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or defence, made with strongly twisted cords of
Tomaha, or native flax, and armed with a mus
ket and a spear. She was supported on one
side by Farefau, her steady and courageous
friend, who acted as her squire or champion;
while Mahine was supported on the other by
Patini, a fine, tall, manly chief, a relative of
Mahine's family, and one who, with his wife
and two children, has long enjoyed the paren-
tal and domestic happiness resulting from
Christianity,-but whose wife, prior to their
renunciation of idolatry, had murdered twelve
or fourteen children.

ment.

DECISIVE BATTLE BETWEEN THE
IDOLATERS AND THE CHRISTIANS
IN THE ISLAND OF TAHITI.
THE 12th of November, 1815, was the most
eventful day that had yet occurred in the his-
tory of Tahiti. It was the Sabbath. In the
forenoon, Pomare, and the people who had
come over from Eimeo, probably about eight
hundred, assembled for public worship at a
place called Narii, near the village of Buna-
auia, in the district of Ateburu. At distant
points of the district they stationed piquets;
and, when divine service was about to com-
mence, and the individual who was to officiate
stood up to read the first hymn, a firing of mus-
kets was heard; and, looking out of the building
in which they were assembled, a large body of
armed men, preceded and attended by the
flag of the gods, and the varied emblems of
idolatry, were, seen marching round a distant
point of land, and advancing towards the Before the king's friends had properly form-
place where they were assembled. It is war! ed themselves for regular defence, the idola-
it is war! was the ery which re-echoed through trous army arrived, and the battle commenc-
the place; as the approaching army were seen ed. The impetuous attack of the idolaters,
from different parts of the building. Many, attended with all the fury, imprecations, and
agreeably to the precautions of the Missiona- boasting shouts practised by the savage when
ries, had met for worship under arms; others, rushing to the onset, produced by its shock a
who had not, were preparing to return to their temporary confusion in the advanced guard of
tents, and arm for the battle. Some degree of the Christian army: some were slain, others
confusion consequently prevailed. Pomare wounded, and Upaparu, one of Pomare's lead-
arose, and requested them all to remain qui-ing men, saved his life only by rushing into
etly in their places; stating, that they were
under the special protection of Jehovah, and
had met together for his worship, which was
not to be forsaken or disturbed even by the
approach of an enemy. Auna, formerly an
Areoi and a warrior, now a Christian teacher,
who was my informant on these points, then
read the hymn, and the congregation sang it.
A portion of scripture was read, a prayer offer-
ed to the Almighty, and the service closed.
Those who were unarmed now repaired to
their tents, and procured their weapons.

one of the idolaters, who had outrun his companions, sprang upon him before he was aware of his approach. Unable to throw him on the sand, he cast his arms around his neck, and endeavoured to strangle, or at least to secure, his prey, until some of his companions should arrive and despatch him. Raveae was armed with a short musket, which he had reloaded since wounding the chief; of this, it is supposed, the man who held him was unconscious. Extending his arms forward, Raveae, passed the muzzle of his musket under his own arm, suddenly turned his body on one side, and, pulling the trigger of his piece at the same instant, shot his antagonist through the body, who immediately lost hold of his prey, and fell dying to the ground.

Pomare took his station in a canoe with a number of musketeers, and annoyed the flank of his enemy nearest the sea. A swivel mounted in the stern of another canoe, which was commanded by an Englishman, called Joe by The idolatrous army continued to fight with the natives, and who came up from Raiatea, obstinate fury, but were unable to advance, or did considerable execution during the engage-make any impression on Mahine and Pomarevahine's forces. These not only maintained their ground, but forced their adversaries back; and the scale of victory now appeared to hang in doubtful suspense over the contending parties. Tino, the idolatrous priest, and his companions, had, in the name of Oro, promised their adherents a certain and an easy triumph. This inspired them for the conflict, and made them more confident and obstinate in battle than they would otherwise have been; but the tide of conquest, which had rolled with them in the onset, and during the early part of the engagement, was already turned against them, and, as the tidings of their leader's death became more extensively known, they spread a panic through the ranks he had commanded. The pagan army now gave way before their opponents, and soon fled precipitately from the field, seeking shelter in their pari's, strongholds, or hiding-places in the mountains; leaving Pomare, Mahine, and the princess from Raiatea, in undisputed possession of the field.

the sea, and leaving part of his dress in the
hands of the antagonist with whom he had
grappled. Notwithstanding this, the assailants
met with steady and determined resistance.

Overpowered, however, by numbers, the riro
or front ranks were obliged to give way. A
kind of running fight commenced, and the
parties intermingled in all the confusion of
barbarous warfare.

"Here might the hideous face of war be seen,
Stript of all pomp, adornment, and disguise."

cepted their view of each other. Under these
circumstances it was, that the Christians, when
not actually engaged with their enemies, often
kneeled down on the grass, either singly or
two or three together, and offered up an ejacu-
latory prayer to God-that he would cover
their heads in the day of battle, and, if agree-
able to his will, preserve them, but especially
prepare them for the results of the day, whe-
ther victory or defeat, life or death.,

In assuming the posture of defence, the The ground on which they now fought, exking's friends formed themselves into two or cepting that near the sea-beach, was partially or three columns, one on the sea-beach, and covered with trees and bushes; which at times the other at a short distance towards the moun-separated the contending parties, and intertains. Attached to Pomare's camp was a nunber of refugees, who had, during the late commotions in Tahiti, taken shelter under his protection, but had not embraced Christianity; on these the king and his adherents placed no reliance, but stationed them in the centre, or the rear. The Bure Atua requested to form the viro or front line, advanced guard; and the apoa viri, or cheek of their forces; while the people of Eimeo, immediately in the rear, formed what they called the tapona, or shoulder, of their army. In the front of the line, Auna, Upaparu, Hitote, and others equally distinguished for their steady adherence to the system they had adopted, took their station on this occasion, and showed their readiness to lay down their lives rather than relinquish the Christian faith, and the privileges it conferred. Mahine, the king of Huahine, and Pomarevaline, the heroic daughter of the king of Raiatea, with those of their people who had professed Christianity, arranged themselves in battle-array immediately behind the people of Eimco, forming the main body of the army. Mahine on this occasion wore a curious helmet, covered on the outside with plates of the beautifully spotted cowre, or tiger-shell, so abundant in the islands; and ornamented with a plume of the tropic, or man-of-war bird's feathers. The queen's sister, like a daughter of Pallas, tall, and rather masculine in her stature and features, walked and fought by Mahine's side, clothed in a kind of armour

Flushed with success, in the moment of victory, the, king's warriors were, according to former usage, preparing to pursue the flying enemy. Pomare approached, and exclaimed, Atira! It is enough! and strictly prohibited any of his warriors from pursuing those who had fled from the field of battle: forbidding them also to repair to the villages of the vanquished, to plunder their property, or murder their helpless wives and children.-Ellis's Polynesian Researches.

SIMPLE EXPEDIENT.

In the granite quarries near Seringapatam, the most enormous blocks are separated from the solid rock by the following neat and simple process. The workman having found a portion of the rock sufficiently extensive, and situated near the edge of the part already quarried, lays bare the upper surface, and marks on it a line in the direction of the intended separation, along which a groove is cut with a chisel about a

The battle continued to rage with fierceness; several were killed on both sides; the idolaters still pursued their way, and victory seemed to attend their desolating march, until they came to the position occupied by Mahine, Pomare-vahine, and their companions in arms. The advanced ranks of these united bands met, and arrested the progress of the hitherto victorious idolaters. One of Mahine's men, Raveae, pierced the body of Upa- couple of inches in depth. Above this groove fara, the chief of Papara, and the commander- a narrow line of fire is then kindled, and mainin-chief of the idolatrous forces. The wounded tained till the rock below is thoroughly heated, warrior fell, and shortly afterwards expired. immediately on which a line of men and woAs he sat gasping on the sand, his friends gamen, each provided with a pot full of cold. thered round, and endeavoured to stop the bleeding of the wound, and afford every assistance his circumstances appeared to require. "Leave me," said the dying warrior: "Mark yonder man, in front of Mahine's ranks; he inflicted this wound; on him revenge my death." Two or three athletie men instantly set off for that purpose. Reveae was retiring towards the main body of Mahine's inen, when

water, suddenly sweep off the ashes, and pour the water into the heated groove, when the rock at once splits with a clean fracture. Square blocks of six feet in the side, and upwards of eighty feet in length, are sometimes detached by this method, or by another equally simple and efficacious, but not easily explained without entering into particulars of mineralo gical detail.-Herschel's Natural Philosophy.

LAST DAYS OF VOLTAIRE.

tity of strong coffee, and then continued at termission. This imprudent effort brought on work for upwards of twelve hours without inan inflammation in his bladder; and, being told by M. De Richelieu, that he had been much relieved in a similar situation by taking, at intervals, a few drops of laudanum, he provided himself with a large bottle of that medicine, and, with his usual impatience, swallowed the greater part of it in the course of the night. The consequence was, as might naturally have been expected, that he fell into a sort of lethargy, and never recovered the use of his faculties, except for a few minutes at a time, till the hour of his death, which happened three days after, on the evening of the 30th of May, 1778.

We have very full details of the last days of this distinguished person. He came to Paris, as is well known, after twenty-seven years' absence, at the age of eighty-four; and, the very evening he arrived, he recited himself the whole of his Irene to the players, and passed all the rest of the night in correcting the piece for representation. A few days after, he was seized with a violent vomiting of blood, and instantly called stoutly for a priest, saying, that they should not throw him out on the dunghill. A priest was accordingly brought, and the patriarch very gravely subscribed a profession of his faith in the Christian Religion; of which he was ashamed, and attempted to make a jest, as soon as he recovered. He was received with unexampled honours at the fession, and another, entered his chamber a The priest to whom he had made his conAcademy, the whole members of which rose short time before he breathed his last. He together, and came out to the vestibule to escort him to the hall; while, on the exterior, all the recognized them with difficulty, and assured avenues, windows, and roofs of houses, by them of his respects. One of them, coming which his carriage had to pass, were crowded close up to him, he threw his arm round his with spectators, and resounded with acela-neck, as if to embrace him; but when M. mations. But the great scene of his glory was a Curé, taking advantage of this cordiality, proceeded to urge him to make some sign or the theatre; in which he no sooner appeared acknowledgment of his belief in the Christian than the whole audience rose up, and continued for upwards of twenty minutes in thunders of faith, he gently pushed him back, and said, "Alas! let me die in peace." The priest applause and shouts of acclamation, that filled the house with dust and agitation. When turned to his companion, and, with great mothe piece was concluded, the curtain was again deration and presence of mind, observed aloud, "You see his faculties are quite gone." They drawn up, in the middle of the stage, while the favourite then quietly left the apartment; and the dying man, having testified his gratitude to his kind actress placed a crown of laurel on its brows, and vigilant attendants, and named several times the name of his favourite niece, Madame Denis, shortly after expired.

and discovered the bust of their idol

and recited some verses, the words of which could scarcely be distinguished amidst the tumultuous shouts of the spectators. The whole scene, says M. Grimm, reminded us of the classic days of Greece and Rome. But it became more truly touching at the moment when its object rose to retire. Weakened and agitated by the emotions he had experienced, his limbs trembled beneath him; and, bending almost to the earth, he seemed ready to expire under the weight of years and honours that had been laid upon him. His eyes, filled with tears, still sparkled with a peculiar fire in the midst of his pale and faded countenance. All the beauty and all the rank of France crowded round him in the lobbies and staircases, and literally bore him in their arms to the door of his carriage. Here the humble multitude took their turn; and, calling for torches, that all might get a sight of him, they clustered round his coach, and followed it to the door of his lodgings, with vehement shouts of admiration and triumph. This is the heroic part of the scene; but M. Grimm takes care also to let us know that the patriarch appeared, on this occasion, in long lace ruffles, and a fine coat of cut velvet, with a grey periwig of a fashion forty years old, which he used to comb every morning with his own hands, and to which nothing at all parallel had been seen for ages, except on the head of Bachaumont the novelist, who was known, accordingly, among the wits of Paris, by the name of "Voltaire's wig-block."

This brilliant and protracted career, however, was now drawing to a close. Retaining, to the last, that untameable spirit of activity and impatience which had characterized all his past life, he assisted at rehearsals and meetings of the Academy with all the zeal and enthusiasm of early youth. At one of the latter, some objections were started to his magnificent project of giving a new edition of their dictionary, and he resolved to compose a discourse to obviate these objections. To strengthen himself for this task, he swallowed a prodigious quan

Nothing can better mark the character of the work before us, and of its author, than to state, that the dispatch which contains this striking account of the last hours of his illustrious patron and friend, terminates with an critique on the new administration of the obscene epigram of M. Rulhiere, and a gay Opera Buffa.

There are various epitaphs on Voltaire, scattered through the secret of the volume: we prefer this very brief one, by a lady of Lausanne:

Ci git l'enfant gaté du monde qu'il gata." Among the other proofs which M. Grimm has recorded of the celebrity of this extraordinary person, the incredible number of his portraits that were circulated deserves to be noticed. One ingenious artist, in particular, of the name of Huber, had acquired such a facility in forming his countenance, that he could not only cut most striking likenesses of him out of paper, with scissors, held behind his back, but could mould a little bust of him, in half a minute, out of a bit of bread; and, at last, used to make his dog manufacture most excellent profiles, by making him bite off the edge of a biscuit which he held to him in three or four different positions!-Edinburgh Review of M. Grimm's Correspondence.

MODES OF LIVING AMONG THE
CHINESE.

THE modes of living among the Chinese are, of course, very different, according to the rank and wealth of the people; but the extremes of luxury and misery are no where more ludicrously contrasted. Those who can afford to purchase rare and expensive delicacies grudge no cost for them, as is proved by the price paid for edible birds' nests (glutinous

compositions, formed by a kind of swallow, in vast clusters, found in caves in the Nicobar and other islands), 5000 dollars being sometimes given for a picul, weighing 1332 pounds. In the streets, multitudes of men are employed in preparing these for sale, with a pair of tweezers, plucking from them every hair, or fibre of feather, or extraneous matter; and, at the same time, carefully preserving the form of the nests, by pushing through them very Sharks' fins are slender slips of bamboo. highly prized, and, when well-dried, they fetch a great price. The beche-de-lamer (a horridlooking black sea-slug, formerly described), brought from the Pacific Islands, is also exceedingly esteemed by Chinese epicures. But, while the rich fare thus sumptuously, the mass of the poor subsist on the veriest garbage. The heads of fowls, their entrails, their feet, with every scrap of digestible animal matterearth-worms, sea-reptiles of all kinds, rats, and other vermin, are gredily devoured. We have noticed lots of black frogs, in half dozens, tied together, exposed for sale in shallow troughs of water.

We have seen the hindquarter of a horse hung up in a butcher's shop, with the recommendation of the whole leg attached. A lodger in our hotel complains that, his bed-room being over the kitchen, he is grievously annoyed in a morning by the noises of dogs and cats, which are slaughtered below for the day's consumption-but not at our table. Not a bone nor a green leaf is ever

seen in the streets: some use or another is found

for every thing that would be refuse elsewhere. Bennet and Tyerman's Voyages.

THE PETITION

OF

THE SUGAR-MAKING SLAVES: Humbly addressed to the Consumers of Sugar.

You no wish that we should suffer,
Gentle Massa, we are sure;
You quite willing we be happy,

If you see it in your power.

We are very long kept toiling,

Fifteen hours in every day;
And the night for months is added,
Wearing all our strength away.

'Tis because you love our sugar,

And so very much you buy; Therefore, day and night we labour, Labour, labour, till we die.

Oh! if less could e'er content you,

Or you'd buy from Eastern isles,
You would fill our hearts with gladness,
And our tearful eyes with smiles.
Then we should have time to rest us,

And our weary eyes might sleep;
We could raise provision plenty,
And we might the Sabbath keep.
"Twould not hurt us, Massa gentle,
If you should our sugar leave;
We should only fare the better,
So you need not for us grieve.

'Tis while plenty sugar's wanted,

That we suffer more and more: Ease us, Massa, ease our sorrow!

See, it is within your power.

It should be enough for Massa, If we work as English do ; All to want poor Negro's sugar, Makes our toil a killing woe.

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JAMAICA ADVERTISEMENTS.

(From the Royal Jamaica Gazette.)

Kingston Workhouse, April 27, 1832. Elizabeth, alias Frances, a Creole negro woman, 4 feet 10 inches, marked S. M. D. on right shoulder, and has an impediment in her speech, to Miss Mary L. Watt, at Falmouth; committed on the 24th January, 1832.

Manchester Workhouse, June 13, 1832.

Robert Wilson, alias Peter, a Creole, 5 feet 6 inches, marked M., heart on top, en left shoulder; has marks of flogging on right shoulder, two small cuts on his forehead, and the mark of a sore on right leg.

St. Mary's Workhouse, May 30, 1832. Notice is hereby given, That unless the undermentioned slave be taken out of this workhouse prior to Wednesday, the 25th day of July next, he will, on that day, between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock in the forenoon, be put up to public sale, and sold to the highest and best bidder, at the Court House, in Manning's Town, agreeably to the Workhouse Law now in force, for payment of his fees.

James Edwards, a Creole of St. Dorothy's, 5 feet 2 inches, says he is free. This man has already had three Special Sessions, and can bring forward no documents or proof's whatever as to his freedom; committed by J. H. Livingston, Esq.

Spanish Town Workhouse, June 23, 1832. Sandy, a Creole, 5 feet inch, flogging marks on shoulders, right ear bored, says he is a sailor, belonging to the schooner Enterprise, Captain

Hearn.

Port Royal Workhouse, June 29, 1832. James Rowley, alias James Bailey, a Sambo Creole, 5 feet 6 inches; no mark; says he formerly belonged to Dr. Charles Gray Reed (deceased), of Camperdown, St. Ann's, who left him free (but has no documents of freedom, and that Mr. Augus, of St. Ann's, is Dr. Reed's executor.

St. George's Workhouse, July 4, 1832.

Joe, a Moeo, 5 feet 1 inch, marked apparently I. H. on shoulders; a piece of his left ear is cut off, and two of his lower front teeth are lost, to Miss Barnes, a black woman, Port Maria. 2

Agnes, a Creole, 4 feet 7 inches, marked P. D. on right shoulder, cupping inarks on temples,' says she belongs to Stephen Hannaford, Esq., St. Dorothy's.

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CHURCH OF ST. MARY REDCLIFF, BRISTOL.

The

THIS beautiful building appears to have been erected at different times, and by the pious zeal of different individuals. The old Chronicles of Bristol, under the year 1294, mention a church built by Sir Simon de Bruton on this site, and grants of land to it are dated as early as 1207. greater part of the present edifice appears to have been erected by William Canynge, a wealthy citizen of Bristol, in 1389. In 1445, during a very violent storm, the steeple was struck down by lightning, and the whole edifice so much injured by its fall as to be nearly in a ruinous state. The grandson, however, of the founder repaired it at great expense, and has in consequence received the honours of a second founder, in the archives of Bristol. This church has received the admiration of all judges of architecture: though large and spacious, it has a light and airy appearance, and is sufficiently ornamented, though not crowded with small and unbecoming decorations. It is 239 feet in length, and 117 in breadth. The

tower at the west end of it is 148 feet in height, and forms a fine object from the adjacent country. The church was repaired in 1757, and then embellished with three beautiful paintings, from Scripture history, by the celebrated Hogarth.

It has become, of late years, an object of some further curiosity, from its being the place from whence Chatterton pretended to have drawn the poems which bear his name. He alleged that they constituted a portion of those ancient manuscripts which his father surreptitiously obtained from one of a number of chests, which were preserved in a small room over the north porch of the church. The chest in question was supposed to have belonged to Mr. Canynge, of whom we have spoken, and was called Mr. Canynge's cofre. His story, however, was such a complete tissue of prevarication and inconsistencies, that no one, we believe, has yet been able to ascertain what part of it was true, and what was false.

"Ran away from the Subscriber, six weeks back, a negro man, by the name of Richard, alias Charles Williams. He is stout made, rather short, FASTHMAS, SHORTNESS of BREATH, &c. &c. against Counterfeits-none can be genuine unless signed by

large whiskers, a painter by trade, formerly the property of Miss Rose Powell. It is strongly suspected that he is harboured by his wife, the property of Mrs. Austin, in Upper Hannah's Town. One pound six shillings and eight pence will be paid for his apprehension, and a further sum of two pounds thirteen shillings and four pence, by proving to conviction by whom harboured.

MOSES BRANDON." September 6, 1832.

"Ran away from the Subscriber, on Saturday last, a négro woman by the name of Eve, alias Elizabeth Mitchell, with her infant child. She is 5 feet 8 inches in height, full eyes, was once the property of Alexander Bravo, and afterwards Miss Ann Gibbons. It is strongly suspected that she is harboured by a black man by the name of Davies, who is her father-in-law, or by her husband, John Bryan, a slave to Mr. Scott, Long Bay. Two pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence will be paid for her apprehension; and a further sum of ten pounds by proving to conviction by whom harboured.

"E. L. WOOLINYS."

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love of science become more generally
diffused, the desire will be evinced, by all
classes of society, for the preservation of
these splendid productions of our fore-
fathers.

THE cathedrals and other ecclesiastical edifices which arose throughout Europe, during the twelfth, and three following centuries, are justly the pride of every country where they exist; they form by far the most beautiful ornaments of their In no country of Europe have religious chief cities, and at once testify to the buildings suffered so much from popular zeal and piety, taste, munificence, and violence as in France: scarcely one is to perseverance, of the ages in which these be seen which has not been defaced; and, beautiful structures were erected. If, in even within a very short period, the venediscarding the superstitions of by-gone rable and curious church of St. Germain times, we had retained a little of that ve-l'Auxerrois, and the archiepiscopal paneration with which every building was lace attached to the metropolitan catheviewed that had once been consecrated to dral, have been, the one partially destroyed, Christian worship, we should not have to the other razed to the ground. Previous regret the neglect and consequent decay to the late revolution, the government of so many of our national antiquities. had, by yearly grants of money, assisted Time has destroyed much; but the ruth-in repairing some of the most splendid of less hand of man much more, We anti- those edifices which had been mut lated cipate, however, that, as knowledge and a in a spirit of most senseless Vand lism.

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To the cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris,
of the rise and history of which we purpose
to give a brief sketch, a sum of two
thousand pounds was annually granted
for its restoration; and in a few years it
would, no doubt, have been restored
to its original beauty. It has suffered
from every revolution, of which the
French capital has been so prolific; much
of its exterior sculpture was destroyed
during the insane fury of 1793; yet it
is still a splendid fabric, and
66 may
be considered as among the boldest and
most successful existing in Gothic archir.
tecture."

The present structure, which is situated in the old city, on an island formed by the Seine, was commenced in 1163, in the reign of Louis the Young. The first store was laid by Pope Alexander III.,

who was then a fugitive in France, Maurice de Sully being Bishop of Paris. As early as the year 1182 it was so far advanced that the high altar was consecrated; and near the steps of it Geoffery, Duke of Brittany, son of our King Henry II., who died in Paris in 1186, was interred; yet two centuries more elapsed before it was brought to its completion. The nave and west front, with its high and massive towers, are supposed to have been terminated about the year 1223. The south portal was commenced in 1257, and the northern one not until about fifty years after, in 1312 or 1313. Even as late as 1447, there is a record of a grant being made by Charles VII. to complete a part of it, or to make some ad

dition.

A curious and, no doubt, most interesting discovery was made during its progress. In the year 1218, on the pulling down of an old church dedicated to St. Stephen, which adjoined the south side of the cathedral, were brought to light the following relics, which are recorded to have been given to the church by Philip Augustus; but it is not stated from whence he obtained them. They consisted of three of the teeth of St. John the Baptist; an arm of St. Andrew; a number of the stones with which St. Stephen had been martyred; and a part of the head of St. Denis!-the whole of which precious treasure was transferred, with much pomp and ceremony, to the rising cathedral, on the 4th of December.

The west front of the cathedral, with its towers and marigold window, of which we present to our readers a most faithful and spirited drawing, is remarkable not only for its general effect, but for its elegant simplicity, bold character of outline, and, what is rather unusual, its uniformity of design; it may be described as being divided horizontally into four compartments, the lowermost of which has for its centre the principal entrance-porch; on either side is a similar one of corresponding character; they open with high pointed arches, and form deep recesses, gradually contracting to the doors; they are extremely beautiful, being highly decorated with alto-relievos. The sculptures above the doors of the middle porch represent the last judgment; within the porch to the left of the spectator are sculptured various subjects from the New Testament, and within that to the right are the figures of prophets, evangelists, and saints; but, unfortunately, the greater number of the statues are deprived of their heads, the monsters of the French Revolution having extended their impious fury even to the beheading of stones. Immediately above the porches is a gallery called the " Gallery of the Kings," from its having been decorated with the statues of twentyeight of those who were considered to have been the principal benefactors of

COLONIAL SLAVERY

A SOURCE OF DISTRESS AT HOME NO LESS THAN OF MISERY ABROAD.

AND IRELAND.

the cathedral, beginning with Childebert I., and terminating with Philip Augustus. Not a vestige of them is remaining; they were entirely destroyed in 1793. Above this gallery is the centre window, which TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN is 43 feet in diameter, and still retains some of the fine stained glass of the 13th century. The height of the towers from the casement is about 221 feet, and the width of the facade about 138 feet; the extreme exterior length is about 449 feet, and the greatest width 162 feet.

We have but little to add concerning the interior, the architectural effect of which is not very imposing; the solid pillars of the nave, the double aisles which surround the choir, and the somewhat grotesque basso relievos, representing the life of Christ, may be, perhaps, interesting to the antiquary; but there are few that will not admire the splendid rose window of the south transept, which exceeds 45 feet in diameter, and was restored, in 1727, by Claude Penel, at an expense of four thousand pounds, which was defrayed by the Cardinal de Noailles. The choir is ornamented with some tolerable pictures of the modern French school.

FRIENDS AND FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,

Hitherto you have possessed little power to influence the conduct of your rulers, and have, therefore, been less responsible for their measures. The case is now altered. The power of choosing the House of Commons is placed in your own hands; and, therefore, the guilt of tolerating, and still more of sanctioning abuse, will now rest upon you.

The reform in the representation which has led to this important change will prove of small value, unless it be followed by a reform of the abuses which have grown up under the old system. It were vain, indeed, to aim must be assailed in succession, otherwise your at sweeping them all away at once. They strength will be divided, and your final victory over them retarded. Your combined efforts. ought to be directed to their removal, one after another, according to their comparative urgency and importance; and thus, by the blessing of God, may you expect, in no long time, to effect their entire extirpation.

But surely there is no one abuse to be named which, when contemplated in all its bearings, can vie in enormity with that of COLONIAL SLAVERY; nor is there any one duty which prefers more powerful claims on every British heart than that of rescuing upthe cruel and degrading bondage in which, wards of 800,000 of our fellow-subjects from without any crime of theirs, they are at this hour iniquitously held.

Many extraordinary events, during the lapse of ages, have passed within the interior of the cathedral, but none, perhaps, more memorable than the coronation of that child of Fortune, Napoleon Buonaparte and his wife Josephine, on the 2nd of December, 1804, amidst all that was splendid and illustrious in their capital. The intrinsic immorality and wickedness of The head of the Catholic church had COLONIAL SLAVERY are now almost univerbeen forced to repair to Paris to bear his sally admitted, and are scarcely denied even part in the great pageant. "The Pope by its apologists. It is needless, therefore, to blessed them, and consecrated the dia- recur to the facts and arguments which have extorted that tardy admission. The object of dems; but these were not placed on their the present address will rather be directed to heads by his hand. That office, in show that it is no less impolitic than it is ineither case, Napoleon himself performed. human and unjust; and that it is maintained Throughout the ceremonial his aspect was not only by a sacrifice of Christian principle, thoughtful; it was on a stern and a but by other most costly sacrifices, both pecugloomy brow that he, with his own hands, niary and commercial, of which you can rid planted the symbol of successful ambi- yourselves only by its entire extinction. To tion and uneasy power; and the shouts choice of representatives at the approaching this end, therefore, ought your views, in the of the deputies present, carefully selected elections, to be especially directed, wholly refor the purpose, sounded faint and hol-jecting the pretensions of such as are opposed low amidst the silence of the people." to the abolition of slavery, or are interested in its continuance.

THEY ARE GONE!

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Among the evils flowing from this source, one of the most prominent is the frightful waste of human life which has taken place in that great charnel-house, the Sugar Colonies of Great Britain. Mr. Fowell Buxton has proved this point in the most "satisfactory manner. By a careful digest of the official parliamentary returns of the slave population in those colonies, furnished by the colonists themselves, it appears that its actual decrease in eleven years has amounted to 52,624. This statement has, for many months past, been placed before the public without receiving any refutation, so that its correctness may be fairly assumed.*

This decrease, however, large as it is, and

Those who wish to refer to this document will find a faithful transcript of it in the "AntiSlavery Reporter," No. 100.

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