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grace,
And, oh ! I would its blessed truths were felt by all our race :
My Mother! she whose gentle smile beamed bright on child-

ood's way,
feel its gracious power—Father—she cannot

She doth not

anders by the gushing fount—she hears the wild wood

sprig,
She lists the fresh'ninc, breezes play the forest boughs among ;
Yet knows not of the Mighty One who bids those breezes

)se high voice, e'en from the rock, the sparkling waters

Oh ! Father, she bath never heard of Jesn's matchless love,
Which can from out the sinner's heart each dark'ning stain

remove

She knows not of that holy clime—that haven of the blest.
Where the wicked cease from troubling—the weary are at rest
And thus I weep to think that she whose care my childhood

nursed
Must tread the heathen's darksome paths, and die—perchance
accursed

linnniniton, Jan. 12th, 1843

MARION

(FROM THE FRENCH.)

I am your own, my Marion,
You charm me with your gentle art,
Even from the first my love was won,
Your pretty ways so pleased my heart ;
If you will not, or if you will,
I am compelled to love you still.

No joy was ever like my joy,
When I beheld those smiling eyes,
Those graceful airs so soft and coy,
For which my heart with fondness dies
And when I seek the charm in vain,
I dream the pleasure o'er again.

Alas ! I have no palace gay,
My cottage is but small and plain,
No gold, nor marble, nor display,
No courtly friends nor glitt'ring train ;
But honest hearts and words of cheer
Are there, and store of love sincere.

should we not be quite as blest

Without

e wealth the

great may own ?

A shepher—
Whose care is for his flock alone,
And when he folds them safe and warm,
He knows no grief, he dreams no harm

If you, dear Marion, would be mine,
No king could be so blest as I ;
My thoughts, hopes, wishes, should combine
To make your life pass happily
Caresses, fondness, love, and glee,
Should teach you soon to love like me.
—Athenwum.

THE SEAMAN'S DAUGHTER.
(A Tributary Monody on the recent death of Grace Darling
BV MRS. C. BARON-WILSON.

When round her ocean-dwelling
Burst the rude tempest's blast;
While waves, to mountains swelling,
Closed o'er the sinking mast :
Forth came the Seaman's Daughter,

Like Mercy, o'er the wave,
Stemming that stormy water,
To succour and to save•

The laurel for the warrior's brow,
Fame's glorious fingers twine ;
But far more verdant did it glow,
Heroic maid, on thine.
And, ever to thy deathless name
Shall hallow'd memories cling,
More precious than the wreath of Fame,
Pure—bright—unperishing•

Thy firm, but woman's spirit shrank,
From the homage of the crowd ;
While pale decay thy life-spring drank,
And death thy beauty bowd.
Now, sadly round thy ocean-home
Mourneth the murm'ring wave ;
And (hush'd each angry billows foam)
Makes music o'er thy grave.

LITERARY

NOTICES,

PEACE WITH CHINA

pg.OSPECTS OF AN IMPROVED TRADE WITH CHINA-STEAM

BETWEEN ENGLAND AND CHINA, AND BETWEEN ENG-

LAND AND AUSTRALIA, VIA THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

-AND THE ADVANTAGES LIKELY THEREBY TO ACCRVE

OTH EMPIRES FROM THEIR ALTERED POSITION

Our at

tention has been drawn to an able article on the
bjects, contained in the last number of Fisher's

above

Colonial Magazine, from the pen of our late townsman,
Mr. Robert Wise, now of Allonby, near Maryport, a gen-
tleman whose extensive knowledge well qualifies him to
handle the matters of which he treats. He prefaces his re-

by lauc

T entering upon the business questions in view,
with the zeal of one who has shared Lt winning

'odes, the intrt

)een engaged in acquiring for this nation such

lvantages as are certain to result from the late
of the war with China; and, after tracing the
fleets, ewpresses a well-grounded hope that
the peace so concluded will prove solid, and, in its results,
highly beneficial to Great Britain, to British India, and to
China itself. That such must be the case will be evident to

as of o

every reflective mind, so long as those placed in power ex-
ercise their energies in convincing that fickle nation that
British commerce and British interests are not to be tam-
pered with with impunity. We have convinced the Celes-
ss ; it now only remains for as, while ex-

tials of our prow

,Ing the sinews of British enterprise, to endeavour to
raise that vast empire in the scale of civilisation, and thereby
,e advantages we have acquired more permanent and
lasting ; and, as Mr. W. observes, our success in China will
be sure to exercise a most beneficial influence in our favour
in the Cochin China, Siam, Birmah, and Malayan States.
The prospect of an improved trade with China, resulting
in the lately-concluded peace, depends, as the writer ob-
serves, solely upon the terms to be settled by Sir Henry
Pottinger. That the British merchant has had many and
serious obstacles to contend with in his intercourse with the
'binese, he has long known to his cost. He has been ha-
'oled by the Hong merchant ; paralysed in his

make tE

rassed and ca;

operations by the capricious whim or villanous propensities

of a local governor, in al

exports, port c

on shipping, system of conducting business at the various
ports, and to provide for the residence of our merchants and
their families, by affording them protection for their lives
and property ; and, lastly, to secure the voice of the repre-
sentatives of England being heard and attended to by the

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