron Strogonoff; the
merchants, however, in consecoencesof some information
privately conveyed, were induced to doubt whether the
Dutch Ambassador would be able to make good his
assurances, and this doubt it was which finally induce.]
them to resolve on embarking.
The Turkish Authorities, on their part, manifested
great anxiety to detain the merchants, and a communi-
cation to some of the more eminent of them was even
'made from the Reis Effendi, who promised th m security
both -orperson and property ; and further, that the Eng-
lish dragoman should be allowed to remain, in order to
keep up, as far as commercial affairs were concerned,
the usual communications with the Porte. The fears,
however, of the majority of them were too strong 'to
allow them to listen to any repre:entation of this kind.
On the whole, only seven Englishmen, of the mercantile
class, remained in Constantinople on the Rth, and three
of these were members of the house of Messrs. Niven
Kerr, Black, and Co. of that city. In addition to
the general assurances of security given to the merchants
by the Reis Effendi, this house received very particular,
promises of friendship and support during the absenceof
the Ambassador. Mr. Hardy, who has been for four.
teen years managing clerk of the house above named,
has obtained the agency of the. East India Company in
Constantinople. Mr. Stratford Canning. shortly before
his departure, gave audience to the principal merchants
at which he assured them that all his endeavours would
be used to restore peace,and that their knacks, under al
circumstances, would be the object of hiipeculiarsolici-
tudeawo merchant vessels.theCoat et itidtheAlbion,had
been engaged for the suite and effctstOf the English
Embassy, and they were embat ked two days, it appears.,
before the actual departure of Mr. Stratford Canning.
On the afternoon of the Bth, both the French and Eng-
lish Ambassadors were afloat, and proceeding with a
fair wind for their destination. The Russian Ambassa-
dor, who had to proceed in the contrary direction,- vise
to Odessa, was wand-bound it „Brijukdere. The other
two proposed to proceed toVourla, a town in the vicinity
of Smyrna, expecting to obtain a pasiage by one of the
Eoglisk ships of war on that station to Cotfth

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PROM THE HAMPSHIRE TWIGS:AM. :
PORTSMOUTH, Ja.scart S.
7aho
I We have received letters from our Cormspoodeatel
;the Cape of Good Hope (by the Borseo), of a rime
(date, from which the following is an retreats—.
- • "Cent of GOOD Hors, Pf..s.—With respect to
mercantile news we have nOna,4Mospt that the markets.
are overstocked, and the Colony is almost in a state of
:bankruptcy. We have, however, the pleasing prospect:
of a snow abundant harvest; all kinds of grain stead.
leaeriantly. This is souse consolation ; but the new
Arises will be heavy. The Burgher Senate at Cape Town
Iris convened s meeting of the inhabitants, fir the p‘•
pose of petitioning his Majesty against the proposed tit*
of ten per cent. on each slave. Vine duty .of his pee
cent. is taken off salt meat ezported frons.ebn Cape to
the Mautitius, by Order in Council.
66 The Bishop of Calcutta fee his possess was) and the
Judges are arrived; the former oteo6rmed about 700
persons, and consecrated a piece -of ground, for an
lEnglish Church, et Cive Tows, Thelmanimity of the
merchants and English inhabitants was of that nature
which deserves
_she raise, sot, on Aillibop's
as Loki Godniseteps-wijrapiarft Lied rMp
'Noted that this hritith Goiernmetit wflhld. mlyeimend
for pound, there was subscribed nearly VIM Tim
ActittieGionttoor haegieui in a demand forilitee lenge
pews for the .chief ollßtsra, and thweihuedreer pews for
dweller colonial atmagas. but the doeweDA. was jil•
sandy zej -uten. 4 , . . • . a
"Theiß4.ol4llll9WOleir °Pjf 4114°R1 in actuary;
their Predecessors, wo IKE I. hive been peasikad.o4
We are at
.last liberated, through the.tu 01"?riout
deuce, from that notations spy, but another
has arisen from his itsisMA'who not pr4y me into your
actichts; but calls upon yam Andaman, altd.liOch
your debits, which he ripens ail there, to t:4111
turned oat. Prekredert Sir R. Pitakst. our
Seamier; Notimistrimit the office dr,ChittlisamtarY to
the Caul with a avid is to be succeeded by
Colonel Seilt DilpettlbeattereieJter General. Mrs
Sayan is appointed Chid Clerk to the Agent yietualler,
vise Droty4'superittousied.i • ' - •
The Owen Glendower is returned from conveying .
a part of the 65th Regiment.to Algoa Bay, whither.
they west sent on it being reported that the tribe of
Fetcane, cranny of Mantatus, HP, within eighty mks
of the Colonial boundaries. It 'appears that, they are
considered, with the-assistance of 800 farmer/sin over.
match for the enemy, who retired. The Cassoiodtie
was wakieg to be r.elieved. The Helicon is just arritrOd
from Madagascar rindthe' Mauritius, having left thiti
several of her crew,ly.sichness. ' -
"Our lasi-arrival:are, the biariaottAbils England;
the Maimack (Ainericanli from Batavia; the DeGues.
leilies,.frdm Amsterdam, for the Cape."

srmr, msgame
SCIENTIFIC EXPEPITION*

LOO CHOO.

, [IL 41400,0er gead fortuP4l:lo Ile fiV9oralliAtit..an Mira aryl
twose from Parma Fastausest lioactay. &Nip/ the- Mast •
`lay
Id. coarse after steering heal
!may be a pity to dispel the beSef In the simple and isnoomt cha-
racter of the natives of Loo Chao ;- but truth obliges us to destroy
this St Dorado of our valued friend Captain Bum HAIL.]
HIS Majesty's Ship Blossom, Petropaulewski, July IL lilt?.
I have little time to communicate more than you will
find in my public letter ; but you shall learn that we were
very well received at Nappokiang, as Hall calls it, and
were able to make ourselves understood by means of
the Chinese characters, which are equally those of Leo
Cboo,.though the languages are essentially different.
We found they had forts, muskets, swords, and :coppfr
inoneyf; and.that they were, in fact, nothing more than
Japanese. Would you believe it, ••• ? I baldly dais.
speak it, they have thieves and rogues among. them just
like all the rest of mankincr; they actually :tail our
best thermometer; and the Head Mandarin sent me a
set of their hair pins, declaring they frere silver,. WhiCh
I-yesterday found transformed into brass, the plating
or jacket- having all corroded I Therare, howeverosith
all this, a good sort of people; and whether they ice
from fear or principle, is opt Corns, Who were kindly
treated,.`to canvass. I must iiy of ihem, that they were
always willing to, oblige us whenever it could be don*
without any expense—they even sometimes -treated us
with tea, and on one occasion gave us some gingerbread
cakes! With all this kindness, however, there was not a
single individual in the 'ship who was not heartilj, sick
of too Choo before we weighed. The illusion which bad
hung over the island pefoze• we anchored sods too soon
removed, and we found nothing in the inhabitants io in-
spire us with more than common plice* sentiments:—
Their conduct was, at bottom, certainly artificial.
When we fitst'cast anchor, they said we mast immedi-
ately depart ; but 04. I did not understand, dad insisted
on being allowed to go on shore the next day permis.
sion was granted, but they wanted to confine us to the
beach—a restriction which was of course not attended
to ; and we bad walked nearly half over the island, when
our conductor, who had long been declaring" that the
Mandarin would cut off his head if he attended us sw y
farther, went down on his knees, and begged--us so pa.
thetica!ly to stop,that we could not refuse his petition.
Will it be credited in England, that a Loo Choo Mau-
darin is capable of ordering a man's head to be cut
off-? Perhaps it is performed sysnbollically with a fan—
them cannot be ,scarcely any blood spilt. Well, a; I
told you, to save the poor mars head, we' rettunfd,
but through a village, to his otter discomfiture, it being
their'chief care throughout; to keep us away from Weir
houses, and particularly Aims seeing their-women...,
Perhaps they thought as they could not contrail: us
in one case, they would not be able in another. Be
that as it may, we have seen their women and have
aside drawings of them; we have been inside
'their forts ; and if we had kid long enough,
sboold po dotibt have meted their town. &fore we
I longed very much for some occasion to put
departed,
them to their mettle, and to see what defence they would
be able to make; but nnfortunately they were much too
civil; and rather than fight, I am convinced they would
have consented to any terms, however degrading. I
never saw such effeminate creatures in theshapeofmen
before, and 1 hope never to See such again:
Vire leftNappa after ten daya'sojotirn, and.p ursued our
course to the eastward: "On the Bth June we*ll in with a
group of islind*.wbicP had long 'beemerupunged from
our charts, and,cante to -anchor in an excellent port.—
We wire' somewhat Surprised to End shert'a Robinson
Crusoe and his man Fs idaY—fwb seaman who had be.
longed to the Willituit, -the-old Tyne, which had been
wrecked upon the Wind. They were living there vary

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