AN IRISH FLOOD. IN 1822, when the western part of Ireland was afflicted win grievous famine, and when England stepped nobly forward and poured forth, her thousands, to save those who were perishing for want, a depôt of provisions was established on the sea-coast, for the relief of the suffering inhabitants of this remote dis trict. ATTACHMENT EVINCED BY THE BEAVER. cathedral, some of which are enclosed with screens of beautiful design; and in one is an ancient clock, removed from Glastonbury, with an astronomical dial, HEARNE gives the following account of and a train of figures of knights in arsome tame beavers that belonged to him:-"In cold weather they were kept in my own mour, which, by the machinery, are moved sitting-room, where they were the constant around in circular procession; in the south companions of the Indian women and chiltransept is an ancient font of the same dren, and were so fond of their company that, date as that part of the building. Many when the Indians were absent for any conA solitary family, who had been driven from siderable time, the beavers discovered great of the details of this splendid structure their lowland home, by the severity of a re-signs of uneasiness, and on their return showed are of singular character, and of exqui- lentless middle-man, had settled themselves in equal marks of pleasure, by fondling on them, site beauty; and, whether taken as a this wild valley, and erected the clay walls of crawling into their laps, lying on their backs, whole, or examined in its several parts, that ruined hut before you. The man was sitting erect like a squirrel, and behaving like it ranks high among the ecclesiastical shepherd to a farmer who kept cattle on these children who see their parents but seldom. In edifices of the kingdom. There are many lived removed from the world, for the nearest mountains. Here, in this savage retreat, he general, during the winter, they lived on the interesting and ancient monuments of the cabin to this spot is more than four miles dis-markably fond of rice and plum-pudding ; same food as the women did, and were rebishops who were interred within its walls, tant. among which are the tomb of Bishop It may be supposed that the greatest dis- they would eat partridges and fresh venison Beckington, in a chapel in the presby-tress afflicted this isolated family; the wel- very freely.; but I never tried them with fish, tery, with his effigy in alabaster; the come news of the arrival of succours at Bal-though I have heard they will at all times prey on them. In fact, there are few gragrave-stone of Bishop Joscelyne, in the lycrag at length reached them, and the herds- miniverous animals that may not be brought middle of the choir, marking the spot meal to relieve the hunger of his half-starved Roderfert, of New York, had a tame beaver to be carniverous." According to Kalm, Major where an elegant marble monument, family. bearing his effigy in brass, formerly about quite loose like a dog. The Major gave above half a year in his house, where it went stood; that of King Ina, who was inhim bread, and sometimes fish, of which he is terred in the centre of the nave, and said to have been greedy. He got as much many others. water in a bowl as he wanted, and all the rags and soft things he could meet with he dragged into a corner where he was accustomed to sleep, and made a bed of them. The house cat, on one occasion, happening to produce kittens, took possession of the beaver's bed without his offering her any opposition. When the cat went out the beaver often took a kitten between his paws, and held it to his breast, as if for the purpose of keeping it warm; but as soon as the proper parent returned he delivered up the offspring.-Edinburgh Cabinet Library. DEATH'S CRADLE SONG. BY CHRISTIAN LAVINUS FREDERIC SANDER. harm! See Spring, happy season, new garnish the bowers, flowers! The nightingale, too, her soft lay shall repeat:- How snug is my pillow, my bedding how warm! On earth is fair Virtue unsought and unknown, And torture thy bosom by night and by day: name, And brightens thy dream! Come, then, weary pilgrim, nor startle with dread; I'll bear thy hard burden, thy griefs will I share, SAGACITY OF DOGS IN MADAGASCAR. THE dogs are said to be so sagacious, that when one has occasion to cross a river he will standarking on the bank considerably lower down than the point where he means to attempt his passage. When the alligators have been attracted to the former spot, away he runs full speed, plunges into the stream, at a safe distance, and swims over before the enemy can sail back against the current to interrupt bin-Bennet and Tyerman's Voyages. man set out to procure some of the committee On arriving at the depôt, the stock of meal was nearly expended; however, he obtained a temporary supply, and was comforted with the assurance that a large quantity was hourly expected. Anxious to bring the means of sustenance to his suffering little ones, the herdsman crossed the mountains with his precious burden, and reached that hillock where the stones are loosely piled. But during his absence at Ballycrag, the rain had fallen heavily in the hills; the river was no longer fordable-a furious torrent of discoloured water rushed from the heights, and choked up the narrow channel. There stood the returning parent, within twenty paces of his own wretched but dearly-loved hovel. The children with a cry of delight rushed from the hut to the opposite bank to welcome him; but, terrified by the fearful appearance of the flood, his wife entreated him not to attempt its passage for the present. CHARACTER OF THE EARL OF STRAFFORD. But would he, a powerful and experienced WENTWORTH's intellect was capacious. His swimmer, be deterred? The eager and hungry early professions were on the side of popular looks of his expecting family, maddened the rights. He knew the whole value and beauty unhappy father. He threw aside his clothes of the system which he attempted to deface. and bound them with the meal upon his back, He was the first of the Rats-the first of those crossed himself devoutly, and, " in the name of statesmen whose patriotism had been only the God," committed himself to the swollen river. coquetry of political prostitution; whose pro For a moment he breasted the torrent gallant-fligacy had taught Government to adopt ther ly, two strokes more would bring him to the old maxim of the slave-market, that it is bank, when the treacherous load turned, cheaper to buy than to breed, to import decaught him round the neck, swept him down fenders from an opposition, than to rear them gled hard for life. His wife and children folthe stream, sank and drowned him. He strugin a ministry. He was the first Englishman to whom a peerage was not an addition of lowed the unhappy man as he was borne away, honour, but a sacrament of infamy—a bapand their agonizing shrieks told him-poor tism into the communion of corruption. As wretch!—that assistance from them was hope he was the earliest of the hateful list, so was less. At last the body disappeared, and was he also by far the greatest-eloquent, sagataken up the following morning four miles cious, adventurous, intrepid, ready of inver from this fatal place. One circumstance at- tion, immutable of purpose, in every talent tended this calamity; to philosophers I leave which exalts or destroys nations pre-eminent, its elucidation, while I pledge myself for its the Jost archangel, the Satan of the apostacy. accuracy in point of fact. A herd of cattle The title for which, at the time of his deser galloped madly down the river-side at the time tion, he exchanged a name honourably dis their unfortunate keeper was perishing-their tinguished in the cause of the people, reminds bellowings were heard for miles, and they us of the appellation which, from the moment, were discovered next morning, grouped around of the first treason, fixed itself on the fallen the body of the dead shepherd, in the corner son of the morning. of a sandy cove where the abated flood had left it-Extracted from " Wild Sports of the West." By the Author of " Stories of Waterloo," So call him now. His former name" Is heard no more in heaven." Edinburgh Review. SIR,-Having no idea who the writer of the letter signed, “R. S." in No. 20 of The Tourist is, I cannot have any personal feeling of illwill towards him. The common pro-slavery phrase, "cant and hypocrisy," made use of in his first letter, helped to excite my suspicion of his being no enemy to the slave-trade and slavery." Certainly, to excite sympathy towards the injured Africans, by promulgating the truth, was the grand object I had in view. If, however, I have committed a breach of charity, I am sorry for it, nor do I wish to justify such an offence. And, if my zeal in the cause of upwards of 100,000 of my fellowereatures, annually stolen from Africa, to supply the places of those who have been sacrificed to Mammon on the other side of the Atlantic, by nominal Christians, and the knowledge that British merchants are contributing to support this iniquity, have carried me too far in my suspicions, I hope that "R. S." will forgive me. Having expressed his warm indignation against these crimes, let us now labour harmoniously together in this cause. Had "R. S." been able to read through the whole of the parliamentary documents alluded to, instead of their being "in his hands not more than half an hour," he might, possibly, not only have readily excused my "display of zeal," but also have been of my opinion, that much praise is due to Governor Findlay, for his exertions in bringing the wicked practices of the slave-dealers at Sierra Leone before the notice of our Government. I have these papers now before me, and will furnish "R. S." and the public with a very small portion of the important and appalling information they con tain. They consist, principally, of a charge delivered by the Chief Justice of Sierra Leone to the Grand Jury-the report of a commission appointed to inquire into the truth of his statements the evidence produced before this commission-and the correspondence of the Secretary of State thereon. The Chief Justice had stated that within the last ten years upwards of 22,000 Africans, who had been liberated from slave-ships, had been located in the colony; and that the present population did not exceed 17,000 or 18,000. He concluded from this fact that the slave-trade had been extensively carried on there. Thirty-two witnesses, amongst whom were the Governor, and principal civil officers of the colony, were examined in support of this statement. In their report, the Commissioners say that "the nefarious system of kidnapping has prevailed in this colony to a much greater extent than was even alluded to in the charge of the Chief Justice"-"that great facility has been afforded to the increase of the slave-trade by the British merchants of the colony, who have purchased vessels condemned in the Mixed Commission Court, as agents for foreigners, which vessels have afterwards been brought into the colony, and again condemned for a repeated infraction of the Slave-trade Abolition Act." "Some very recent instances have occurred in which persons of apparent respectability have been charged with aiding and abetting the slave-trade," &c. &c. The affecting details in the evidence cannot be read by any humane or serious person without deep sorrow for the guilt of our countrymen, and the sufferings of the Africans. Perhaps "R. S." will allow me to correct a mistake he is under, in supposing that the Quakers "have never supported the missionary cause." They certainly differ from other Chris the national sin of West India Slavery that, one of the candidates for the borough where he lived being a gentleman of the most decided anti-slavery principles, he sent word to his committee that, after deep consideration, he had come to the resolution of giving up all his little property to promote the return of this gentleman: this being the only channel through which he could contribute to the emancipation of the slaves. The next instance was that of four men," 伍 the lower ranks of life, and Dissenters, who had unfortunately given some sort of pledge to a friend to vote for certain candidates. Hav tian societies in their opinion respecting the manner of sending out missionaries; yet George Fox, the first person who was called a Quaker, visited the continent of Europe, America, and the West Indies, besides almost every part of Great Britain, repeatedly, as a Christian missionary. Many of his fellow-labourers in the gospel were engaged in the same way; and, for their labours in this cause, suffered long imprisonments, and other grievous persecutions, some of them even unto death. From that time up to the present, the history of the society of which I am a member affords ample proof of the zealous gospel labours of numerous Quaker missionaries. Many of this societying, however, discovered that these candidates are now thus engaged in various parts of the were against the immediate abolition of slavery, world. The name of Hannah Kilham, who and were for the consideration of "vested went several times on a mission to Sierra rights,” (vested rights in the limbs of our felLeone, is well known to the Christian and low man!) they became extremely unhappy, philanthropic public. and went in a body to their friend to say that My object is to provoke unto love and they had but newly understood the principles good works;" I will, therefore, pass over se- of the candidates in this respect, and that, veral passages of "R. S.'s" letter on which I come what might, they could not and would might otherwise comment, and only notice one not dare to bear any portion of the tremendous more mistake in it, which, probably, my man-national sin of slavery. Accordingly, through ner of expression may have occasioned. I am considerable difficulties, they actually adhered no advocate for severe laws, but think that to their principles, and voted for the antimuch less sanguinary laws than many of those slavery candidates. in existence would more effectually accomThe third instance is one of a more exemplish the suppression of crime, and the refor-plary character than can easily be estimated mation of the criminal. Severe laws already by those who do not know the peculiar circumexist against the slave-trade, but they are very stances of the case. It is that of a small inoperative. At the same time, I feel no doubt general shop-keeper, in a village in the counthat such measures might be taken as would try, where the family residing at the hall, and prevent British subjects from supporting the possessing the land, were politically connected slave-trade in our own colonies; and that this with the slavery candidates for the county, is the first necessary step to the spreading of and ardently desirous of their success. The Christian truth in Africa. members of this family eagerly and confidently. canvassed this man, whose business was greatly, if not almost entirely, dependent on their custom and influence. He told them that he could not vote against his principles, which agreed with those of the opposing candidates; and, especially, that on the subject of slavery, no argument or interest could make him uphold it even by a single vote. Being, however, extremely and repeatedly urged, he proposed to remain passive, which was unwillingly consented to by the family in question. On the second day, however, of the election, every vote becoming of urgent importance, he was sent for to the hall, and every argument and persuasion used to induce him to vote according to the politics of the family. Conscience, however, sustained him. He refused the offer of being sent in their carriage to the place of voting, and remained steady to his duty. May he, and all who have acted in like manner, I do believe, most thoroughly, that nothing will effectually extinguish crime, and promote the good of mankind universally, but Christianity. But we must first " cease to do evil," then "learn to do well." If, while we are diffusing Christian knowledge and Christian principles, we are really doing the works of Satan, our labours will not promote the gospel. It is a truth too well known to every one acquainted with the history of European colonies, that almost without exception these colonies have been established in rapine and murder, and have been conducted so as to increase immorality amongst the native inhabitants, and to occasion "the name of God to be blasphemed among the Gentiles." If I have now made a sufficient atonement to injured charity, shown myself friendly to the spread of the gospel, and reconciled an offended brother, it will give me much satisfaction. I am respectfully, TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOURIST. SIR,-One or two instances of such conscientious and uncompromising conduct during the late elections have come to my knowledge, that I cannot forbear making them known through the medium of your excellent journal, not doubting that there are innumerable similar instances which others may be excited in like manner to publish for the example of electors in general. The cases which have happened to come within my knowledge have taken place in a limited circle, in the middle or lower ranks of life, and with a reference principally to the anti-slavery cause. The one was the case of a Dissenting Minister, in very narrow circumstances indeed, who kept himself entirely aloof from politics, but was so deeply impressed with not lose their reward! I am, Sir, Yours, &c. Q. C. LAVATER. A TRAVELLER showed Lavater two portraits: the one a highwayman, who had been broken upon the wheel; the other was a portrait of Kant, the philosopher: he was desired to distinguish between them. Lavater took up the portrait of the highwayman, and, after attentively considering it for some time, "Here," said he, "we have the true philosopher; here is penetration in the eye, and reflection in the forehead; here is cause, and there is effect; here is combination, there is distinction; synthetic lips! and analytic nose!" Then, turning to the portrait of the philosopher, he exclaims, "The calm, thinking villain is so well expressed, and so strongly marked, in this countenance, that it needs no comment." This anecdote Kant used to tell with great glee. EARLY TALENT OF MICHAEL Ar the age of fourteen Michael Angelo was placed with Ghirlandaio, who had the character of having envy in his disposition, which felt no pleasure in the most distant prospect of a rival; and from this circumstance Conclivi has asserted, that he reaped no benefit from his instructor. SLAVERY. Anti-Slavery Meeting at Exeter Hall. 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CRISP, at No. 27, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, where all Advertisements and Communications for the Editor are to be addressed, THE above wood-cut represents the façade, towards the river, of the building in which assemble the members of the French Legislature; it differs not more from the modest simplicity of the English House of Commons, than do the characters and habits of the two nations; for whilst the one is small, and without any external or internal display of architectural beauty, the other is ornamented to profusion, both exteriorly and in its interior, with every embellishment that the arts of the sculptor, painter, and decorator, can produce. The appearance, also, of the two assemblies is not more dissimilar than are the buildings. An intelligent foreigner has thus expressed himself on the unostentatious appearance of the British Parliament :-" Few things have surprised me more than the appearance of the assembled House of Commons; nothing answers less to all historic reminiscences, to all the ideas of grandeur and majesty with which the mind is filled on entering an assembly whose power and influence are felt in every quarter of the globe. To the right and left of the speaker the members are seen negligently lolling on the seats, in conversation with those around them, or perhaps reading a newspaper; some even dozing whilst waiting a debate in which they may be personally interested, or from which they merely expect to derive amusement. There is nothing either to denote the senator in their dress; it is not unusual to see them booted and spurred, and many retaining their hats." In France the costume of the deputies is in accordance with the national taste for splendour and outward show; it is a blue coat, embroidered with gold, the ministers and other public officers of the Government having a distinct uniform, more costly and richly embroidered; and, in addition, they are usually decorated with stars, ribbons, and crosses. The French deputies do not speak from their places, but from a tribune or elevated pulpit, from which alone they are allowed to address the assembly; upon any measure being submitted to the Chamber which is likely to give rise to a debate, each member who intends taking T. ON THE COLOUR OF THE SEA. part in the discussion inscribes his name with the public press. The numerous racters. every The palace in which the Chamber of Deputies now holds its sittings was formerly the residence of the Princes of the House of Condé, who had adorned its elegant pavilions, its spacious galleries, its gardens, and its theatre, with splendour that luxury could devise, or wealth command. It consequently early fell a prey to the devastating fury of the revolutionists; it was then plundered of all its costly furniture, and remained unoccupied till 1798, when the Council of Five Hundred took possession of it, and held within its princely walls their rude republican assemblies. It had been adapted to many purposes previous to its present destination. The building was originally commenced in 1722, by Louise Francoise, Duchess Dowager of Bourbon, and received various additions till its completion in its present form, in 1807, when the splendid Grecian peristyle was erected, from the designs of an architect of the name of Poyet. Its COMBAT OF THE COA. The following account is extracted from Napier's History of the Peninsular War. The attention of the reader is only directed to it as a remarkably happy morceau of military description. CRAWFORD'S whole force under arms consisted of four thousand infantry, eleven hunconfined in the interior of countries, where THOSE who have been accustomed to a life dred cavalry, and six guns; and his position, one mile and a half in length, extended in an only rivulets and shallow rivers flow, where oblique line towards the Coa. The cavalry clear fountains rise, or muddy currents roll piquets were upon the plain in his front, his along, view with admiration the first appear-right on some broken ground, and his left, ance of the sea, as from the shore they regard resting on an unfinished tower eight hundred the pure and sparkling green complexion of yards from Almeida, was defended by the its waters, a colour which, indeed, seems pe- guns of that fortress; but his back was on the culiar to itself. The wonder is increased when edge of the ravine forming the channel of the a portion of its water, passed into a vessel, is Coa, and the bridge was more than a mile observed to retain no trace of that very pecu- night ushered in the 24th of July; the troops distant, in the bottom of the chasm. A stormy liar colour, and to be perfectly clear. transparency is such, that, in places undefiled drenched with rain were under arms before by filth or dirt, the sand may be distinguished day-light expecting to retire, when a few pisat the bottom of its bed at a considerable tol-shots in front, followed by an order for the depth, and stones and shells of the smallest cavalry reserves and the guns to advance, gave size, which lie there, appear then bright and notice of the enemy's approach; and, as the resplendent. Marine plants, especially the morning cleared, twenty-four thousand French corallines, beam in it with the greatest splen-infantry, five thousand cavalry, and thirty dour; and all productions of this nature are pieces of artillery, were discovered marching elegantly shaded whilst they are sunk beneath beyond the Turvnes. The British line was imthe surface of the water; but as soon as they edge of the ravine; but, meanwhile, Ney, who mediately contracted, and brought under the are taken out this beauty vanishes. Certain had observed Crawford's false disposition, cystoceisa, called by us iridea, as well as many alcyonia, which in this fostering element shine came down with the stoop of an eagle. Four in the colours of the rainbow, or in the finest tints of purple and orange, seem there tinged with black, yellow, or simply of a brown or dark violet hue, when cast upon the bank of the shore, lose their attractions by exposure to atmospheric air. As the light penetrates the abyss of waters, and during a cloudless day, as we enjoy an excursion on its surface, the waves appear coloured in such a manner around us, that we are sometimes inclined to believe, as we admire the deepness of its green, that we are upon a liquid meadow, or upon a billiard-table carpet, which could be transluIt is nearly one hundred feet in breadth, cent. In proportion as the vessel becomes discomposed of twelve Corinthian columns tant from the shore, and we reach the high of elegant proportions, surmounted by a more, the green tint changes into a blue tint, latitudes, where the depth increases more and pediment, the tympanum of which is ornamented with statues. The entrance is or sixty fathoms, of the finest azure colour. and in the open sea the water becomes, at fifty by twenty-nine steps, at the foot of which, The green shade generally announces danger, upon pedestals eighteen feet high, are co- or an approach to low coasts; for along those lossal statues of Justice and Prudence; which are intersected with peaks or mounthere are also, in front of the building, sit-tains, and near which the sound descends to a ting figures of Sully, L'Hopital, D'Aguesseau, and Colbert. This façade cost 1,759,000 francs (£70,000). The interior of the Hall of Assembly is semicircular, the chair of the president, and the desks of the secretaries, occupying the base of the semicircle. In front of the desk of the president is the tribune, ornamented with a basso relievo, representing History and Fame. By this arrangement the orator necessarily turns his back upon the president. There are, also, some good statues, among others those of Lycurgus, Solon, Demosthenes, Brutus, Cato, and Cicero. Different galleries are set apart for the accommodation of the public, the foreign ambassadors, and the peers, and a separate space is reserved for the convenience of those connected thousand horsemen, and a powerful artillery, swept the plain; the allied cavalry gave back; and Loison's division, coming up at a charging pace, made towards the centre and left of the position. While the French were thus pouring on ward, several ill-judged charges were made on the English side. Part of the troops were advanced, others drawn back, and the 43rd most unaccountably placed within an high, situated on the left of the road, with but enclosure of solid masonry, at least ten feet one narrow outlet about half a musket-shot down the ravine. While thus imprisoned, the firing in front redoubled; the cavalry, the by in retreat, and the sharp clang of the artillery, and the caçadores successively passed the 43rd would have been surrounded; but 95th rifle was heard along the edge of the plain above. A few moments later and that here, as in every other part of the field, the quickness and knowledge of the battalion officers remedied the faults of the general. One minute sufficed to loosen some large great extent, the blue azure is observed to ap- It is unnecessary to describe the first burst what gallantry the officers lead, with what of French soldiers. It is well known with vehemence the soldiers follow, and with what a storm of fire they lay waste a field of battle. At this moment, with the advantage of ground and numbers, they were breaking over the edge of the ravine; their guns, ranged |