OR,

Sketch Book of the Times.

"I pencilled things I saw, and profited by things I heard."-LETTER OF A WALKING GENTLEMAN.

VOL. 1.-No. 3.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1832.

THE GREAT OFFICIAL SEAL OF ENGLAND.

PRICE ONE PENNY.

THE above is a representation of the Great
official Seal of England. The allego-
rical figures introduced in the foreground,
as well as those on the right and left of
the King, on his of

and imposing appearance. The whole is encircled by the words GULIELMUS IV D. G. BRITANNIARUM. F. D. Sept. 8, 1831.

Throne, are illustrative of the component Cresta her country at bay. Thept. 8, 1831.

parts of the State. Peace and Justice support the King on his right, whilst Wisdom, Strength, and Plenty, are no less assiduous to his left. The Throne, it

In the time of King John, the Seal was considered as the most important attestation to a deed, as may be seen in the charters of Henry III., which were sealed with the impresses of Cardinal Guale, the Legate, and William Marshall,

the Protector; the Great Seal of John having been lost with all his treasure, in the washes of Lincoln, and his son had no new Seal until two years afterwards.

Seals appear to have been little used by the Anglo-Saxons, and were probably not required to authenticate an instrument. Even after the Norman invasion, also, they seem to have made but little progress. Since, William I. frequently confirmed his charters by a cross, and until the reign of Henry II., the use of Seals hardly extended beyond the greater Barons.

HAPPINESS.

Philadelphia, June 5, 1822.

"A Lady, who has had many suitors in her time, and who has been, perhaps not unjustly, mination, feels conscious now of the value in the charged with fickleness and want of just discriless of time, and is indelibly impressed with the conviction, that the present life is but as a vapour; she would therefore willingly remedy past listlessness, by availing herself of the first In the time of Edward I., seals had honourable offer, and not refuse being allied as multiplied to so great a degree, that every consort to a gentleman of good repute. freeman, and even the higher sort of vil-sphere of action has been among the wealthiest; "Hitherto (and at present) her orb and lains had their distinct devices, armorial but riches, she is aware, does not produce talent, ensigns being used upon them in the although it affords leisure to cultivate it; and, twelfth century, about the time of the as her property is amply sufficient to afford every comfort, elegance, and luxury of life, crusade under Richard I.; the earliest having funds to the southward, exceeding two instance being said to be a Seal of King hundred thousand dollars (independent of what John when Earl of Montaigne. she has at her disposal in this State,) her chiet But wish and desire is to be united, as before obduring this period, the custom of signing served, to a gentleman. This term, however, had almost entirely disappeared, and the though precise and definite to her, may not be English Sovereigns authenticated their generally so, where the title is claimed by the throng; she does not mean such gentlemen as charters by their Seals only, until the compose the multitude, or canaille, or, as fortime of Richard II.,when royal signatures, merly understood, a man of pedigree or ancestry, called Signs Manual, from being written other words, a man of mind and manners. The but a man of mental accomplishments; or, in by the King's own hand, came into use. more and the better he is furnished, with respect to the latter qualities, if blended with a generous and social disposition, and the less encumbered with that gold the world idolizes, the more acceptable will he be to her, as she can then avail herself of those feelings of grateful recollection. inseparable from an honourable mind; and which, though the verbal expression is, and of right should be, withheld, is discernible in every look, word, and action. With these qualifications, and limited in his devotion to revelry, affable to ladies generally, but affectionate only or the seductions of the table-courteous and to herself, she will think, for such an exchange, the transfer of her hand and property the happiest event of her life. She presumes sufficient ideas have been traced, to render the object and meaning of this communication intelligible; yet, as this public mode of making her sentiments known, may not only be condemned by the fastidious, whose opinion she regards not, but by many who, but for their hyperbolical adulation in addressing her, would be more regarded, she will not at this time give her card; but as Junius, unknown as Junius, intermixed with society, and heard himself lauded or censured, so she will, in her round of visits, learn whether, in a female, this mode may be consonant to pro priety or not. If it is, she will in a few days direct where she may be addressed by note; and to convince her it is not. something more than before the enthusiastic feeling that originated the cold frigid manners of the city must be urged, this novel mode shall be relinquished."

ALL men pursue good, and would be happy, if they knew how: not happy for minutes, and miserable for hours; but happy, if possible, through every part of their existence. Either, therefore, there is a good of this steady, durable kind, or there is not. If not, then all good must be transient and uncertain; and if so, an object of the lowest value, which can little deserve our attention or inquiry. But if there be a better good, such a good as we are seeking, like every other thing, it must be derived from some cause, and that cause must either be external, internal, or mixed, inasmuch as, except these three, there is no other possible. Now a steady, durable good, cannot be derived from an external cause; since all derived from externals must fluctuate. By the same rule, it cannot be derived from a mixture of the two, because the part which is external will proportionably destroy its essence. What then remains but the cause internal? the very cause which we have supposed when we place the sovereign good in mind-in rectitude of conduct.

The oath was lately administered to a Chinese in the following manner: The interpreter placed a china saucer in the witness's hand, who threw it down and dashed it to pieces: the interpreter then said "you shall tell the truth, and the whole truth, for this saucer is cracked, and if you do not tell the truth your body will be cracked like the saucer." Indians are sworn by pouring water out of the saucer, &c.

A gentleman shewing his friend his curiosities of pictures, &c., in his gallery, on the other's praising them all very much, he gave him his choice of any one of them as a present. The stranger fixed his election on a tablet, in which the Ten Commandments were written in letters of gold, "You must excuse me there," replied the gentleman, "those I am bound to keep."

"New York, June 12, 1822.
"To the unknown Lady in Philadelphia, who
desires a union in Marriage with a Gentleman of
merit.

A gentleman of one of the learned professions,
after having laboured in the fields of science for
some years; the toils of which, while it enriches
and refines the mind, at the same time as surely
drains and impoverishes the purse-finds himself,
at the completion of his literary pursuits (as it
respects funds) at a very low ebb; and, fully im-
pressed with the belief that the marriage state,
when judiciously accomplished, is absolutely ne
cessary to secure the highest degree of enjoyment
which this world can afford, would gladly em-
brace the first favourable opportunity, to ally
himself to a lady of mind and taste.

"Had Fortune favoured him with her bounty, he would prefer a union with a lady in opposite circumstances, because the ability to change the situation and render his partner, to the highest possible degree, happy, would be a constant source of the greatest mental enjoyment. But, being in

poverty himself, he dreads the thought of joining his heart with one in like circumstances, from the uncertainty of being able to support her in a stile consonant to her desires-and any dis

satisfaction on her part would be to him a source

of pain and regret.

"He is therefore induced to seek one, who, under the smiles of fortune, may possess funds sufficient to secure an income, that may equal the expenses of a sphere in which she may choose to move. Having seen your communication of the 5th inst. he has been waiting for your card, before addressing you; and he takes the liberty mask which Junius wore, but give your card; to request that you will no longer hide under the and to offer himself as a person who may suit your judgment and fancy To give any description of his person or accomplishments, would be useless, as you will see and judge for yourself, before you will surrender to him your hand and heart. He can, however, assure you, that he has been, and procure abundant testimonials of his being a still is, admitted into the best society, and can man of honourable feelings, "blended with a social and generous disposition;" and also, would express to you his firm belief, that the family circle is the purest source of human enjoyment. He would also very respectfully observe, that he must expect the lady to whom he would be united, to possess the qualities which you have pointed out as requisite in the mar. of your choice, particularly mental accomplishments," blended with softness of temper and a feeling heart.

"You say, Madam, that you have funds to the southward, exceeding two hundred thousand dollars. If this immense possession should consist in whole or in part in Slaves, he would asyour hand" could not be accepted by him; as the sure you, that "a transfer of your property with principle and practice of the Slave-holding States, as manifested by their late members in Congress, while it disregards the principles of morality and religion, and shocked the feelings of humanity, has cast a shade, of a dingy hue, over the principles of our happy Government. He would therefore observe to you emphatically, that he is a friend to freedom and the rights of humanity. He would, therefore, assure you, that he could not, under any consideration, ever consent to go farther south than Pennsylvania to reside, until the nating rays of the principles of the Northfoul stain is eradicated by the benign and illumiwhen the shackles of slavery shall be broken into atoms, and fair freedom shall prevail.

DIOSCORIDES."

To

PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES. | documents lately printed by order of the -The Agency Anti-Slavery Committee are ready House of Commons, under the head of "Slave-Trade,-Sierra Leone, 6th April,

to receive the opinions of Parliamentary Candidates on the abolition of Colonial Slavery, before the 5th of October when the schedules will be made up for the fourth number of "THE TOURIST," and the Provincial

papers.

By order of the Committee of the Agency Anti-Slavery
Society.
JOHN CRISP, Secretary.

18, Aldermanbury, Sept. 20
Where may be had the following short papers,
at 4s. per 1000.

No. 1. "A few plain Questions to Plain Men."
2. "Common Sense against Colonial Logic."
3." Citizens and Fellow Countrymen."

4." On Pledges from Parliamentary Candidates."

5. "Taxation in aid of Slavery the Worst of all tyranny."

dom."

8. "A Scene in Real Life."

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

1832."

emotion of gratitude, the benevolence of Great Britain, and that of the Canada Company, in affording an asylum in the Wilberforce settlement, in Upper Canada, for our oppressed brethren of the South, who have been, or may be forced, by their unconstitutional laws, to leave their rightful Fully to detail our views on this im-home and place of nativity, without any cause portant subject, and give but a small por- except of having a dark skin. tion of the information which we possess on it, would occupy too much space, and too much of our readers attention. But we are so desirous of cor

6. " Why and Because applied to Negro Slavery.recting the erroneous opinion which many
7. " £1,000,000!!!—Electors of the United King-well-disposed persons entertain respecting
the Colonization Society, that we cannot
well abstain from making the following
extract from a little tract on the subject,
lately published by Nath. Paul, a man of
colour, agent for the Wilberforce Settle-
ment, in Upper Canada, and who is now
in this country. This will give our
readers the opinion of the people of
colour, as expressed by themselves. The
following is copied from the LIBERATOR
newspaper, published at Boston, Decem-
ber the 17th, 1831.

P. need not complain about the omission of his
advertisement. We are obliged to him for the
offer, at the same time we wish it to be distinctly
understood, that no favours from advertisers can
be admitted into the pages of "THE TOURIST,"
unless they are of the most unexceptionable kind.
R. C. has our best thanks. We cordially accept his
proposition, but hint to him at the same time to
shape his communication like a middy's dirk-
sharp and pointed.
A Monthly Part, stitched in a Wrapper, price 6d.
will be published on the 8th inst.
We have to apologise to our readers for a stupid
and egregious error to which we gave publicity
in our last number. We copied from a work called
the "Doctor," an article on "Irratibility,"
which recommended the reader to take ten drachms
of the tincture of foxglove, &c. A single dose is
enough to destroy the life of any man. It should
only have been ten drops at most. We will take
care how we call in the aid of the "Doctor"

again.

THE TOURIST.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1832.

meeting of free people of colour in Trenton,
A VOICE FROM TRENTON!-At a respectable
convened in the Mount Zion Church, Nov. 30,
1831, for the purpose of considering the subject
of colonization on the coast of Africa-on motion,
the Rev. Lewis Cork was called to the Chair,
meeting was addressed by Messrs. Gardener and
and Abner H. Francis appointed Secretary. The
Thompson, after which the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:

general character.

and quiefly in these United States, of which we
Resolved, Whereas we have lived peaceably
are natives, and have never been the cause of
any insurrection or tumultuous movements as a
body, that we do view every measure taken by
any associated bodies to remove us to other
climes, anti-christian and hostile to our peace,
and a violation of the laws of humanity.

"

"Resolved, Inasmuch as we, free people of colour, have done all that is in our power to con. vince the white inhabitants of these United States, that it is our wish to live peaceably with all men; and inasmuch as our general demeanour has been that of industry and sobriety, A CORRESPONDENT expresses surprise at notwithstanding there are some among us to the a statement which he lately read in one contrary, as well as among the whites; therefore, we do most solemnly declare, that the stateof the public papers, respecting the pre-ments made to the contrary by the Rev. Mr. sentation of a memorial to the Congress Crosby, in his late addresses in this city, and all f the United States, from J. F. Buxton, and by the Colonization Society, or anything of statements by petitioners to legislative bodies, Esq. M.P., Dr.Lushington, LL.D., M.P. the same nature, are a positive libel on our and Zach. Macaulay, Esq. It is said this petition asked Congress to aid the American Colonization Society, as an effectual means of ultimately suppressing the African Slave-trade, &c. Our correspondent wishes to know if this statement is correct. We are not able ourselves to inform him-perhaps some of our friends can furnish us with a reply. We will, however, give our own sentiments of the Colonization Society. We con-humanity, in granting us a portion of the sider the Colonization Society as SO far from being likely to aid in suppress ing the Slave-trade, or in abolishing Slavery, that it is one of the most delusive and ingenious devices ever contrived to deceive the friends of the Negro, and will contribute, in the degree in which it operates, to continue the bondage of those who are already in Slavery, and greatly to promote the African Slave-trade. Let those who have any doubt of the tendency of settlements on the coast of Africa, in the present state of things, to encourage the Slave-trade, read a letter to the Committee of the London Anti-tronage; neither do we think it expedient to Slavery Society, on the present state of the African Slave-trade, particularly that which exists in the Colony of Sierra Leone; with copious extracts from the

Resolved, That we view the Liberator, edited

by William Lloyd Garrison, as a great herald in the cause of liberty, and that we recommend to the coloured citizens of Trenton the utility of subscribing to the above named Paper.

"Resolved, That there be a Committee of three

appointed, to draft an address more expressive of our views on the above subject.

Resolved, That the following persons compose that Committee:-Sampson Peters, Robert Thonias, George Cole.

LEWIS CORK, Chairman, ABNER H. FRANCIS, Secretary. The following is the Address referred to in the above Resolutions:

above appointment, beg leave to present to the "We, the undersigned, in conformity to the public, in a calm, unprejudiced manner, our decided disapprobation of the American Colonization Society and its auxiliaries, in relation to the people of colour in the United States. We are well convinced, from the mass that has been written on the above subject by those who have preceded us, that it will be difficult to avoid repetition; nevertheless, we hope to touch some points which have not been fairly understood by jections are to civilizing and evangelizing Africa; that Society. They have supposed that our obbut we beg leave to say, that this is an error. We are well aware, that there is no surer way to effect this great object than to plant among the heathen, colonies consisting of Christian missionaries. We wish, therefore, to be understood, that we highly approve of the evangelizing of Africa, but disapprove of the present measures of the American Colonization Society, if their motives have not been misrepresented by their agents and others, in some previous addresses in this city and elsewhere. But, viewing them as we now do, we must say that, in our opinion, their false representations of our general chaour native land-their opposition to our having racter-their recommending our removal from a part of the West appointed to us-their objections to our proposed college, aud of our march to science-their false statements in relation to the health of the colony at Liberia, with a variety of other subjects of the same nature-all lead to a conclusion, that it is our greatest foe.

We would here ask the public a few questions. First-Is the Gospel of Jesus Christ calculated to lead to insurrectionary measures? If

so, why then send it to the heathen? SecondWhat gentleman, who has set his slaves free, has been murdered by them for so doing? ThirdWhat have those States, who have washed their hands clean of the cursed stain of slavery, lost by it? What neighbourhood, where education and gethe people of colour, is the worse for it?

neral information have been disseminated among

Resolved, That if, in the opinion of Government. our stay or liberty can no longer be granted in the States in which we live, we see nothing contrary to the Constitution of these United States, or to Christianity, justice, reason, or western territory, as a State, with the same In the close of our remarks, we would say, franchise as that of Pensylvania, New Jersey, Union to prove that, as free men, we have ever or any other free State; for we challenge the that we do think that the subjects looked to by the Colonization Society, to civilize Africa, are given the least ground for the uncharitable cen- incompetent; for we do suppose, that men selected for such an important enterprise, should sures that have been cast upon us. "Resolved, That we view the American Co-be men of deep and sound piety-men of regular lonization Society as the most inveterate for both and industrious habits, of scientific knowledge to the free and slave man of colour; forasmuch and general experience; that such men can be as the agents thereof, and its members who have obtained, we have no doubt; and if there cannot, vocally declared its object, to wit, the extermipetitioned the several legislatures, have unequi- let us first prepare some in this countty. nation of the free people of colour from the Union; and to effect this they have not failed to slander our character, by representing us as a

AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTION.

vagrant race: and we do therefore disclaim all
union with the said Society, and once for all, de- The Bishop of Bath and Wells, in a letter ad-
clare that we never will remove under their pa-dressed to H. F. Richardson, Esq. the Secretary,
expresses himself thus:-"After an experience
emigrate anywhere, but to remain in the land, of thirty years, I feel myself justified in assert-
and see the salvation of God. Nevertheless, if ing, that I know of few plans better qualified to
any of our brethren should be compelled, or see promote the temporal, and at the same time, the
proper to emigrate, we would recommend to eternal happiness of the poor, than the giving to
them Upper Canada or Mexico.
the labourer a small allotment of land, to be
cultivated at his leisure hours."

"Resolved, That we view, with the highest

ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY. THIS beautiful building, which claims. particular attention from its size, make, and antiquity, is constructed of Roman brick, to which age has given the appearance of stone. A stone screen, erected before the communion table, in 1461, is much admired for the richness and light

THE

Castle of Kennilworth was founded by Geoffrey de Clinton, in the reign of Henry I. In the reign of Henry III. it was used as a prison, and in 1254, the King, by letters patent, gave to Simon Montford, who had married Eleanor the King's sister, the castle in trust for life. Simon soon after joined the rebellion against the King, and, together with his eldest son, was killed at the battle of Evesham, in 1265. His youngest son Simon, escaped, and with other fugitives took shelter in the Castle, where they became regular banditti.

The King, determined to put an end to their excesses, marched an army against them. Simon fled, and escaped to France, but his companions held out against a six months' siege. At length their provisions failed, a pestilence broke out, and the governor surrendered the castle to the King, who bestowed it upon

his youngest son, Edmund, Earl of Lei-
cester, afterwards created Earl of Lan-
caster.

In 1286, at Kenilworth, it is
said, that silks were worn for the first
time in England.

In the reign of Edward II. the Castle came into the hands of the Crown, and the King intended to make it a place of retirement for himself; but in the rebellion which soon followed, he was taken prisoner in Wales, and brought to Kenilworth.

many splendid additions, called after him Leicester Buildings. But the most memorable incident in the history of Kenilworth Castle, is the royal entertainment given by the aspiring Earl to his Queen.

On the departure of Elizabeth, the Earl of Leicester made Kenilworth his occasional residence, till his death in 1538, when he bequeathed it to his brother, Ambrose, Earl of Warwick, and after his death to his own son, Sir Robert Dudley; but, his legitimacy being questioned, Sir Robert quitted the kingdom in disgust; his castles and estates were seized by a decree of the court of StarChamber, and given to Henry, son of James I.

The castle on Henry's death went into the possession of his brother, Charles I., who granted it to Cary, Earl of Monmouth; but the downfall of this gigantic structure was fast approaching. During the wars it was seized by Cromwell, and by him given to some of his officers. These rapacious plunderers, who had no sort of feeling for the beauteous and majestic, soon reduced it to what it now is, a pile of ruins. They drained the lake which once flowed over so many hundred acres, ravaged the woods, beat down the walls, dismounted the towers, choked up its fair walks, and rooted out its pleasant gardens; destroyed the park, and divided and appropriated the lands.

On the restoration of Charles II, the estate and ruins of the castle were granted to Lawrence, Viscount Hyde, of Kenilworth, second son of the celebrated Lord High Chancellor, created Baron of Kenilworth, and Earl of Rochester; and by the marriage of a female heiress descended from him, passed in 1752, into the possession of Thomas Villiers, Baron Hyde, son of the Earl of Jersey, who was advanced in 1776, to the dignity of the Earl of Clarendon; in the possession of whose son it still remains.

IT was the constant wish of this extraordinary man to die near the place of his nativity, and the "land of the mountain and the flood" contains all that is left of the author of Waverley. An accident which occurred in his infancy deprived him of the use of one leg; he was consequently much at home, and he acquired from his grandfather, father, and several old people in the neighbourhood, great stores of information respecting the annals of his country, which added to his natural turn for legendary lore, old tales, and old During the civil wars between the ballads, superinduced that wonderful dehouses of York and Lancaster, it was al-velopment of mind which has raised his ternately taken by the partizans of the white and red roses; and very long after their termination, Queen Elizabeth bestowed it upon her heartless and ambitious favourite, Dudley, Earl of Leicester. That wealthy nobleman spared no expense in beautifying the castle, and in making

name to the first rank among writers, and given him a popularity never attained by any other author during his lifetime. In stature, Sir Walter Scott was above the middle size; with the exception of his lameness, he was well-formed and of great strength; he was fond of athletic exer