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LITERARY NOTICES.

rte Asiatic Journal, No. 82. October, 1836.

This number is unusually varied in its contents. We admire
the manifest care with which it is got up, and the extreme ac-
curacy of its extended statistical details. The minute attention
which its conductors pay to the important commercial interests
of the mighty empire in the East over which Great Britain
exerts her sway, must render this work an invaluable acquisition
to the man of business. Let not our readers, however, suppose
from this commendation, that this magazine is made up of dry
and uninteresting articles relating to business exclusively—so
far from this being the case, we scarcely know of any other pe-
riodical which contains a larger proportion of amusing reading.
The most conspicuous articles in this number are the following :
—On Oriental Translation, Laborde's Journey through Arabia
Petra, the Aiswariki System of Buddhism, the Mate of the Wild
Swan, the Tea Plant in Assam, the Nepaul War, Steam Com-
munication with India, &c. &c. Its miscellaneous articles will
be found highly-interesting. We extract the following :

" Hi moo° WOMEN.—Anative writer, educated at the Hen-
don College, has given, in a series of papers on the domestic
manners, &c., of the Hindoos, the following picture of the
married ladies of his country :—" The married women of the
Hindoos are a set of curious beings. As soon as the nuptial
day passes away, their souls become entranced in a multiplicity
of pleasures. Then is the time for them to learn all those arts
that may heighten their fascinations and captivate the hearts
of their husbands. Then is the time for them to polish their
locks with molten wax ; to adorn their noses and foreheads
with thick spots of ink and red lead ; to beautify their persons
with powdered turmeric; to deck their necks with garlands of
flowers, and make their lips and teeth, by meseee, as black Rs
the wing of a raven. Rose-water, atar, mathagossa (a fra-
grant stuff for the hair,) and a variety of other odoriferous
things, are then lavished, to impregnate their hair with fra-
grance, and no means remain untried to monopolize all the love
and affection of their esteemed lords. In order to combine
in them all the charms of beauty, they glow with the ambition
to be laden with barbaric pearl and gold, and are seldom found
sighing for cheeks of roses, eyes of stars, bosoms of ivory.
lips of ruby, voice of cuckoos, or for any other dear object of
poetical aspiration, in which the thoughts of ,many English
ladies are absorbed. Nothing can be of greater moment to
thaw than to spa' kle in gems and jewels ; and as long as they
are not decorated from head to toe with all the ornaments of
the country, their greedy desires and vexatious requests are
unsated. They are always wrapt in black or red-bordered
sarees, usually of ten cubits long, and have nothing to do with
trousers, sashes, gowns, or bonnets. Whomever they have to
go to any of their relations' houses, they are sure to he at-
tired in the finest clothes, of Dacca, whose gorgeous trimmings
loosely flow in the air, while they move all veiled with mea-
sured steps. Very few of them are to be found to possess so-
ciality ; their flashes of wit degenerate into levity ; and the
jokes which they crack with each other border, in most in-
stances, on indecorum and:indecency. Those who are capable
of reading their vernacular language amuse themselves snout--
times with the voluptuous poems of Beddasoonder and Chun-
derkaut ; but those who have no knowledge even of their own
alphabet sadly spend their days and nights with gabbling and
gambling."

The Book of the New Moral Mold, containing the rational Sys-
tem of 'Society, founded on demonstrable Facts, developing the
Constitution and Laws of Human Nature and of Society. By
Robert Owen, London; Effingham Wilson, 1836.

We have only space to-day to mention that we have received
copy of this extraordinary book. As its author seriously pro-
poses to sweep away all our existing institutions, and to remodel
society after a perfectly original plan, we shall bestow a few re-
marks upon this startling production in our next.

National Lyrics and Songs for Music. By Felicia Hernans.
Dublin: Curry, 1836.

This is a perfect literary gem—a treasury of the purest
thoughts and the most tender and spirit-soothing poesy. Those
who were strangers to the lamented authoress personally will
here find, embodied in the enchanting language of song, the
inmost thoughts of her soul. This book constitutes the best
memoir of her that can be written. It shadows forth the sweet-
est lineaments of her character. We shall often be tempted to
quote from this delightful book. The verses which we subjoin
were written by the fair authoress on receiving from her young-
est son a garland of wild flowers, which she viewed as an affect-
ing mark of attachment.

THE CHILD'S RETURN PROM THE WOODLANDS.

All good and guiltless as thou art,
Some transient griefs will touch thy heart—
Griefs that along thy altered face
Will breathe a more subduing grace,
Than even those looks of joy that lie
On the soft cheek of infancy.

HAAT thou been in the woods with the honey-bee ?
Hast thou been with the lamb in the pastures free?
With the hare thro' the copses and dingles wild ?
With the butterfly over the heath, fair child?
Yes ; the light fall of thy bounding feet
llath not startled the wren from her mossy seat ;
Yet hast thou ranged the green forest-dells
And brought back a treasure of buds and bells.

Thou know'st not the sweetness, by antique song
Breathed o'er the names of that flowery throng ;
The woodbine, the primrose, the violet dim,
The lily that gleams by the fountain's brim ;
These are old words, that have made each grove
A dreaming haunt for romance and love ;
Each sunny bank, where faint odours lie.
A place for the gushings of poesy.

Thou know'st not the light where with fairy lore
Sprinkles the turf and the daisies o'er ;
Enough for thee are the dews that sleep,
Like hidden gems in the flower-urns deep ;
Enough the rich crimson spots that dwell
Midst the gold of the cowslip's perfumed cell ;
And the scent by the blossoming sweet-briers shed
And the beauty that bows the wood-hyacinth's head

Oh ! happy child, in thy fawn-like glee !
What is remembrance or thought to thee ?
Fill thy bright locks with those gifts of spring,
O'er thy green pathway their colours fling ;
Bind them in chaplet and wild festoon—
What if to droop and to perish soon ?
Nature hath mines of such wealth—and thou
Never wilt prize its delights as now !

For a day is coming to quell the tone
That rings in thy laughter, thou joyous one
And to dim thy brow with a touch of care,
Under the gloss of its clustering hair ;
And to tame the flash of thy cloudless eyes
Into the stillness of autumn skies ;
And to teach thee that grief bath her needful part,
Midst the hidden things of each human heart.

Yet shall we mourn, gentle child ! for this ?
Life hath enough of yet holier bliss!
Such be thy portion !—the bliss to look,
With a reverent spirit, through nature's book :
By fount, by forest, by river's line,
To track the paths of a love divine ;
To read its deep meanings—to see and hear
God in earth's garden—and not to fear !

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Calcutta price-currents have been received here to the Bth o
di g
Apo
trade hey ril. They contain the following returns relating to the in.

COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Imported to Calcutta to that date factory maunds 110,52'2
Ditto. to the same time, 1835 '
104,842

Excess on the year ending April 8, 1836 5,680
EXPORTS.
1835-6.
Factory Maunds.
Great Britain 66,674
Foreign, Europe 23,732
United States 8.156
Persian Gulf 6,181

1834-5.
Factory Mauna,
50,374
22,335
2,142
1,936

Factory Maunds, 104,743 Factory Mds. 76,787
Showing a considerable increase of exports in that article. It
will also be observed by these statements that the season *ope-
rations are now about closed; a few small lots might probably
arrive, but the whole year's imports were not estimated at more
than 111,000 maunds. From the interior the accounts of the
crops were favourable. There was no alteration in silk goods
or opium of any moment. The course of Exchange upon Lou-
don was 2s. 2d. to 2s. 3d. Spanish dollars were worth 206 'ru-
pees 4 annas, to 206-S per 100 drs. Bank of England notes
were worth 9 rupees 14 annas to 10 rupees, per pound sterling.
Sovereigns were worth 9 rupees 121 annas, to 9 rupees 131
annas.

Bombay papers to the 12th June have been received here to-
day. Tbey contain nothing political oi interesting, beyond the
establishment of an agricultural association in that presidency,
the object of which was to encourage the growth of sugar, the
cultivation of the mulberry, and the growth of wool. The first
report is of a very encouiagiug character.