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treat the Forgiveness of his sins}; About five
years after his residence at the cave, as the
trees upon the mountain were robed in
golden hues of the setting sun, he was ad-
miring a beautiful ship, with her canvas
spread to the breeze and carecring joyfully‘
over the smiling waters. He perceived the
upper sails of the vessel "to be furled as if in
an instant. Hardly an instant more had
elapsed, when the ship was'driving madly
along before a violent and increasing gale
from the east. ‘
“ On leaving the cave, early the next
morning, the sad remains of a shattered
ship met his eye, and a raft, with a small
child lashed upon it, drove a few feet from
where he stood. It was a little girl four or
five years of age, and nearly exhausted.
\Vhen he saw that suspended animation re-
turned under his fostering care, he left the
cave a second time, to ascertain if there
were no other unhappy sufferers that need-
ed his assistance. He saw several other
bodies drifted upon the beach; but they
were beyond human aid ; all, all, were
closely locked in the arms ofdeath. \Vhen he
returned to his dwelling, the little girlinqni:
red (and her sweet and innocent tones sunk
deep into his heart) “ where is my dear
mother’l”—'—He darted like lightning from
the cave, and in a moment was on the
beach. But the search was unavailing'
The salt brine of the ocean had closed over
her, and in its dark, dark vault the unhap-
py mother had found a watery grave. In
endeavoring to console the little innocont,
which had thus providentially been put in-
to his hands, he perceived suspened from
her neck a small golden case, which con-
tained the miniature of a beautiful woman,
and these words inscribed, “From Lucy
Laurens to her daughter.” “ Heavens l”
he exclaimed, and the little girl trembled at
theenergy of his accents. “Can this be
the daughter of my mm (the word seem-
ed to choke his utterance) my unhappy
deceased friend?” And clasping the trem-
bling child in his arms, pressed her to his
bosom—swearing that ifunceasiug kindness
to the parentless object before him, would in
any way atone for the injury he had done
her father, the crime should be expiated.
The oath was never violated. He loved
her as a daughter, and she knew no father
but him.
It was about twelve years from the period
just alluded to. The sweet Lucy was now
in the fresh bloom of womanhood---aslove-
1y as the wild rose that grew on the moun-
tain, and as innocent as the lambkins that
sported in the valley. She was standing a
short distance from the cave, when she per-
ceived a small sail boat land at the point of
the cave, and two individuals leave the
boat and direct their steps towards the cave.
She immediately acquainted her father
with the circumstances, who met them at
the door of the cave, and learned from them
that they had left the city of New York,with
the intention of enjoying the pleasure of a
sailing excursion; but that a strong wind
having arisen pevented them from returning
to the city, and that, having been compelled
to drive before it, this was the first land
they had been able to reach. Mr. Tre-
main invited them into his cave, and set be-
fore them such food as his scanty means
allowed. The youngest ofhis visiters may
have been 17 or 18 years of age, of a
light complexion, regular features and an
exceding delicate frame. His companion
seemed several years older. The eyes of
Tremain seemed fixed upon the counte—
nance of the former,and after he had finish-
edhis repast taking him kindly by the hand,
informed him that he wished to speak
a word or two with him in private. ‘Vhen
they were alone,——-“ Pardon," said Mr.
Tremain, “the interest that a friendless
man may take in you. Your countenance
resembles much that of a loved and deceas-
ed wife. May I inquire who are your pa-
rents '1” “Your kindness,” replied the
youth, “leaves me no reason to refuse to
comply With your request. My father I
have never seen. He left home a short
time before I was born, and has not since
been heard of. My mother died soon af-
ter my birth.” “ Your father’s name?”
" Tremaiu'” “ My son ! my son! ex-
claimed he,pressiug the youth to his bo-
som. “ Behold in me a long lost father.”
“I will not attempt,” said my host, “ to
desrcibe the heart rending scene. It seem-
ed as if the long buried affections of Mr.
Tremain at once burst forth into life and
centered in the bosom of his son. In the
explanation that ensued it appeared that
young Robert Tremain had been brought
up and educated by a distant connexion of
his mother, and was in a few years to have
taken possession of his father’s property. The
wind proving favorable, the next day, the
companion of.the young Mr Tremain rc-
, turned to the city. He was requested to
frame some excuse for the abscence of the
latter, but not to inform them that he had
found his father.
“ The elder Mr. Tremain found in the
company ofhis son, and the daughter of
his friend, that happiness which he had long
been denied him, and I trust I shall not be
accusing his son of want of filial affection,
ifin the presence of the virtuous, the lovely
the incomparable Lucy, he felt those thril~
ling sensations of happiness that he had ne-
ver known before. And Lucy too,though it
may be sacrilege to betray the secrets of her
heart, perhaps rejoiced that though the el-
der Mr Tremain was a father to both of
them, yet that his son was not her brother.
My tale is nearly told. Mr Tremain lived
long enough to see his son Robert and Lu-
cy united in marriage, and then,in the ve-
ry cave where he had spent nearly twenty
years of his life, expired.”
My host seemed deeply affected as he fin-
ished the narrative; but becoming more
composed, and taking has kindly by the
hand, proceededu-“And now my friend,
Robert Tremain has to thank you for the
attention you have shown in listening to this
long and sad tale of his family.” “ Robert
Tremianl’ exclaimed I in astonishment.1
“ Can it be possible that you are he!”
“ None other, noneothcr,” said be smiling:
“but come, my friend, let us return towards
home, for my Lucy will tune good reason
not she has prepared for us.” After a de-
licious and bountiful repast, I took leave of
my kind host and his lovely wife, and left
their hospitable mansion, reflecting upon
the strange and mysterious events connected
with the “ Tale of the Fisherman.”
We would calithe attention of all to the fol-
lowing extracts from a very able arl‘cle “on V0
cal Music, as a‘branch of common education,”
by Wm. C. Woodbridge. The effects of this
as a branch of Common Education upon society
where it has been practised, is acknowledged.
to be very happy. It is calculattd not only to
soltcn and elevate tbccharar'ter. but to d-vcrt the
mind in the [hours of relaxation from seeking
after employments ofa degrading and corrupting
nature.
it? It {I
' Our interest in this subject was redoub-
led, and music was presented in a new light,
on visiting the interior of Europe. It was
with no small degree ofsurprise and delight,
that we found it in Germany and Switzer—
land, t/m property of the people, cheering
their hours 'of labor, elevating their hearts
above the objects of sense, which are so
prone to absorb them, and filling the peri-
ods of rest and amusement with social and
moral songs, in place of noise, and riot, and
gambling.
Butwc were touched to the heart, when
we heard its cheering, animating strains
echoing from the ’walls of a school- room,
and enlivening the school boy’s hours of
play—when we listened to the peasant chil-
drens’ songs as they went out to their
morning occupation, and 'saw their hearts
enkindled to the highest tones of music and
poetry, by the setting sun, or the familiar
objects of nature, each of which was made
to echo some truth, or point to some duty,
by an appropriate song.
We have heard them singing the “Har-
vest hymn,” as they went forth before day-
light to gather in the grain. We have seen.
themassembled in groups at night,chanting a
hymn ofpraise for the glories ofthe heavens
or jointing in some patriotic choras, or some
social melody, instead of the friVOlous and
corrupting conversation, which so often
renders such meetings the source of evil.
In addition to this, we visited communities
where youth had been trained from their
childhood to exercises in vocal music, of
such a character as to elevate, instead of
debasing the mind, and have found that it
served in the same manner, to cheer their
social assemblies in place of the noise of
folly, or the poisoned cup of intoxication.
\Ve have seen the young men of such a
community, assembled to the numbers of
several hundreds, from a circuit of 20 miles;
and instead of spending a day of festivity
in rioting and drunkenness, pass the u hole
time, with the exception of that employed
in a frugal repast, and social meeting, in a
concert of social, moral and religious hymns
and devote the proceeds of the exhibition
to some object of benevolence. “'e could
not butlook back at the contrast presented
on similar occasions in our own country,
with a blush of shame. We have visited
a village, whose whole moral aspect was
changed in u few years by the introduction
of music of this character even among
adults; and where the aged were compel-
led to express their astonishment at seeing
the young abandon their corrupting &. riot-
ous amusements. for this delightful and
improving exercise.
It was then that we felt what we former-
ly expressed, concerning the influence
whichsimilar measures might exert on our
own population.
“Could we but divest it of the artificial
character which a false taste has given it,
and bring it back to its native simplicity ;
we could but employ the voice of childhood
in its execution, and gradually train up the
whole community to join in harmonious
chorus,we might then hope to restore music
to its prestine beauty, and its soul-subdu-
ing power.
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We could not but ask ourselves the ques-
tion ; Shall that which is deemed as essen-
tial to the education'of the poor in Gerund-
uy, as reading be thought too expensive :1
superfluity for the American people? Shall
an acquisition which is found perfectly
within the reach of European peasants,
which serves to cheer their hours of‘ fatigue
and elevate their minds, and soften and pu-
rify their hearts, be considered too dificult
or too refined, for the yeomanry of the Uni-
ted States ? "’ ‘ ’ ’ '
“The immediate object,” as we have
formerly observed, “to be accomplished by
making vocal music a branch of common
education, is to cultivate one of the facul-
ties which our Creator, in his wisdom, has-
seen fit to bestow upon us. To neglect it is
to imply that it was unnecessary—that it is
useless. It is to treata noble gift in a man-
ner which, in any other case, would be con-
sidered as disrespectful and ungrateful.”
Their are times of exhaustion,& their must
be hours of relaxation and repose,in the life
of all, from the prince to the peasant, when
we need some innocent amusement to cm-
ploy and interest without wearying, and to
exclude improper occupations ; and this
necessity is greater, in proportion as the
intellect is less cultivated. There are mo-
ments of physical debility or moral discour-
agement, when the mind is almost incapa-
ble of operating upon itself. At such sea-
sons, music is ofgreat utility. It is perhaps
the only employment which leaves the intel-
lect wholly in repose, and on this account,
peculiarly important to literary men. In
fact, it forms the relaxation of considerable
numbers of those on the continent of Eu-
rope. " ' " " " '
“In furnishing an amusement ofthis kind
we shall divert from others of a doubtful or
injurious character. .In giving young men
such means of innocent excitement, by
music appropriate to their age ,pnd feelings,
we diminish the temptation of resorting to
stimulating liquors, and other questionable
modes of producing cheerfulness.
“But, aside from this benefit, music, of
itself, has an effect which cannot be doubt-
ed, in softening and elevating the charac-
ter. It diminishes the strength of the pos-
to give us a scolding, if we are not in time
to partake ofthe refreshments which. I doubt
l3
sions, by keeping them, for a time at least,
i“ a state of inaction, 'It counteracts them
by producing the opposite and softer feel-
ings. . .
“In addition to this, the study of music,
from its very uature,‘ cultivates the habits
of order, and obediencc, and union.
"()n all these accounts, vocal music has
no small influence'on school discipline.—
* \Ve were struck with the superior order and
‘kindly aspect of the German schools in
comparison with our own; and ascribed
it’not a little to the cultivation of music in
them. Those who unite in singing, with
their fellows and master, will be more dis-
posed to be kind to the one, and obedient.
to the other.” * * ’ . "‘
Destructive I"irc.-—About 11 o’clock on
Tuesday night last, the large stable of Kipp
61. Brown, corner ,of Hudson and' Bank
streets, (in that part of the city called Green-
wich Village, about tw0 miles from \Vall
street,} took fire and immediately burned
with great fury. Nothing could be remov-
cd. Forty-seven horses were burned to
death, and yesterday morning lay in rows
side by side, as they stood in the stalls. The
wind was high from the Eastward, and the
fire spread from the stable with most appal-
ling rapidity, and was not subdued until
sitty or seventy dwelling houses.were in
ashes—The houses were in general two
stories high,many ofthcm with brick fronts.
The population in that part of the city is
very dense, so that 150 or ".200 families are
supposed to have lost their habitations.
These families are many of them foreign-
ers, and but few of them above comfortable
circumstances. The block bounded by Hud-
son, Bank, Greenwich and Hammond
streets, was burnt to the ground in twenty
minutes from the breaking out of the fire—-
It speedily communicated to the adjoining
block, taking a westerly direction, which
very soon after-shared the same fate. About
this time, the wind freshened into a gale——
the flames soon crossed to the South side of
Hammond street, and shortly after, a great
part of the row fronting on Perry street be-
tween Hudson aud W'asbington, was in a
blaze. '
Language can scarcely describe the scene
of confusion and consternation at this mo-
ment—hundreds of families who had re-
moved their furniture to places supposed by
them to be secure, were now seen flying in
every direction before the all-absorbing cle-
mcnt;——in many instances furniture after
being removed, was destroyed by the fire.
Through the dense cloud of smoke and
burning cinders children half naked were
to be seen running to and fro, crying for
their parents, and parents in despair shriek-
ing the names of their children.
The squares destroyed, or nearly so, were
bounded by Bank, Hudson, Hammond and
Greenwich—by Bank, Greenwich, Ham-
mond and Washington,——by Hammond,
Hudson, Perry and Greenwich—and by
Hammond, Greenwich, Perry and Wash.
ington streets—Join. of Com.
Fire at JlIontreal.---A letter from Montre-
al, dated 25th inst., gives the following ac.
count of a fire in that, city :—“The British
American Hotel in this city was burnt to the
ground last evening. The Meser- Her-
manns were about giving a concert at 8
o’clock. The large ball room, capable of
holding 500 people, was prepared, and the
ante-room to it, had been previously deco-
rated with branches in imitation of an ar-
bor, on Capt. Back the previous evening
receiving the company who attended the
dinner given to him by the citizens of Mon-
treal. About a quarter before eight, varie-
gated lamps were lighted, and in an instant
the boughs, which were left from the pre-
vious evening and perfectly dry, caught fire,
and presented, before you had time for re-
flection, one mass of flame. Capt. Luckin,
formerly of the fire department, instantly
closed the large folding-doors, and we had
no means of escape but by the windows,
which were four stories high in the rear
and three stories in front. There were at
this period only 4 gentlemen and about 27
ladies present. The cries and shrieks were
appalling. The flames burst into the room
with indescribable fierceness,while we were
expecting instant death. At this critical
moment a ladder was raised to one of the
front windows, and miraculously we all cs-
caped. Had it occurred a quarter of an
hour later there would have probably been
three hundred persons in the room, in that
case, few would have been saved. Nothing
but the walls are standing. Insurance
about $42,800, upon the' building and fur-
niture. The consternation in the city was
indescribable; knowing that so many lives
were exposed-«but we have not heard of
any one having suffered death. ,Some have
been severely burnt. Amongst whom, we
hear, is one of the Hermanns.”
The Editor of the Richmond \Vhig ob-
serves, that if he were clothed for a day
with the powers of Solon, he would either
abolish the office of President and transfer,
its duties to a committe of the Senate, to be
chosen annually by ballot, or make provis-
ion for the annual election of the President.
If his wishes were granted, and such were
to be the result, we fear that the wisdom of
the Modern Solon would hear no propor-
tion with his power.—-— Tran.
A number of respectable gentlemen have
it in contemplation, to prepare a cemetery
in the neighborhood of this city, on a plan
similar to that of Mount Auburn near Bos-
ton. The walks are intended to encircle
from thirty to forty acres of ground. Such
a place in the. neighborhood of this city,
would soonibecorue one of great interest,
were burials in the thickly settled parts tho-
roughly discountenanced. The memory
can at once run over the names of men,
whose tombs in the midst ofgus are hardly
known, but which, if they were congregat-
ed together, would constitute a point of at-
traction for travellers from all places to
which their great fame has extended.—J0ur
of Com.
V A Relic—It is said that a good woman
who has been married for many years and
not had any children, has‘purchased a piece
of the dress of the Duchess do Berri, in the
hope that the possession of this holy relic
will procure. her the happiness of becoming
a yummy-"Cour. 4' Eng. ‘ ‘
i ,.V‘.#Jf1i""iry-
New Alail arrangement-It is intended
to afford the community, in addition to the
facilities of mail communication which
they now enjoy, the advantage of an extra
mail from W'ushington to Portland, 'which
shall run through in the shortest possible
time, stopping only at Baltimore, Philadel-
phia, New Haven, Hartford, Boston, and
Portsmouth. The whole time allowed by
this arrangement for the mail to travel, from
the seat of Government to Portland (exclu-
sive of stoppages at places of letter delive-
ry) issevcnty-five hours. The interruptions
in the facilities for the transportation of the
mail on Sunday, will, on one day of the
week, vary the number of the hours slight-
ly. There will be two eastern and two
southern mails, daily.
According to the schedule of the Post-
master General, for the summer arrange-
ment,thc mail for Portland will leave \Vash-
inglon at 1‘2 o’clock at night; arrive at
Baltimore at 5 next morning; leave again
at 6, and arrive at. Philadelphia at 5 in the
afternoon ; leave Phih‘idclphia at G, and ar-
rive at New York the next morning at 6;
leave New York at? on week days, in steam
boats, and arrive at Hartford at 7 in the
evening; leave again at 8, and arrive in
Boston at 1‘2 the next noon.-—Leavc
Boston at I, P. M., arriVe at Portsmouth at
11 in the night, and at Portland the next
morning at 9. On Sundays, the "kill
leaves New York at half-past 6 in the morn-
ingin post coaches; arrives at Hartford
at half-past ll o’clock at night; in Boston
at half-past 3 o’clock on Monday afternoon;
in Portsmouth on Tuesday morning at half-
past 2 o’clock ; and in Portland at half-past
12 at noon. Returning South, the mail
leaves Boston at 7‘o’clock in the morning;
arrives at New York the next afternoon at
4; in Philadelphia the next morning at 5;
in Baltimore at 4, P. M.; and \Vashington
atll o’clock in the evening.
Something Illarvellous.—W'e have been
told the following story, which savors so
much ofthe marvellous, that we cannot be-
lieve it, and should not publish, were not
the sources from which we derived it enti-
tled to high credit. Our readers shall have
it precisely as it came to our cars.
There is a girl in Saybrook about eleven
years ofage, who, from the many specimens
she has given, is thought to be endowed with
some extraordinary gift of speech.——At cer-
tain irregular} times, {when the impulse is
upon her, she‘breaks out into powerful,con-
nectedand finished exhortations anddiscour-
scs,generally on religious topics. The first
discourse which she is known to have ut-
tered, and the only one upon that subject,
was on intemperancc. It, is said to have
been remarkable for the clearness, precision
and elegance oflanguagc, the cogency and
eloquence ofits thought, and the impressive
manner in which it was pronounced. Since
that time she has delivered herselfofnothing
on intemperance. The premonitory symp-
tom of her imprompths is usually a fit ofstu~
por. As soon as she comes out of that,
she rises, closes her eyes, and perfetly ab-
stracted from every thing about her, com-
mences by repeating a hymn, which some-
times is original and ofthe highest order of
poetry. She then gives out a text, naming
the chapter and verse, and proceeds 'to de
liver a sermon always conspicuous for its
sound argument, its logical and connected
sentences, and its sound argument, appeal-
ing sentiments, while its construction is
grammatical, its expresions eloquent and
pure.
What especially astonishes the hearers,
is the fact, that when the inspiration has
gone, she recallects not a word of what she
has been saying, and if told the chapter and
verse ofhcrtext,and the number of her hymn
she knows not how or where to find them.
Her parents reside in New Haven, and are
poor, miserable, ignorant, and intemperate
people ; and her education has been so
much neglected, that she reads with the
greatest‘dilficulty. What is more marvellous
still, she discovers hardly an ordinary de-
gree of intellectual capacity, except when
the improvisatorc possesses her. Several
physicians have examined her both in and
out of her lunatics, and as yet, have found
no marks of disease or insanity. During
the delivery of her speeches, she is cool,
collected and mild, and her pulse always
regular.
\Ve think this case will match the Camp-
bell’s of Scotland, who, on stated occasions
are said to speak in strange and unknown
tongues, and by their followers are believed
to be inspired by the Holy fSpirit'. The
lovers of strange and incredible things, will
do well to visit this young preacher, provid-
ed they put credit to the above relation.—
New England Weekly Review.
The Sea Serpent.~--Captain Joshua
Knight, of the brig Speed recently arrived'
at this port from Matanzas, informs us that
when ofl‘ Cape Cod about twenty miles dis-
tant, he fell in with his Snakish Majesty,
and had a fair view of him for above halfan
hour. He Was about five or six hundred
feet distant ; the weather was calm, and he
lay sluggishly on the water. Sometimes
he appeared entirely motionless, lying like
a log a hundred feet in length upon the wa-
ter. Occasionally he would raise his'head,
about as large as a barrel, four or five feet
above the water take a calm look abroad
and then lay it down again. Just back of
his head there appeared to be a bunch more
than twice as large as his head; and near
his tail another bunch somewhat smaller.
Capt. Knight is confident he saw a hundred
feet in length of the animal out of water at
once. He viewed him with a spy glass,
and was so near that he could see his eyes
distinctly. ’
- A small IlIatrimom'al Brecze.—»‘Arrah,
Pat, and why did I marry ye—just tell me
that—for it’s myself that’s had to maintain
ye ever since the blessed day that Father
O’Flannagan sent me home to your house?’
‘Swate jewel,’ replied Pat, not relishing the
charge, ‘and it’s myself that h‘opos I may
live to see the day when you’re w‘apeing
over the cowld sod that covers rue—then byt
St. Patrick I’ll see how you get along with-
out mohaney.’
The following, which resembles the story
of .“ The Maid and the Magpie,” is related
as a factt—“Mr. F-'—m—, of St. Omer, some
time since, on retiring to bed, laid on the
chimney-piece a small gold shirt pin, the
head of which represented a fly.—-Tbe next
morning the pin had disappeared. A maid
servant, who had been in Mr. F ’s ser-
vice but a few days, was suspected and, dis-
missed. A short time after, when the sis-
ter of Mr. F. was putting up some curtains,
she found her brother’s pin suspended in a
cobweb on the ceiling. The disappearance.
of the trinket was thus accounted for—-A
spider. deceived by the figure of the fly, had
seized and carried it to its uest.”——Cozo'ier
and Eng.
A cow in Harwood, Eng. drank 40qua‘rts
of new ale at a drought, which of course
made herdrunk. She was with difficulty
got into the shippcn, where she slept away
the fumes of her furlr'llc, like any other
drunkard.——1l1iddlescz Gaz.
The Sabbath—It is by the reiterated in-
struction which, when duly observed, it im-
parts to the population of a nation—by the
moral principal which it form,s,-—by the
conscience which it maintains and invigor-
atcs—by the habits of cleanliness and indus-
try Which it creates—by the rest-and reno-
voted vigor which it bestows on exhausted
animal nature-by the lengthened life aml
higher health it gives——and by that holiness
it inspires, and the cheering hopes of heav-
en that it awakens, and the protection of
heaven which its observance ensures—that
the Sabbath becomes the great moral con-
versation of nations.
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Revenge is incompatable with happiness
as it is hostile to reason and religion. Let
him whose heart is black with malice and
studuous of revenge, walk the fields whilc
clad in verdure, and adorned with flowers ;
tohis eye there is no beauty, the flowers
to him exhale no fragranceDmk as his soul,
nature is robed in the deepest sable. The
smile of beauty lights not up his bosom *with
joy; but tlie‘furies ofhcll rage in his breast,
and render him as miserable as he could
wish the object of his hate. .
But let him lay his hand on his heart
and say ; “Revenge, I cast thee from me-—
Father forgive me, as I forgive mine ene-
mies”; and nature will assume a new and
delightful garniture. Then, indeed, are
the meads verdant, and the flowers fragrant
—theii is the i:music of’thefigroves delight-
ful to the ear, and the smile of virtuous bea-
uty lovely to the scab—Village Rccmd.
FOREIGN.
By an artival at N. York on Friday last, Lon-
don papers to April lst, and Liverpool to the 2d,
have been received. The following is copied
from the Journal of Commerce.
In the House of Commons "Marchj25th,
Sir: James Graham brought the navy esti-
mates, recommending that 27,000 men, in-
cluding marines, should be voted for the
service of the Navy during the 13 months
ending 31st March, 1834. Agreed to.
35,011 the 26th, Mr Robinson moved the
appointment of a select committee to con-
sider and revise the existing taxation, with
a view to a repeal of those burdens which
press most heavily upon productive :indus-
try, and the substitutions of an equitable
tax“ on property in lieu thereof. Lost,
yeas 155, noes 22].
LivcrpodApril 2—011 Friday last the riv-
er presented a most beautifulrand animated
appearance, about the time 'of high water.
Owing to the long continued easterly winds,
no vessel had been able to get into the port
for some weeks {but a change having taken
place on Thursday night, not less than a
hundred and thirty ships of various sizes,
and frOm all partslof the world, which had
been cruizing about in the channel, enter-
ed the river on Friday. The Spectacle
was extremely beautiful from the Prince’s
pier as the vessels passed the battery and
light-house with all sails_ spread,‘aud in
complete crowds.
Observance of the Sabbath—Sir An-
drew Agnew has introduced his bill for
the better 0bservnnce'iof the Sabbath, the
provisions are so severe, thatfiit is not likely
to pass, we presume, without material a-
mendments. According to the Liverpool
Times, it proposes to render every person
who attends a news room on Sunday lia-
ble to a fine of five shillings for the,first
offence, twenty for the second; and five
pounds for the third; to declare every
such news room, a disorderly house;
to inflict on the keeper of it a fine
of fifty pounds; to prohibit all trav-
elling by land or water, in waggon, cart,
van, stage, coach,§v"omuibus, steam or
sailing vessel, on a Sunday except in
going and returning from places of wor-
ship, under pecuniary penalties; to ren-
der it a finable ofi‘encc;f0r any vessel to
go to sea on that day, to prevent drovers,
farmers, and cattle dealers, from travel-
ling with cattle' on Sunday: to change
the day of holding all fairs that are now
held on Monday to Tuesday, and to reu-
der every person holding such fairs on
Monday liable to a firiepf not less than
twenty nor 'm‘ore than fifty pounds; to
render any cattle or other animals travelling
on Sunday liable to seisure; and to pro-
hibit on that day the delivery of all let-
ters. j
Passage of the Irish Enforcing Bill 2'7:
the flame of Commons.—_—On\\ Friday,
March 59th, on the motion for the third
reading of this bill a long}, but not inter-i
esting discussion took place.
Mr Conner'r moved, as an amendment
thatthe bill be read a third time that day
six months.——Mr Fieldrcn sedpnded the a-
mendment. ' \,
Mr O’Connel, in opposing the bill,war—
ned the‘House of the co'nsequenices of pas-
sing such an act, which would exasperate
the Irish people,and be the means of efl‘ect-
ing aseparation between England ,nd Ire-
land; for though the original horrors of
the bill had been mitigated, it was sufli-
ciently atrocious to rouse the indignahion of
his countrymen.
Lord Armour replied. Crime, be said
was as great as ever in amount, life and
propel-tyros insecure, as when the bill was
brought in. The hon. and learned gentle.
man (Mr O’Connell) said that the waters
of liberty required agitation, but if they did
require perpetual agitation—if freedom
could not exist with peace and order, it Was
not the freedom. or the. definition of the
freedom, which he had been taught from
his youth upwards, to love. (Hear, hear,)
One ofthe great melits of liberty—one of~
its most endearing qualities, was that it!-
prOVided for the peace and order and hope
piness of all. Liberty was not that state in
which one party only could express its sen;
timents (hear) in which men who voted ac-
cording to conscience in their legislative
capacity were to be denounced as traitors
to the best interests oftheircountry(Cheers.)‘
That Was not what he called liberty,
(Cheers) Again, the - hon. and learned
gentleman had asked what country reqired
agitation so much as Ireland. He (Lord
Althorp) would rather, ask what country re-‘
quired quiet more T (Cheers) The hon.-
and learned gentleman also said that Ire-
land had ncvcr been injured, s‘a‘ve by hot"
own sons. In that position be fully agreed
with the hon. and learned gentleman; and3
would further add, that it had never been‘
more grievcously injured by her own sons1
than oflatc years. (Hear, hear.) All Irca
land’s real grievcanccs had been freely
admitted by the Government and Parlia-'
ment, and both were steadily bent on ap-
plying proper rcmcdies to them. Cheers;
The House then divided—for the third
reading, 345—for M r. Cobbet’s ,amcu‘d-
ment, 7ti—ll’lnjority, 259. .
The bill was then read a third time and
passed.
On the following day it was taken up
by the House of Lords, ordered printed as
amended in the Commons, and made
the order of the day for Monday, April lst.
It will be recollected that the bill origin. -
ted in the House of Lord’s and having p’as-
sed that body, only the amendments of the
Commons now required to be considered.
LIVERPOOL, April‘z ——'I'hc commercial monopc
oly of the East India Company, after having ex-
isted upwards of two hundred years, is about to
cease forever. The trade, which is thus on the
point of being opened, is one, which will in a few
years. give occupation to hundreds of thousands
us the British people—which will cover the seas
of the most distant regions of the earth with our
ships—open the markets of the most reroute
countries to our merchants—diffuse the products
name is scarcely lmmvn—-pour into our lap the
wealth of the richest, countries of the east—-and
unite, by the ties of mu‘ual advantage, nations
separated by traCkless seas, and the circumfer-
ence of ball‘the globe. The trade with the pen—
insula of India alone, though restricted to the
more outskirtsof that rich and populous empire
bylaws which prevent EurOpcans from trading
with the interior, though embarrassed by the
competition of a body oramonopolists, who have
the power to injure others without the ability to
benefit themselves, and though c aunt and in-
]ured by the want of returns—a want originat-
ing entirely in the exclusion of the seience and
enterprize of Europeans from the cultivation ofa
soil capable of producing. in the highest por-
'f:-2ction. silk, sugar, rice, indigo, cotton, coli'oe,
spices. and every other article which tropical
countries supply.——this trade, under all these
disadvantages, has in a few years become worth
many millions sterling to this country. rrqmres
many thousand tons of shipping, and affords em-
ployment and support to tens of thousands of our
most skilful and industrious workmen. What it
will become, when Europeans are allowed to
range through every province and district of In-
dia in search of markets—when the Ganges.
the Indus, the Ncrbuddah, the Godavery, and
the other great rivers are covered, like the rivers
of North America, with steamboats. and when
the'products of that country have, from the use
of the best modes of culture and manufacture,
been made capable of competing with the finest
products of the VVesl Indies, the Brazils, and the
United Statb‘s, it is easy to foresee. If prosecut-
ed with the'same spirit with which every other
trade has been prosecuted by the merchants of
England, it will in a few years he one ofthe most
important, if notthe most important, ofnl} the
sources of our natimnl wealth and greatness.
Add to this the trade with China and the islands
0f the Indian Ocean many of them larger than
[he most extensive countries of Europe, andsomc
l(lea may then be formed of the importonec of
the interests at issue, and of the necessity ofthe
penple Of England watching the progress of the
measures which are about to be brought forward.
carefully, and guarding against any ’restrictions
that will limit their utility. This trade, if reu~
dered really free, will in a few years do more to
improve the condition of this country than the
repeal of millions of taxes: and new is the time
for ns to insist on having secured to us all the ado
vantages which can possibly be derived from it.
With regard to the political powerMhich is about
to be again confirmed to the East India Compa.
ny, it is of the most extensive kind. It is no less
than placing in their hands the absolute and in.
responsible control over the lives. liberties. and
fortunes of nearly a hundred millions of men,
The dominion of the Company was acquired by
the sword. and established by bloodshed, robbe-
ry and injustice; let us take care that an autho-
rity so acquired is exercised in such a manner
as will compensate the nations of India. for what
they have suffered, and will gradually, by afl'ord-.
ing protection to all, convert a government of
force and power, into one of right and justice.
The following are the great points embraced
in the bases of the proposed arrangement, all th.
rest being mere matter of detail :—- at
lst. 'I‘he cessation of the China monOpoly;
The, Government proposes that the exclusive
right of the Company to trade with China shall
cease at the expiration of their charter; that the
tea trade shall be thrown entirely open, and that
tea shall be imported into the outports as well as
into London, under certain restrictions, which we
trust will, on further considerationbe abandoned.
The Directors as might have been expected,
object to the opening of the only profitable branch
of trade carried on by them. They assert that
the profits of this trade are necessary to supply
the deficiencies of the Indian revenue, and that
If they had not possessed the monopoly of ihe
tea trade,they wouid have been compelled,durmg
the last few years, to add 17,000,0001. to thelr
territorial debt. To this the Government ve '
reasonably reply, that it is rather 'too much to
ask that the people of England should be com.
pelled to pay for the deficiencies of the Indian
revenue, and that as that revenue amounts ‘0
twenty two millions a year, it ought to be suffi-
cient. The directors rejoin by asserting that
the 17,000,0001. was paid out'of the profits of
trade, and therefore cannot be said to have been
paid by the people of England. This wculd be true
if these profits accrued in the ordinary course of
trade; but as they arise from the Circumstance
of the Company, which is without competitors.
selling its teas about twice as dear as the men,
chants of America, Holl and, and Hamburg, and
in that manner realizing monopoly profits at th-
expense of the peeple ol‘Englaud,_it is not. 593.3
of British industry in regions where the British ’
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