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" Oh, the pretty little dears !" said Joe ; " pray let them
there is nothing too good for them ;"

amuse themselves

and so he pitched some more sweets. " Ay, but look what
beads, and faces; and collars, and hands, they'll make them-
selves ! They will catch it, and so will I." Joe, without
the least sympathy for what ti.ey would catch, threw down
some more sweets ; down went they again, their hats pre-
ceding their heads a few inches. There was a terrible scuffle
urse doing all she could to get them up, in
igth succeeded, hut not before a most terrible
rphose hail taken place ; for their faces, hands, ring-
and kilts were all shockingly besmeared with toffee and
" Oh, the missis will pay you ; you will get it bon-

dell she at le

nily ;—but she never beats tile-eilildreil but she talks of a
month's warning, as she says it's all my fault. When Mas-
ter William Henry broke a pane of glass, she said she would
stop it out of my wages, because, she said, I should not have
allowed him to go into the parlour, and then he could not
have c Lne it." At length away they all scampered, nurse
and cherubs.

" There !" said Joe ; " when those little darlings get
home, I think they will produce an effect, or else I hive
made a strange miscalculation. Ha, ha, ha! Well, Mr.
Serious-face, do you see the moral this time?" " No,"
said I, " upon my honour." "No ! Well, then, I'll tell
you it ; and I hope it may be of use to those parents that
have numerous little pledges, and who, in order that they
(the pledges) may be finer than a lot of young peacocks,
exact more than the industry of galley-slaves from their ser-
vants. Behold yon poor girl, with her slight, attenuated
form, wasted arms, and flushed check, (and she is also the
child of some one,) struggling with six pampered, strong,
petted, rude children, not only having to perform every
drudgery for them, but being made accountable for all their
wilfulness. Was it not pitiful to see, when some of the
younger ones' hats fell off, that a quantity of long, false,
flaxen curls was fastened to their little bats ; thus training
them up to deceit and imposition, and making them aura
before they can speak. No :if parents will have numerous
be-curled and be-peacocked little darlings, let them provide
more servants ; at least, let them he taught that it will be
well if a just and bountiful Creator will he satisfied that one
of His children (for the helpless are all his) shall become the
heartbroken, hopeless, and helpless slave of another's. At
all events I will follow her, and take care that she shall be
no loser by what I have done."

" Joe,"- said I, " for that sentiment, and that act, I am
half-disposed to forgive you all the effects that you have per-
petrated to-day."

We proceeded on to Seacombe, and were just proceeding
down the slip, for the purpose of returning to Liverpool,
when a loud laugh from the hotel-window arrested our atten-
tion. We turned round, and perceived the elderly gentle-
man we had met at Brighton, who beckoned us to come in.
Joe was rather shy, but the old gentleman would take no
denial, and another tremendous laugh greeted our entrance,
but he shook us by the hand heartily. " Well," said he,
" as your grief so completely overpowered you to-day at
New Brighton, that you were obliged to leave your porter
untouched, if you think you are sufficiently cooled down, I
shall be glad if you will take a glass with me—ha, ha, ha!--:
it perhaps may keep you from fainting again ; indeed I re-
quire a glass myself, for, after your affecting story to-day, I
had a difficult job to keep my young ninnies from crying.
Ha, ha, ha !—oh, oh!" At this time the young ladies came
up, skipping like larks, and were not a little astonished to
find an addition to their company. " Here, Miss B—g,"
said the old gentleman, " here is our sentimental friend."
Miss B—g!" exclaimed Joe; " pardon me, but is your
-g?" "It is." " From N—, near Manches-
The very same, at your service." " The devil
ered Joe; " my father's old and dearest friend !—the
very family, on my honour, to whom I had letters of intro-
duction, and with whom I intended to stop a few days as I
passed! Of all other men in the world, I must be producing

name .t$
ter ?"

News from Toulon to the .6th states that the Ocean, Tri-
nd Genereux, were to sail the following day.
- Tunis, the Bey having an army
whose appearance is creating un-
of Constantine.

•eported destir

in, the secretary to the East India and China
_as prepared a comparative statement of the
amber of British ships, with their tonnage, entered inwards
and cleared out:.vards, from and to places within the limits
of the East India Company's dharter, from the Ist of January
to the 30th of 'June, in the years 1839 and 1810. The total
increase in the entered inwards for ti►is period was, eight
vessels and 8545 tonnage ; and the decrease. column shows
22 vessels less for China, six vessels less for the Philippine
lsles, and 10 vessels less for the Mauritius. The total in-
crease in the cleared outwards was 97 vessels and 34,211
tonnage, and the decrease column shows four vessels less for
China, one vessel less for Java and Sumatra, and two vessels
less for Arabia.

Ir. Stil

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—We have great
pain in recording the awfully sudden death of Margaret, the
second daughter of the Rev. D. Winstone, chaplain of the
county prison. The facts are as follow :—On Monday last,
Mr. Winstone's three daughters (of whom the deceased,
aged about eight years, was the second) went to spend the
day at the house of the Rev. B. Maddy, in the Abbey Fore-
gate: His garden terminates with a paddock, in which his
horse, a very quiet animal, was grazing. The three children
went into the garden between four and five o'clock, and
then extended their infantile play into the adjoining pad-
dock. When tea was ready, one of Mr. Maddy's servants
went into the garden to summon the children to it. She
heard a cry of distress, hastened to the paddock, and found
two of them kneeling on the ground, under a cherry tree, by
the lifeless body of their sister. One of them was supporting
her head, and, in the wildness of grief, calling her by name—
" Margaret! Margaret!" The call was in vain, for life was
extinct. About three yards from the body was a puddle of
blood, and it would appear that the deceased had either stag-
gered from that place, or had been carried there by her frantic
sisters. The body was immediately removed to the house of
Mr. Maddy, and that gentleman instantly proceeded in quest
of medical assistance, having first called at Mr. Winstone's
and communicated the fatal intelligence. Proceeding over
the English bridge he met Mr. Foulkes, surgeon, who ac-
companied him back, and examined the body. He found on
the forehead the mark of a severe blow, which, he had no
doubt, had caused instant death. From the account given
by the surviving children, it would appear that the deceased
had carried a whip in her hand into the paddock, that she
had either struck the horse or frightened him with it, and
that the animal had kicked her—the kick causing death. It
should be noticed that the children were by no means afraid
of the horse ; that, in the early part of the day, when they
were touching and patting him, they were warned by Mr.
Maddy not to make too free with him ; and that when Mr.
Maddy went into the paddock, on hearing of the accident,
he found the horse quietly grazing within a few yards of the
spot where the child lay. Mrs. Winstone was not at home
when the fatal accident occurred, but was sent for and ar-
rived home yesterday. To paint her feelings would be im-
possible, and we shall not attempt it. How earnestly does a
melancholy and sudden event of this nature bring home to
every one's heart, but especially to that of a parent, the force
of the scriptural truth—" In the midst of life we are in
death !"—Salapiros Journal.

As the days this burning and shining light of whiggery can
remain a " political character" are numbered and few in
number, it may be well, ere he for ever leaves the stormy
arena of political conflict, to show our readers what sort of
a man he As. Poor fellow ! we condole most sincerely with
him. He is really much to be pitied ; for all his life, and it
has been a long one, he has been a firm and consistent and
unswerving adherent of whiggery. Through good report
and through evil report he has clung to the creed of liberal-
ism. When it was a by-word and a reproach to be a whig,
he was a whig; when the whigs were banished to the cheer-
less benches of opposition, and left there to pine in mortifi-
cation and agony of spirit, he was a whig, and a whig be
remained ; when the whigs thought place and pay a paradise
which they were never more to enjoy, and hardly dared to
hope for, he was a whig; when they succeeded to power
(alas! that was a woful day for England) then, it is almost
unnecessary to say, he was a whig. Expecting the reward
of his long devotion to the unrighteous cause, he of course
remained a whig until he obtained that reward in the shape
of the judgeship of the admiralty court, with a thumping
salary of some thousands per annum. Gratitude to those
by whom his place was given increased his love of whiggism;
and accordingly, when he became a respectable character,
one who occupied no mean place on the judgment seat, and
was clothed in the most sacred vestments of a distributor of
justice, he did not forsake whiggery, but clung to it with as
much tenacity as before. Nay, it is a question whether the
taste which be had enjoyed of the loaves and fishes did not
whet his appetite, and make him anxious for more, or in case
more could not be procured for himself, induced him to
make the most strenuous exertions to obtain a share of the,
good things for those hungry vagabonds who held the same
opinion as his patrons and himself. Be this however as it
may, it is certain that Dr. Lushington became one of the
most zealous, most active, most uncompromising sup-
porters of whiggism, foul and abominable as it was, ig• and
will be. To that detestable political creed he devoted his
time, his talent, his eloquence. He was constant in his at-
tendance in the house, and his name was to be found in the
list of every division of the slightest importance. He spoke
well and ably, and learnedly, and as he possessed considerable
influence, as his opinion carried with it great weight, he was
enabled to render great and important assistance to the whigs.
And this the whigs do no hesitate to acknowledge, and as a
proof of the gratitude they felt to " good master doctor"
they brought in a bill giving him a larger increase of salary.
The tories, however, succeeded in tacking a clause to the bill
by which it was enacted that after the present session of par-
liament the judge of the Amiralty Court should be
to sit in the house of commons. Thus, as we said atp the
outset, the days that the learned doctor can remain a politi-
cal character are very few in number. Scion will he have to
abandon his proud position as representative of the " intel-
ligence " of the greasy electors of the Tower Hamlets ; scon
will he have to give less attention to Westminster and more
to Doctors' Common's. Poor man ! What a melancholy

exciting bustle of political life, for the dull, Common-place
monotony of a court of law is indeed a matter much to be
lamented. We feel for him, we condole with him. The
tories, stupid blockheads, thought forsooth that the duties of
ajudge were incompatible with the occupations of a politician
—that the spotless purity of the ermine was in danger of being
tarnished in the bustling excitement of an election contest—
that the scales of justice might be held unevenly when he in
whose hands they were placed ran hither and thither to soli-
cit and beseech, and pray for, the suffrages of those whose
hr * d hy of a

causes he ha, to decide. ...nese notions were wort-, ,ot
tones. In days gone by they might have been considered
of some weight, but in these glorious times of wkggery and
humbug and " march of intellect," and all the rest of it, they
were not deserving of a moment's attention from the pro-
fessors of " liberalism." Oh ! dear no ! These immaculate
friends of purity could see nothing but propriety in having
the occupant of the judgment seat spouting in the House of
Commons, storming and bawling in the hustings, and seeking

" In a bondman's ke

With bated breath, and whispering humbleness,"
the most sweet voices of the unwashed and filthy and ragged
" free and independent electors " of Wapping and such like
localities ; but the whigs were obliged to give in,—they were
obliged to swallow the amendment of the tories in the Admi-
ralty Courts bill. The amendment was a bitter bolus for the
poor doctor, and he pulled many wry faces before he could
contrive to gulp it. The tories, however, were determined,
and down his throat it went.

One word about this said amendment. The whigs had
always been opposed to it, and it was expected that they
would try hard to defeat it, especially as, if it should be
carried, it would deprive them of the able services of Dr.
Lushington. It so happened, however,that Dr. L. had been
guilty of the high crime and misdemeanour of thinking for
himself, and bad actually the temerity to propose a series of
amendments in one of Lord John Russell's best measures ;
and to the great mortification of the little lord these amend-
ments were adopted by a great majority of the house. For
this act of daring insubordination Lord John, in a moment
of vexation, declined to oppose the amendment proposed by
the conservatives in the admiralty courts' bill, and the con-
sequence is, that Dr. Lushington cannot, after the end of the
present parliament, retain his seat in the House of Commons.
Now, we think that the conduct of Lord John Russell and
the whigs in this matter was most disgraceful.
Approving most highly, as we do, of the amendment to
which we refer, and we approve of it because we think that a
judge ought to know nothing of politics, least of all ought he
to be a political partisan, we still think that Dr. Lushington
has great cause of complaint. From the conservatives of
course he had no right to expect any consideration. Inde-
pendently of the desire which they must feel to see the bench
of justice above all reproach, they would naturally be glad
and anxious to exclude one of the most powerful of their
opponents from parliament; but the whigs were bound by
personal and party considerations of the strongest kind to
take a different view of the matter. Dr. Lushington has
long been one of their most distinguished men : his great
learning, his high talent, his powerful eloquence, added
to his unshrinking consistency, must have made him
an acquisition to the whigs ; but all this was forgotten,
because he (Dr. L.) dared, on one solitary occasion, to act
independently. Oh ! these worthless scamps Not only are
they treacherous to the country, but they are treacherous to
their own personal friends. Surely, surely, such conduct as
they have shewn to Dr. Lushington must disgust the few
really respectable men who are to be found in their ranks.
The Doctor was an honest man—that is, as honest as a
Whig can be—and an able man, ay more honest and more
able than any other to be found enrolled under the filthy
banner of Whiggery ; but nevertheless because he acted con-
scientiously, opposed as we are to Dr. Lushington, we feel
he has been most foully treated by his political allies ; and if
he does not immediately separate himself from them, we shall
think much more meanly of him than we are anxious to do.
Take warning by him, oh ! ye one or two Whigs, who have
more pretensions to ability and character, and leave, we pray
you, the vile ministerial gang, or you will assuredly be held
accountable for their monstrous iniquities.

Dr. Lushington's manner of speaking is very peculiar.
He is very energetic, and throws his arms about lustily.
Whatever be the subject, he always speaks at the very top of
his voice—in fact he shouts. Any one hearing him for the
first time, would think he was in a most violent passion, but
it is nothing more than a habit. He lisps, and always uses
the letter w instead of r; for instance ; he would say,
" gwacious heavens ! and have those awant wascals the
Whigs, kicked me out of Pawliament !" He is a good
and even eloquent speaker, and it is impossible not to see
that in what he says he is always in earnest. As an authority
in the laws of nations he is unequalled, and is, " take him
for all in all," as we have already said, a most able man. He
is about the middle height, perhaps a little above it. His
face is rather small. He dresses with much plainness.

SEIZURE OF RIBBONMEN WITH THEIR DOCUMENTS.—
On Thursday night last, between the hours of 11 and 12
o'clock, when Serjeant Hayes and his party of constabulary,
stationed at Belturbet, went round to inspect the public;
houses, they discovered two men in the house of Mr.
Patrick Prunty, one of whom had papers in his hand, which,
upon seeing the police, he attempted to destroy by eating
them. lam happy to say he was prevented from doing so,
and that both were conducted to the police barrack. On
Saturday an investigation took place before the magistrates
at petty sessions ; but as it was with closed doors, I cannot
send you the particulars. However, the documents, which
are connected with the ribbon conspiracy, fully warranted
the bench to commit the prisoner to Cavan gaol forthwith,
to be tried at the next sessions. The other man had been
held to bail. The fellow who was committed is of the name
of John Clarke, residing at Derrilin. about ten miles from
this town, where he had been master of a school. With this,
and the many proofs daily coming to light of a widely-
extended conspiracy, who will not urge the necessity of
Protestants being upon the qui vice? Great credit is due to
Constable Hayes and his men for their ever prompt and
efficient discharge of their duty.—Fermanagh .RPporler.

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN.—It
is the intention of the London and Birmingham Railway
Company, in conjunction with the Grand J unction, the Crewe
and Chester, and Chester and Birkenhead Companies, as
soon as the two latter lines are opened (which will take place
either next month or in September), to accelerate the mail
trains, so that they will reach Birkenhead in six hours and a
half after their departure from London. This can be easily
effected, as, in addition to shortening the distance from Bir-
mingham to Liverpool about 13 miles, by means of the line
from Crewe to Birkenhead, the gradients are greatly supe-
rior to those on the Liverpool half of the Grand Junction
Railway. It is in contemplation to fix the departure of the
mail packets from the Birkenhead side of the Mersey, which
will cause another saving of 20 minutes, as the railway runs
close to the pier. The mail communication between the two
capitals will, by this arrangement, in ordinary weather, be
effected within 19 hours, which is, in fact, only one hour and
a quarter more than what was expected to be accomplished
by the Chester and Holyhead line of railway, and steamers
from the latter port to.Kingstown.—Dublin Monitor.
THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILwAv.---The greatest
activity prevails on the whole extent of this line, and the
final completion of the work is now looked forward to ; 800
men are alone employed between Brighton and Clayton, and
no exertion is spared by the contractors and those engaged
in this important undertaking. The deep cutting to the south
'of Major Paine's, at Patcham, is nearly finished, and great
progress is also made with the tunnel which is to pass under
that gentleman's estate. Further up, that portion of the
work in the contract of Mr. Flavel, is in a state of great
forwardness, and the formidable cutting in this part will be
completed in a short time. In fact, between this point and
the Clayton tunnel, a few months will suffice to complete
the whole works, and there is no apparent reason why within
one year from this time the public should not he travelling
by steam to London. Higher up the line some striking ob-
jects present themselves. Of these are the Pool Valley
viaduct, of eight arches (now nearly completed) and the
Ouse Vale viaduct, of 30 arches, in a state of forwardness.
The works also in the neighbourhood of these structures are
being carried on with energy, and in a great many parts the
permanent rails are already laid,
EXTENSIVE FORGERY' ON THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—
About two o'clock, on Sunday afternoon, Mr. Superintendent
Stephens, accompanied by Inspector Hall and Sergeant Hid-
son, proceeded to a house in Henry-street, Birmingham, re-
cently taken by an elderly widow, named Mary Pritchard.
Having procured a ladder, Inspector Hall ascended to the top
story, where he obierved a man and woman working a small
iron press. Superintendent Stephens and Sergeant Hidson
broke in at the lower window, and discovered the man and
woman employed in turning the rollers. Underneath was
the plate of a forged Bank of England note for £5 ; in other
parts of the room were found notes in all stages of prepara-
tion for issuing, but only a few completed. George Brad-
nock, the man apprehended, is an engraver, but for years was
employed as an exciseman, at Wellington, in Shropshire, and
has long been suspected of being extensively engaged in Bank
of England forgeries. The female prisoner, there is little
doubt, has also been for a long period connected with the
trade. She has a family of eleven children, and is closely
related to some of the most respectable families in the town.
It is understood that the prisoners were engaged, when dis-
turbed, in getting up an order of 250 £5 notes, and 250 £lO
notes, for certain parties from Manchester, who were waiting
in Birmingham for its completion. At the time the police
were in the house, these gentry were seen in the neighbour-
hood, but catching a sight of the officers, they suddenly and
expeditiously escaped. In the course of a few hours the order
would have been finished, and
.Manchester and its neighbour-
hood, in the course of a week, inundated with forged paper.
executed. employedted. o
The notes completed were for £5,
ld
dated Nov. 14, 1838
and
signed "J. Booth." The pressai
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detected private,and
mingham since the celebrated case of Badkin and others,
executed at Warwick about twenty years ago.

Resolved,—That it' be respectfully recommended to the
several congregations of the colored population, of the city
of Baltimore and state of Maryland, to announce, from their
several and respective pulpits, that a public meeting would be
held at the Bethel school room, in the said city, on Monday
evening the 25th day of November, 1839, for the purpose of
selecting two persons, as delegates, to visit the province of
British Guiana and the island of Trinidad, to ascertain the
character of the climate, soil, natural production. and the
political and social condition of the colored inhabitants of the
province and island aforesaid, and hereafter to report to a
public meeting, to be called for that purpose, all the infor-
mation acquired by them, and especially whether it possesses
such advantages as can justify the free coloured population of
this city and state to migrate thither.

In pursuance thereof, a large and respectable number of the
free coloured population of the city of Baltimore aforesaid,
tnet at the Bethel school-room, in the city of Baltimore afore-
said, on Monday evening the 25th November, 1839.

The meeting was organized by the appointment of Thomas
Green, as chairman, and Harrison H. Webb, as secretary ;
the object of the meeting being fully explained, the following
resolution was offered :

Resolved,—That this meeting now proceed to elect two
persons as delegates, with instructions to proceed first to the
province of British Guiana, on the continent of South Ame-
rica, and thence to the island of Trinidad, and at each of said
places to ascertain the character of the climate, soil, natural
productions, and the political and social condition of the
colored inhabitants of the island and province aforesaid. Said
resolution being adopted, the meeting proceeded to elect two
persons in conformity thereto, and after counting all the bal-
lots, the chairman announced to the meeting, that Nathaniel
Peck and Thomas S. Price had received the largest number
of votes, and were duly elected delegates for the purposes set
forth in the foregoing resolution.
" Now this is to certify to all to whom it may come, that
in pursuance of the proceedings had in the premises, that the
above named Nathaniel Peck and Thomas S. Price, are duly
authorized, empowered, and commissioned to proceed to thr
province of British Guiana, and the island of Trinidad, for
the purpose contemplated and especially set forth by the
written and aforeg*g resolution. .

TIIOMAS GREEN, Chairman,

Test, H. H. WEBB, Secretary.
" We the undersigned, cheerfully bear testimony to the
uniform correct deportment of Thomas Green, chairman of
the meeting referred to in the above proceedings. The per-
sons named as delegates, Nathaniel Peck and Thomas S.
e p.:..- --- - - - i re-

. rice, are two of the most industrious, intelligent, ant .
spectable of our colored population, and we hope will be re-
ceived and treated, n the places they propose visiting, with all
the attention and kindness which the object they have in view
entitle them to.
N. BRICE, Chief Judge, Balt. City Court.
W. D. G. WORTHINGTON, As. Judge B. City Court.
U. S. HEATH, Dist. Judge U. S. Court.
S. C. LEAKIN, Mayor of the City of Baltimore."

In pursuance of the foregoing resolutions, we, your dele-
gates, proceeded to Boston, and on the 21st of December,
1839, sailed for Georgetown, Demerara, in the province of
British Guiana, where we arrived on the 21st January, 1840.
We proceeded to deliver the letters which we were the bear-
ers of, to those gentlemen whom Mr. Carbery had written to,
and were received with all due respect. It was then arranged
that we should pay a visit to his Excellency, Governor Light,
next day at twelve o'clock. At the time appointed, we were
accompanied there by Mr. Bagot, and introduced to his Ex-
cellency, who received us in a manner highly flattering, and
gave us a great deal of important information, and assured us
if we or any of our brethren should feel disposed to emigrate
to Guiana, we might rely upon his protection and assistance ;
as much so as if we were British-born subjects. By appoint-
ment, the same afternoon, we met the board of directors of
the Emigration Society, convened expressly to have an inter-
view with us.

The following is from the Royal Gazette, of the 23rd
January.

EMIGRATION SOCIETY

Extracts from the minutes of the proceedings of the Board
of Directors.

The secretary laid over letters from Edward Carberry,
Esquire, one of the 18th December last was read, and
ordered to be published for general information, being as
follows :

" Boston, 18th December, 1839.
"DEAR HOLMES,—This letter will be handed to you by
Messrs. Nathaniel Peck and Thomas S. Price, who have
been appointed agents by the free coloured people of the
State of Maryland, to visit British Guiana, and to report to
their brethren the advantages they are likely to derive from
emigrating to that colony.
" I have agreed with the Baltimore Committee of Immi-
gration, that the passage of their agents to Demerara, and
their expenses while there, shall be paid, and that sixty
dollars shall be allowed them on account of their return
passage to this country. I consider myself responsible for
the fulfilment of this agreement, and request you will furnish
the necessary funds on my account, should there be no public
resources available.
" The visit of Messrs. Peck and Price being connected
with a subject of great importance to the agricultural interests
of British Guiana, I have no doubt every facility will be
afforded them in the accomplishment of their object.
"They have consented to quit their families, and to under-
take a long voyage, chiefly on the faith of my representations ;

they have therefore, peculiar claims upon me, and I cannot
too strongly recommend them to your kind protection.
Ever yours, "E. CARBEItY.
" J. A. Holmes, Esq."
The secretary informed the board of the arrival in the
colony of Messrs. Nathaniel Peck and Thomas S. Price,
delegates chosen and appointed by a general meeting of the
free coloured population of the city of Baltimore and State of
Maryland, held on the 25th November, 1839, to proceed to
the province of British Guiana, for the purpose of ascertaining
the character of the climate, soil, its natural productions,
and the political and social condition of the coloured inha-
bitants of the province, and of reporting thereon ; and
especially whether it possesses such advantages as can justify
the free coloured population of the aforesaid city and State,
migrating hither.
Messrs. Nathaniel Peck and Thomas S. Price were then
introduced at the board, and laid over their credentials, and
the unanimous expression of the desire of the hon. chairman
and directors to render them every assistance in their power
to further the important object they have in view, was con-
veyed to these gentlemen. And further,
It was Resolved—That a public advertisement be issued,
soliciting the inhabitants generally to afford them, during
their intended progress throughout the province, every
assistance and kind attention in their power. The board
then adjourned.
True Extract.) THOS. C. BAGOT, Secretary
. .

the attention Of the inhabitants of the Province of British

Guiana, is respectfully directed to the above resolution of tb.e
Board of Directors of the Voluntary Subscription Immigra-
tion Society ; and any expenses which may be incurred in
forwarding the aforenamed delegates from place to place, or
otherwise, will be defrayed on application to the board.
By command, THOS. C. BAGOT, Secretary.

We soon found we were amongst friends who tendered us
the hospitalities of the colony, and made ample arrangements
to facilitate our travels throughout the colony. We remained
in town for several days, sufficiently long to have possessed
all the information relative to town affairs, manners, cus-
toms, &c.

We now undertake to give a faint description of George-
town, the capital of the colony. The streets are all Mac-
Adamized, and crossing each other at right angles.—
Water-street, being the principal business street, is thronged
with people throughout the day; it is next to the river. and
runs parallel with it. The stores are very large, and well
fitted with every article that fancy may dictate. The
dwelling-houses, which are frame, are built at least twenty
feet apart, in order to have a free circulation of air ; and,
indeed, comfort being always consulted in the erection of
their dwellings, all of them have large galleries or balconies
in front, and many all around them, with abundant fruit and
other ornamental trees, shrubbery and flowers, constantly
dressed in their never dying foilage. The water used here is
rain-water, falling upon slate roofs, and is conducted by
spouts into cisterns, the most of which are composed of iron
plates or wood—the water is very pure, clear and pleasant
tasted. In Georgetown, there are two Protestant churches ;
one Presbyterian; three Wesleyan Methodist, and one
Catholic ; all of which we visited, and were highly gratified
to, find them well attended, and that they had entirely
banished prejudice from the House of God, as well as every
where else—persons of colour occupying pews throughout
the church, according to their standing and ability to pur-
chase, with an ample number of free pews and seats for
strangers and others.

On the first of Febrilary, at ten o'clock, a.m., started on
board the American-built steamer Victoria, in company with
a Mr. William Jones, a highly accomplished gentleman,
(the son of an opulent proprietor residing in England,) who,
on the previous evening, had offered to accompany us to the
islands of Legaun and Wakanaam. He proved of signal
service in pointing out to us every thing of note, and in an-
swering the many questions which we put to him ; all of
which we felt very grateful for, and on parting, we were
provided with letters of introduction to every section of the
country. We arrived at Legaun about half-past 12, m.,
where we were kindly received.

We must now give a short description of the country. The
land ip flat, with canals running throughout the cultivated
portion of the colony ; but these canals answer three import-
ant purposes : Ist, to drain the land for the cultivation of

sugar, ac. ; 2dly, answer as fences or boundaries between
plantatinns ; as means of transportation for the canes
from the fields to the works, and from the works to the ship-
ping ; hence, there is an immense saving in animal labour in
bringing the produce to market. The country really has
quite an animating appearance ; every thing like vegetation
growing with the greatest luxuriance ; indeed such is the fer-
tility of the soil (which wants no manuring) that everything
belonging to a tropical climate grows as if it were by magic.
Oranges, limes, and cocoanuts are in the greatest abundance.
Pine-apples, bananas, plantains, mangroves, sappadilloes,
guavas, and many other fruits too tedious to mention. Sweet
potatoes, yams, casava, &c., whilst we also saw Indian corn
growing, of which, there can be three crops raised in the year.
Cabbage, beets, lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes, with a
great variety of peas-and beans, we saw growing, and partook
of the most of these things whilst there. The sight of all
these things, as well as the sugar and coffee being in full
bearing and maturity at that season of the year, can be better
imagined than described. After being on this island three
days, and visiting nearly the whole of it, and being highly
gratified, we accepted the very kind offer of Captain William-
son, proprietor, who sent over one of his schooners to convey
us to Wakanaam, where we spent two days, and had ample
opportunity to test their hospitality, (which abounds every-
where,) and also to gather a great deal of useful information
touching our mission. After spending an agreeable time on
this beautiful island, Captain W. sent another of his schooners
from the other side of the island, which landed us at planta-
tion " Good Intent," owned by Captain W. From here,
after spending a night and morning, we visited the next estate,
" Spring Garden,' owned owned by an American gentleman, Mr.
Charles Benjamin, who received us with every mark of friend-
ship, and showed us every part of his beautiful estate, which
is a charming situation, possessing many advantages as a
situation in the country, being on the noble river Essequibo,
and the steamer from Georgetown stops here on her up and
down passage, four times each week ' • besides a fountain of
never failing water, obtained from a bore a great depth in the
earth. After spending two days here, being famished with
horses by Mr. Benjamin, who accompanied us some distance
on the road, we started down what is termed the Arabian
Coast, for at least thirty miles, stopping at several estates on
our route, as we were provided with letters of introduction.
This is a most splendid part of the colony, being in a high
state of cultivation, with the exception of many fields which
have been recently thrown out for the want of labourers, as
we found that to be the only complaint which was prevalent
all over the colony ; indeed it was quite apparent to our view;
for there were many acres of beautiful land only abandoned
or thrown out the last year, and the canes and weeds growing
up together ; and in many fields, particularly at " Spring
toG cut ad bring them to tb
Garden there were canes decaying
nrdewcayksi.irg for the want of persons
To give a minute description of our travels as written down
upon our journals, would swell the form of this pamphlet be-
yond any reasonable size. That this country possesses ad-

After spending as many days as we thought proper, and
seeing all and everything of importance, conversing on every
occasion with the labourers, not only in their cottages, but in
the field and buildings where they manufacture the sugar, all
of whom expressed their entire satisfaction with their situa-
tion, and would be glad to receive any number to help them
in the field or works. After being absent from town ten days,
we returned in the steam-boat to Georgetown ; on the wharf
we met a Mr. Moses Benjamin, the American consul, who
gave us a pressing invitation to stop at his dwelling, which
was near by and make it our home, at that or any other time
while we remained in the colony : for this, as well as many
other acts of kindness, he has our gratitude and best wishes.
On the next morning, at half-past 9 o'clock, we again started
on board the same steamer for New Amsterdam, in Berbice.
On board, we found several gentlemen to whom we had been
introduced before ; also, our friend, Mr. M. Benjamin, who
was going on business. He paid us every attention, and in-
troduced us to Mr. D. C. Cameron, a merchant of Berbice,
who proffered his house as a home as long as we might choose
to remain in the colony. On the next morning (our arrival'
being noticed in the papers) we were waited upon by many
proprietors, as well as others, all soliciting and seeming anxi-
ous for us to pay a visit to their district first. and furnishing
conveyances in abundance.

February 12.—1 t being a rainy morning, we could not fulfil
our engagement to breakfast. After 12 o'clock it cleared,
and we walked out to " Rye-head" coffee estate ; proprietor,
Mr. Welshman—returned by the way of the garrison, and
arrived in time for dinner. •.

13th.—After a rainy morning, and through the politeness
of Mr. Cameron, we visited several plantations and returned
to town the same day.

14th.—By arrangement, we started at an early hour in the
morning up the east side of the Berbice river, in company
with Mr. Laing and Mr. Newlands ,• after a ride of about ten
miles, we stopped at plantation `'Buse's Lust," where we
breakfasted with the gentlemanly manager, Mr. Hicks. From
here we went further up the river to " Highbury," in a boat
belonging to the sheriff, by invitation from him, to see the
Hill-Coolies, natives of the East Indies, who are a hardy race,
but yet in a state of ignorance, as they cannot be prevailed
upon to quit their idols. At 4 o'clock, we embarked to return
to " Buse's Lust ; " in a short time we started for town,
and arrived in time for dinner. We stopped with Mr. New-
lands, dined, and spent an agreeable evening with him and his
interesting family ; at I 1 o'clock returned to Mr. Cameron's,
which was close at hand.

15th. Rained as usual in the morning. At 12 o'clock we
again started in a barge, in company with three gentlemen,
to visit an estate, ‘,6 Standvastigied," which is about six miles
up the river, on the west side, and spent an agreeable afternoon
and night. Returned next morning in time for church—went
to the Rev. Mr. Redwar's church, which was well attended.
At three o'clock, paid a visit to his Sunday school, which is
composed of 250 or 300 scholars, of all ages ; some learning
to read the Bible with spectacles, and repeating their cate-
chism ; it was a gratifying sight to behold these people seek-
ing knowledge, it being .only about 18, months since the most
of them were emancipated. We left here, to fulfil an engage-
ment out to dinner. Returned at ten o'clock.
Monday morning, lith.—Started again with our friend
.Mr. Newlands, in a boat across the river, to visit a portion
of the west coast, and stopped at his plantation, " Woody
Park," and found here, as everywhere, the great want of la-
bour. Spent this day and night very pleasantly. Next morn-.
ing, started early for town, where we arrived, highly delighted
with our jaunt.

Tuesday, 18th.—Returned some visits, and made prepara-
tions to leave the next day in the steamer. At ten o'clock
the next morning took leave of our kind friends and Berbice,
and at five were again safe at Georgetown ; spent one day
there, by invitation ; started with Mr. Butts, who proffered
his carriage and company to visit some of the plantations on
the Demerara river. Stopped on the way at several estates.
At length we arrived at Mr. Butts' coffee and plantain estate,
where we saw everything in order ; had a lunch, then returned
to plantation " Hersterling," a very splendid estate—Attor-
ney, Mr. Retemeyer ; Manager, Mr. Rogers. We parted
company with Mr. Butts, who went to town, and we remained
to spend a day at this estate.

It rained all the following day, and we had to keep the
house, which we spent in reading and writing. The nest
day, 22d, at ten, cleared off—horses and carriage being ready,
visited several plantations, and stopped at " Golden Grove,"
Dr. Rankin, proprietor, who gave us much encouragement
for people to emigrate to this colony. Left here and returned
to town, and dined with Mr. Retemeyer, attorney for
" Hersterling."

Sunday, 2Sd.—Went to. Presbyterian church, which was
well attended. In the evening, went to Christ church, (Pro-
testant;) here the organ and choir is very good.
Monday.—Attended the criminal court to witness some
important trials then going on. The court is composed of
three judges, as our courts ; and three assessors, who must
be tax-payers, are called .to take their place in rotation,
without regard to colour. 'We saw, during our attendance,
a coloured gentleman occupying that station. Many of the
clerks in the public offices are coloured; also, tellers in the
bank, &c.

We have now got through with nearly all our excursions,
and are anxiously waiting to get conveyance to Trinidad.
We are told that we must wait for the steam-packet, which
is daily expected as she is now due. There is no direct
communication between this place and Trinidad.
On the 28th, dined with Mr. Wishart, a gentleman of
colour, where we met with several white gentlemen, and
everything was in harmony with their professions. We spent
quite an agreeable evening.

March ist.—Sunday forenoon, went to Independent chapel
(Methodist.) In the afternoon, to the Catholic, and in the
evening to the Protestant churches.

Wednesday, 4th.—Received a polite invitation from a Mr.
Montaroux, proprietor of " Big Diamond," which is about
eight miles from town, to ride out in his gig, which he sent
by a servant, to breakfast • then to visit the " Sand Hills,"
the beginning of the high land, distant from Georgetown not
over twenty-five miles • in a few minutes we were on the
road, and arrived in good time to breakfast. As soon as the
tide served, our boat being well provided with provisions, as
well as everything else, we set sail with wind and tide in our
favour, and at six we dined, being then near by. At twenty
minutes past six, we landed on a rising ground, which we
ascended, and found ourselves upon a beautiful table-land of
very great space ; this high land being first in the interior, it
is at least sixty or seventy feet above the rest of the land.;
but we are informed the land rises from this, up, forming
beautiful table-lands to a great extent, which is untouched
by the hand or feet of man.
After stopping at Mr. Brotherson's all night, which was
very pleasant and cool, we started the next morning on the
way back ; but, according to promise, our friend, Mr. Mon-
taroux, made us stop on the way down, to pay visits to two
estates. In order, was plantation " Veeverly Force," pro-
prietor Mr. Dodson, who had waited breakfast for us. Staid
here but a short time, then walked over a fine road (for which
this colony is famous,) to the next estate,,with Mr. M'Clel-
lan, the manager ; this estate is called " Vrieseland," And we
must say, that this is certainly one of the most delightful and
best cultivated estates in the colony. The cottages and
head-men's houses are extremely comfortable and handsome ;
in fact, every thing and every person wore quite an animated
and cheerful appearance. After spending some time here,
we embarked in our boat, which had been brought down to
this place by the boatman ; in a very short time we landed at
the " Big Diamond," from whence we started, being highly
delighted with our jaunt. We spent quite an agreeable
evening with our friend and his interesting family.
6th.—Rose early and started for town, as we feared the
packet had come in, and we might miss that chance to get on
to Trinidad. On our arrival, found the packet in—made
preparation to start in her for Grenada, which is the nearest
place to Trinidad that the packet touches.

We will now endeavour to give the result of our researches,
In the first place we will begin with
_ •

THE CLIMATE

It being a part of the rainy season, we therefore saw it in
its worst aspect. The thermometer ranging from 78 to 83
deg. The sun rising in a bank of vapourish clouds. At
seven or eight o'clock, the sea-breeze springs up from the
east, and though it clears the atmosphere, the sun is by no
means as oppressive as we frequently experience it in June,
July, and August. At the rainy season, at times, it rains
very hard for a short time, stops suddenly and clears up.
Sometimes it rains regularly every forenoon, and in the after-
noon it is clear : at another time it rained every night, and in
the day scarcely a shower. On two different days while we
were there, it rained all day.*
* We were in the colony from the morning of the 21st of
January, until the 10th of March, seven weeks.
(To be concluded in our next.)

Taglioni is gone to Paris, but is expected to return about
the 23d instant to fulfil a short engagement previous to her
departure for the north of Europe.
" CLOSE OF THE PARTY WARFARE FOR THE SESSION."
—" There has been a murrain amongst the bills this week,"
says the Examiner, on Sunday, under the above head. There
has been not only murrain amongst the bills, but murderi—
murder most foul as at the best it is, but in the case of Lord
John Russell's bills, most wilful and unnatural. Tom Thumb
was accused of making giants for the glory of killing them ;
but the accusation is not supposed by our best critics to
amount to anything more than that Tom told fibs ; whereas
Lord John is clearly guilty of the wanton cruelty of creating
monsters for no other purpose than having something of his
own to strangle, in polite exchange for the measures which
he chokes of his opponents. At the close of the session, it
would puizle a lawyer from Philadelphia to say what par-
liament has done, beyond, by one of the most lazy operations
in the world, lumping an additional five per cent. on all
taxes for an increase of revenue. The old tale about Tom
and Jack, in "Joe Miller," upon which Mr. Shiel was so
surprisingly witty last session when he himself had' nothing
to do, has been verified over again, or, rather, improved
upon. Tom was doing nothing, and Jack's apology
wouldfor idle
-
ness was that he was helping Tom. Ministers do
nothing, and their apology is that their time has been fully
taken up in preventing the opposition from doing anything.
This is the "party ..warfare" of the expiring session ; but, as
to its coming to a close, if there is any truth in a whig, the
public at present have only had a foretaste of it. Lord John
has counted up his speeches on the Reform Bill, and, finding
that he spoke .on 62 successive nights in favour of it, vows
that he can and will speak a hundred and twenty-four nights
against Lord Stanley's measure next session as affecting it.
It has always been a question amongst the learned, whether
bellows were known in Irulcan's time, or whether he puffed
his own fire with his own lips. The authorities preponderate
in favour of the latter supposition, and the exercise of not
the best pair of lungs in the world, with which Lord John
promises to amuse us, will go pro tanto to confirm it as pos-
sible. All that Lord John has got to mind is, that his fire
is not put out before the time conies for performing'the feat.
—Morning Herald.
The CHEAP POSTAGE BUBBLE.--The Post-office. revenue
loses a million a-year by the inventions of the well-paid Mr.
Rowland Hill, which were to increase the revenue by the
reduction of the postage. What real, true, and unqualified
donkeys ministers must have been to listen to such an ab-
surdity—what rogues they must be to have ventured to talk
of the decrease of Post-office dues as a relief to the poor.
The poor never write—why should they, even if they could ?
What has a poor man, either mechanic or field-labourer to
write about to anybody; or when is he to find time if! he
could write, and had anything to say ? The reduction was
made to favour rich merchants, whose wealth may be natu-
rally calculated by the extent of their correspondence. A
house paying £2OOO a year postage, is proportionally so much
richer and more important than a house paying £1000; but
who complained of it ? Nobody ; and yet this abiurdity is
brought forward as a boon to the people ; a boon so great,
and its effects so surprising, that it was thought that every
man, woman, and child, who could string three syllables to-
gether, would occupy all their time (to spare) in writing to
their friends, so as to make up the deficiency produceable by
the diminution. Mark the result—one million a year is cut
off the revenue by the Tom-foolery, with all its idiotic slab-
bering stamps, and its absurd and indecent envelopes—a
flagrant disgrace to a country of which a youthful lady is the
Sovereign. But what happens ? Why, to make up for this
deficiency, the people—that class of the people who really
pay taxes—are to be screwed, whether they write letters or
not. Surely this is hard upon people who never disturbed
themselves or anybody else about postage, and especially
hard upon members of parliament, of either house, who
never paid postage, and whose degradation and inconvenience
appear really and truly to have been two of the main objects
of the measure. However, as we have before observed, the
moment the people who do not write, and never—or if
ever, very seldom—want to write, begin, as they must
begin next year, to And the.absolute necessaries of life taxed
and " dutified,” they will become even more grateful to
the new poor law government than they are novf.—John
Bull.

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SOUTH AMERICA

Wilberforce, (395) J Harrison, from Maranham, 19 pipes 2hf
pipes 22 cases 44 brls 15 bags Indian rubber, J Rushton-21 pipes
Iqr pipe 1 brl 2hf hhds do, order-3 pipes 1 brl do, W and J Well-
stood-25 baskets annatto, J Rushton-9 do, W and J Wellstood-
-894 bales cotton, J Rushton-120 do, W and J Wellstood-105 do,
T Rockdale and Son-107 do, Moon Brothers-98 do, A Parlane-
-37 do, J A Murta-50 do, Duarte Brothers and co-60 do, C L Men-
dez and co-59 do, J Pennington-127 do, Mellor and Ryder-21
do, F M Guinez-255 do, 2 pipes 2 hf pipes 9 brls 4 casks isinglass,
1 case contents unknown, order-3 cases sweetmeats, 1 box con-
tents unknown, C L Mendez and co-1 case sweetmeats, Rev. P
Wilcock—W D