The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The earlier Paris papers contained nothing of the least interest; but on Tuesday M. Garnier Pages brought for- ward his motion, in the Chamber of Deputies, for the conversion of the Five per Cents, into Four and a Half, and in his speech, in support of the motion, he pointed out in very moderate terms the advantages which might be derived from his proposition. The Minister of Finance at once admitted, not only the right of the state to make the conversion, if thought desirable, but the great ad- vantages of the measure, if carried out under favourable circumstances; but that, he contended, the present time was importune, while the country was talking of making a further loan, in order to carry on public works. He concluded by opposing the motion, and the debate was then adjourned till Wednesday. M. Gouin and the Finance Minister both spoke at length. The discussion passed off without any interesting incident; but when the taking into consideration the proposition was put to the vote, the Assembly divided so equally, that it was impossible for the board to decide whether it was adopted or rejected. A ballot ensued, the result of which was-- for the proposition, 154; against it, 163; majority for Ministers, 9. The journal Le Commerce was sold by public auction on Monday for 317,000f. to a company of capitalists, the principal of whom were the Marquis de Tamisier and M. Martin Didier Delamarre, the banker. SPAIN. The latest Madrid journals are not important. An officer, who rode courier from the head-quarters of Gen. In Roncali, arrived in the Spanish capital on the 27th ult., with the intelligence that Carthagena had surrendered on the 25th. It appears from a bulletin of the General, that in the morning of the 22nd the revolters had opened a tremendous fire against the line of blockade, which they kept up briskly, but with little effect, until three o'clock p. m. The fire was returned by the batteries of the be- siegers, and several shells fell and exploded in the town. A Cabinet Council was held immediately after the arrival of Gen. Roncali's aid-de-camp, and a rumour had got abroad that peace being now restored all over the Penin- sula, the laws and constitution would soon resume their accustomed sway. The Three per Cents., instead of rising, as might be supposed, on the news arriving of the surrender of Carthagena, have fallen 1 for cash and 1 for account. The whole of the leaders of the insurrection are said to have made their escape, and to have been received on board a ship bearing the French flag. This circumstance, if it should turn out to be true, will form a striking contrast with the conduct of the British Naval officer who happened to arrive at Alicant a short time before, that place surrendered, and who, in consequence of the orders he had received," refused to shelter, or even to see the unfortunate Bonet and his companions on board his ship, when they threw themselves on his protection. The levee held on the 26th ult., by the Queen Mother was extremely brilliant. It was reported that an amnesty was about to be granted on the occasion of her Majesty's return. The funeral of Senor Arguelles, whos&death took place last week, was attended by an immense of persons, and by some of the Moderado deputies. political allusions were made by the people, in the.progress of the funeral, which show that the people of Madrid ate alive to the political degradation to which they have been reduced by their military rulers. PORTUGAL* The recent discussion in parlfgS^Wt Wi the affairs of Spain, and the opinions explwpfied by Lord Aberdeen and Sir Robert Peel of the aliegfgtmischievous results of the exercise of British influence in- ihgt gotjfrtry, have been taken advantage of in Spain and and we have the government papers of both 'arrayed in deadly hostility to British interests, reviling its policy, and denouncing its character, as well as the proceedings of former ministers. The Lisbon account is of the 26th ult., and is not im- portant. Bomfim continues in Almeida. The ex-minister bad prepared an address to the Queen, complaining of the policy of Senhor Cabral. She refused to receive it; the King, however, did receive Senhor Lavradio's, one of the petitioners, but, of course, gave no satisfactory reply. HOLLAND. The Stoats Courant of the 3rd inst contains a proclama- tion, saying—" Looking up gratefully to God, we address these words to you, beloved fellow-countrymen and sub- jects, to express to you our most heartfelt gratitude for your united co-operation in effecting the voluntary loan. The rich and the less opulent have the greatest claim to it; but those also, and how many are they, who, though totally exempt, yet animated by the noblest feelings, have j offered their savings on the altar of their country.- Fellow- countrymen, the motto our fathers, Concord is power,' is again realised among us—attachment to the old Dutch fidelity in fulfilling, at whatever price, every engagement. We may hope that a blessing will rest on this fidelity. Let f very one who has contributed to the prospect before us enjoy the pleasing consciousness of having done his duty." The law of the 6th of March has raised Holland from a crisis, the fatal consequences of which might have been incalculable. This law has consolidated our credit abroad, has restored confidence at home, and removed obstacles which prevented the government from proceeding with calmness and firmness in the course of improvement and economy.—Journal de la Haye. King Otho finally accepted the constitution on the 16th ult., and was expected to take the oath to observe it on the 25th. Tranquillity prevails throughout Greece. Private correspondence from Constantinople of the 13th ult. announces, that on that day the Porte delivered a reply to the note of the British and French Ambassadors, respecting the execution of relapsed renegades, which was believed to be of an unsatisfactory nature. Paris letters, on the contrary, encourage the hope that the Porte will have conceded the point, or that, if tne reply given be not entirely satisfactory, it will have only delay for its object. The movement in Calabria appears to be extending. Late letters state that a popular movement has taken place at Paola, a town of 5,000 inhabitants, on the coast of the Mediterranean. Several soldiers have been killed, and among them one of the colonels in command. The King has sent a numerous force into Calabria. Additional arrests have taken place at Naples, AMERICA. The packet-ship Virginian brings New York papers from the 7th to the 11th ult. inclusive. The Hon. John C. Calhoun has been nominated by the president secreta- ry of State, and his nomination has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate. It is confidently expected that he will accept the appointment The democratic conven- tion at Hamsburg Pennsylvania, has nominated the Hon. Henry A. Mulhenburg, of Berks, for the office of governor of Pennsylvania. On the presidential question a vote was taken, Martin Van Buren receiving 91, R. M Johnson 36, and Lewis Cass 1. Van Buren was therefore declared their choice for the presidency and Col. Johnson was then nominated by acclamation for the vice presidency. On the 8th ult. Mr. M'Kay, for the committee of ways and means, in the house of representatives, reported a new tariff bill, framed upon nearly the same principles as the Clay tariff in 1832. The accounts of the doings of the state legislatures—such of them as have" repudiated"- Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and others aflord anything but encouragement for the ultimate payment 6t their securities. The good citizens have no notion of direct taxation for the payment of their debts, and in some places the collectors had difficulty in escaping with their lives. Three Roman Catholic bishops were consecrated in the cathedral of St. Patrick, at New York, on the 10th ult. with the usual imposing ceremonies, The attendance was great—upwards of 7,000 persons being present. By the arrival of the ship Duldin from Port Philip, papers to the 14th Oct. have been received. Business still continued to be very much depressed. The same papers contain accounts from Swan River to August 23rd which state that the scarcity of labour was beginning to be felt, and the governor had procured the consent of the council to apply to the secretary of state for permission to raise a loan for promoting emigration. By the arrival ot the Seringapaiam at Weymouth, papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the 14th of February have been received They contain accounts from Port Natal of the 22nd of January, which are very satisfactory. It is now consider- ed to be one of the most fertile parts of Africa.

tables? whichTar^S.RETiENtJE'3~le quarterly revenue were completed on Tw £ 6 °P onlb*5th of Ap"1' being a close holidav p^ y' uH acco^sS^Good Fr^»y Tax Ji:07fi9?psi £ 45'885; £ 30 0«n I' ?? Post 0ffice, £ 39S00v &« £ ?l £ ndl of the quarter of1° tbe ordraa^revenue them in the account > though balanced against venue derived from affects the sources of re- iocrease in the quarter af the people. Thetotal revenue, is £ 825 29!L fr^ JvT a- 'extraordin*ry there is a sum of' £ 425 m £ ed,?cUng the decrease, ing quarter of? l^ ;^more,-thfn in the correspond- state: In the vear ther» aRplled to ,tbe services of the Stamps of £ 12 699 and fr/tV* ecrease in the amount of but o £ all the off; branchienf?>?Unt,-f TaXCS °f ig7¥64' is a considerable increase Thl » ^1 nary revenue there the decrease of the revt-n." T total increase, deducting which is, however, h>ss th^n°»hp yeai"' Is £ *.318,167, Tax, £ 5,356,887, by £ 1,083 °20 Thkf Ae ProPerty foVe, a much more ororin! T ,8 turns out, there- amicipated and t&» sum £ Sir Robert Peel of the incomes of £ 150 and imL' sbows that the whole amount to something mm-lf Xa « ''nr"t °f *he tax, The increase shown by these tlbles a year, as it arises from sources which^more Spying, comfort among the product veclise, nft ,auSmemat,.on of The customs e*hih;l e classes of the community. On the quarter of lncrease on theyear of £ 658,335 Altogether the nna^a » «• 30,000 the Times) as an in^Son8 ,,reVe,?ue be taken (savs reviving trade and nm«r, 'hough a faint one, of slowly A F .VVW Prosperity throughout the country. A TATAL WR.EST.LING MATCH —FTN at seven o clock Mr v»n 1 uesday evening, hospital, on the' bodv J^TI an 'W^est at St. George^ appeared from the evident ^dgeB> "ged 57- It Berkshire man and a 'he deceased, who was a was at the Renub L»n hr ler* °n 2Sd of February, street, where there wew b ewery. North-street, Sloane- 7s a man named John Bouen afe5"1 8m°ng the™ also a wrestler Knmo .1 ,wiltshire man, who i« it was proposed that th«» i ,ad been-wrestling, when They were?^hrow fiv? n^C/aSe? and *0*™ should try. was nearly a wlnneJ U"d for a P°«^ale. Deceased was thrown, and, on being takeS°un lL^i hf to be broken. He wa» J?„, ,up' ",s ^ft was found where both bones of hi« h>J to.St- George's hospital. He lingered until the 30th f*6 ?und to fractured. f.. J

OVERLAND MAIL. INDIA AND CHINA. The Oriental steamer arrived at Malta, March 28, fiom Alexandria, bringing the overland Indian mail, despatched from Bombay on the 1st March, ar.d the Calcutta mail of the 13th February, per Hindostan, which latter reached Suez on the 12th March. The latest dates are—Alex- andria, March 23; Calcutta, Feb. 20; Ceylon, Feb. 9. ChinaMacoa, Jan. 12; Chusan, Dec. 24; Hong Kong, Jan. 2; Delhi, Feb. 19; Lahore, Feb. 6, Madras, Feb. 22; Manilla, Dec. 15 Scinde, Feb. 10 to 22 Singapore. Jan. 28. The Indian mail communicates some evente of consi- derable importance. We copy the followin^%pm the Bombay Monthly Times:—"Tne late campaign atSwalior was sharp, short, and decisive. The British forces entered the enemy's territories on the 22nd of Dec., fought two battles, and compelled a complete submission in less than a month. The next proclamation may be that the destinies of Gwalior are iulfilled. The house of Scindiah has ceased to reign as an independent power, and will take its place for the future among those humbled states whose every action is under the control of the British Government. What the final arrangements are to be we know not, and shall probably learn them, for the first time, from some parliamentary blue book. Annexa- tion is of course out of the question, not because we fought to deliver theyouug Maharaja from his in adviser., for a pretext would easily have been found if required, but because it is well understood that earnest remon strances have been received on the subject from the ministers. What has been done at present is the dis- banding of the Gwalior army and permitting such of the soldiers as pleased to take service under the flag of their foes. We mistake, however, if a final tranquillisation of Upper India has been effected by the late vigorous mea- sures, and are inclined to believe that they will prove, like many similar feats of arms in this country, only the cause of future appeals to the sword. It has been re- marked that the Governor-General's proclamation con- tains no justification of invasion. It complains of internal disturbances, and the consequent danger to our frontiers, it mentions no injury received nor redress demanded and refused. It places the British interference upon no strong ground of broken treaties, offensive alliances, or hostile preparations. The duty of intervention is stated to be imposed upon Government for the security of British interests, and the execution of a treaty according to its true spirit and intentions." The Times says,—" There were sources of dissatis- faction, but they were principally confined to the con- duct of some of the Bengal and Madras Sepoys. The cause of the dissatisfied spirit exhibited by these sol- diers has arisen from their unwillingness to go to Scinde, which is said by them to be a foreign country, and where an extraordinary sickness prevailed, which obliged them to provide for their families at home instead of taking them in their company; and as they cannot do so with- out extra allowances, which are not granted, they have in some regiments positively declared that they will not go to that sickly country. The 64th Bengal Regiment refused, and has been ordered to return to Benares where it will, as it is expected, be most severely handled. 1 he 34th regiment of the same army has shown the same disposition at Ferozepore, and the bad spirit was described as extending itself through most of the regi- ments of that presidency when required to go to the banks of the Indus. In die Madras regiments that were ordered to Scinde similar feelings were found to prevail The 47th Regiment Native Infantry embarked at Madras in January, and on board one of the transports a mutinous feeling was shown by a young soldier who had joined but a month previously; this was not of great importance, although some of the others protected hnn, and even attempted to liberate him on being put into irons; but the greatest evil of the whole was that at a public parade in Bombay, where the whole regiment landed, the orders of the officer commanding the regi- ment during some of the evolutions were countermanded from the ranks, and when be said Forward a cry was heard of To the right about lace." Courts-martial were bolden on the ringleaders. The strongest deter- mination was exhibited to suppress this spirit of insubor- dination in the troops of these two presidencies, which however, appears to be confined to the regiments ordered to Scinde," It is added"that'tiie Bombay troops have not shown the smallest unwillingness to go to Scinde; on the contrary, one of the regimeqjs actually volunteered to go to main- tain their conquests on the banks of the Indus. great point of interest to the Indian politician was Lahore, where every prospect exists of another revolution breaking out in the course of a few months. Heerah Singh, the Prime Minister, was busy in plunder- ing the Royal Treasury and removing the spoil to the fastnesses of his family in the mountains. The boy king, Dhuleep Singh, was placed on the throne in Janu- ary, in the midst of great pomp, but the celebrated dia- mond, kooh-i-noor," which Runjeet Singh had plunder- ed from Scbah Soojah, was net produced on the occasion. i t fg said to have been sent to the mountains. The Bri- tish Were collecting a large force on the banks of Sutlej, in order to be prepared for every emergency. The news from the Affghan countries was that Yar Mahomed had expelled the sons of Schah Kamram from Hera% atid that he had declared himself the ruler and that under the protection of Persia he was endeavouring to form an intimate junction between himself, the Sirdars of Candaliar, and Dost Mahomed of Cabul, to whose nO"- torious son Akhbar he had offered his daughter in mar- riage; the offer was accepted, and a sort of confederacy was formed. 3 In Scinde there was no disturbance, for Sir Charles f«pi?r continues to keep up the army of occupation to lo.OOCKrnen. The sickness is described as diminishing, air LnarlSs was making preparations for proceeding to the northward. Sir Robert Sale was expected in Bombay in the month of March, accompanied by his lady and daughter, Mrs. Sturt. This gallant officer has obtained leave to visit England. The settlement of the Mahratta government at Gwalior appears to be complete; the soldiers who formerly served the government, on being disbanded, immediately joined the contingent. Their government has paid about a quarter of a million for the expenses of the late war and ceded certain possessions lying between their territories and Bundelkund. Arrangements were made to compen- sate the Ryots for any injury done to their crops arid fields bv the march of the British troops. This was a most unusual proceeding in that country, and had given ftftat satisfaction. While the states that 40 years ago belonged to the en- teronsing Scindiah are thus reduced to subjection, those of his rival (Holkar) are also undergoing an important change, in consequence of the death of the boy Khunda Rao, who was lately adopted to succeed Holkar, who died lat»t October. There are difficulties as to the present heir so that that sovereignty is also altogether dependent on the decision of the British government. The important state called the Nizam's dominions is also growing everv day more debilitated. 8 y Lord Ellenborough was expected to arrive in Calcutta about the end of February. «utta The news from China comes down to the 12th of January, but it presents nothing of remarkable interest The mercantile arrangements were going forward to tl,» satisfaction of the British and Chines! authoritiet t wirt, tooi articles. Th..ci,^ bteufeTS'S? who are now learning the value oflcotton, &c whether raw or manufactured, will not long submit to be I on by second-rate articles of any kind tL Y™.? cotton already obtains a preference Vver Th? T ? lCa" 97¥a(|fr"GeneIal d'4?ui.lar a™ived in the Castor on the sfsssas. ,he prevails at and several Europeans „ Tlie massacre of the bishops Jinbert, Messrc rw*n ■and Manban, with 70 Christian all i_ V- Corea, is confirmed by^thlJW tfCuLC'* strangulation Christians were put to death by 'F.

CONTEMPORARY PRESS. FALSE ECONOMY OF THE PRESENT INCOME-TA* The Income-tax produces £ 5 3<;fisx7. lu u i — says the Morning Chronicle that 'thl' t' P,ho^s, comes of £ 150 and upwards, the limil of th^lt tUe ,n" to something more than £ 200 000 nnn o amounts digious mass of wealth'" ay.ear; wlhat a pro- sions. It shou d afwavs },J° Say "oth\n?' *<*», of eva- two points in theTanner of are unjust, the other delusive Th* ^n°Slng tl11iitax? one high a limit for total exemnrim, °.me of £ *50 is too available resource for the ta* a Yasl °f time ol its laying on saw oneratinJeve?ybo.%at the for while the man of £ 149 a vear To acu"?usl«fustice; of £ 150 pays £ 4 7s. 6d tavPpJ8 nofth'ne. tl|man itself, the difference !pr?sented t% tax worth 7d.; but the Chancellor nf»KInC»In^S s,lou™ be Zsssst »Xrri difference tanni? A mcomf of £ 150, the really a mere income-tax; the propertv^eini' '1 and only assessed in some'cases as^^ Sdex ff 1 he man with an income of ^1 cn mcomec: the fundholder enjoyine that inrnmo J a^°ur> andf perty besides of that y^ly value ^re" P^1 £ 5,356,000, therefore is raiswHn » » alike.The and partial; the greater number ofW™1 general mass of property being e^mnt f the the merits of an?ncLe^n75ropm?-teXInitC?r±rne bear in mind these points in the nreLm to ment; especially when we find tL uv 1° of asaess- that, objectionable and limited as n i* £ A produc*ye> tion 1lou*\ Propose, minds to a great change," so^J6 can 8tretch our we cannot change nnAL- people seem to sa>- "Kit do when we acKleC IM" as^| and the measures necessarl tn Pr.e8ent state of things, out precedent." Thiv w¥io U' are e<lually with- from launching into tihe suP<*S«tiously shriek bound to satisfy us before tC & w scruples to be respected th*?^ ? CXpect tl,eir Pio«s contributed to bring on thJ. « y ave not themselves of m yHby lhe rashest and most co £ °f tl"ngS' and that of precedent. This present SLtf disregard °re, pointe.d out, is, that the bulk°nf 6S' 38 We hdVe now thrown into one vast I„k„ ot our population ik ties, and aids, and protections, occasTo^n S without local the competition of capitalists, but^VoIL ^u.°yed up by alternafves of overwork or destitution'K8.unven to the of the labourer It is scarcely nece^arvV con?Petition recent acts ot the legislature which hav» ment'°n very this dire result. On the very supposi^* °°?tributed to arrived at a new state of thingsi.th" tha.t we had population burdened the land, and that onr ,ncrea«ng trade and commerce afforded an opportunUv r ,ncpeasing tlie land of that burden-the very^eiomVow' fashioned and timorous did ten years back, either as prin- r cipals or accomplices, perpetrate the New Poor Law—the greatest social revolution England has yet seen, and the greatest break into existing law, and rule, and precedent. Yet when this new state of things, thus created, imperious- ly demands to be met in its turn by new measures—when l k most Pr°niinent necessity of the day is protection of labour-our statesmen suddenly affect a constitutional horror of novelty. Nothing is too new when the landlord or the capitalist asks them for relief: but when the mil- lions are at their feet, then, For Heaven's sake," they say, let's have no novelty." Thus do they ride and tie with protection and political economy, with novel emergency and legislative precedent—Evening Mail THE BROUGHAM JOB.-We have been unable to un- derstand why Lord Brougham, having thrice refused the appointment of permanent president of the Court of Privy Council, on the ground that it was unnecessary, has never- theless been moved to bring in a bill for the creation of the office; and why the Chancellor, who had thrice tendered the place to his convenient friend, did yet abstain from introducing the pending measure under the auspices of Government, when Lord Brougham became a convert to its necessity. All this is now explained. The truth is out. In answer to a question from Lord John Russell, Sir Robert Peel stated, "The noble and learned individual to whom the noblelord opposite alluded had given much of his time and attention to the judicial business of the House of Lords and the Judicial Com- mittee of the Privy Council, with great advantage to the public, though without any pecuniary remuneration to K'ITV _was thought before the introduction of this ] £ .the Crown by its own authority might create the office which the promoters of the measure thought to be necessary, and an offer of it had been made to the noble and learned lord, but not with any annexation of salary." This makes all clear. The office which Lord Brougham refused as unnecessary was the office of president without salary. The office which he knows to be wanted, and proposes to create, is the office of president with salary, and precedence, together with a provision for a brace of followers. It cannot be denied that these offices are wanted, not indeed by suitors in the Court or by the public, but wanted, and much wanted, by the three indi- viduals, to fit whom they are cut out. Lord Brougham truly objected, that nobody wanted the permanent presi- dency without salary, but throw in a salary and the case is essentially altered. The question may be presented algebraically, X being the office, Y the salary, B the Brougham. X — Y =0. X plus Y = B. It is perfectly wonderful that Lord Lyndliurst should nave had the efirontery three times to make the offer of nothing to his learned friend. How painful for Lord Brougham to be obliged to answer it is unnecessary what was unnecessary was the place without the thine which makes place good, the one thing always needful to somebody, the salary. Thank you for nothing," quoth Lord Brougham, who bad no notion of taking an office unnecessary to the public without the pay necessary to himself. Bearing in mind, therefore, the maxim that heaven helps those who help themselves, he took the spoon in his own hands and ladles a couple of thousand a year out of the public porridge pot. The first seat in the Court of Privy Council is now essential to Lord Brougham and though it may savour rather strongly of a job, he wiH comfort himself with the reflection, Lucri bonus odor," &c. It is the one thing needful for the one man proposing it for his own particular benefit. We are sorry to see that some Liberal members have declared their deter- mination to throw out the Bill. It is to be remembered that Lord Brougham will never be quiet till he has got something, and it seems to us that it will be good public economy to buy him off at this price. The wisest course will be to omit all that part of the Bill relating to the creation of the offices, and to pass only the clauses giving the salary and precedence. The preamble, in this case, must be altered, and it must be set forth, that whereas the pension of Lord Brougham has been found by him inadequate to his occasions, and his rank short of his desires, itis hereby enacted that his pension shall hence- fortb be £7,000 a-year, provided always that he strictly confines himself to doing nothing in consideration thereof. This would accomplish the true object of the Bill, and obviate the great objection to it, which is the creation of unnecessary offices. To vote an income to satisfy the wants of a man who has commenced sowing his wild oats at three score and upwards, is only throwing away so much money; but to create an unnecessary office for him is extending the extravagance indefinitely beyond the particular occasion for it It is making a job for many iivesmstead of for one. To put Lord Br^hamTl 2Z nCe?, y bela blessed consummation for the ends ot public business, but let not the shelf be a needless judicial seat. Grant him the pension necessary to his new expenses, but not the unnecessary office.—Exa- miner. EUTEIl.-Easter has coine once more; amLstill finds the world alive, in spite of the prophets WIM are continu- ally predicting its last day. Still the wofW goes on, and in many things as it has done for ages; a fact which it wems one office of set holidays to remind as. Nothing Irmore likely to puzzle the perfectibilitarian than seeing time Mfentieal landmarks which our race has looked upon K I' *vum,"—babbling of progress, while Tim ™ y J,h.e self-same objects on the banks of manvrtu" • ,s.tatlonary principle is indicated by riy Ie5,!nV ,As .y°u near the shares of i i"er Wlth the last improvements, you pass Park J?WeK 3 I?aiV *e*riog thfe Phrygian cap that S?t hrinre befor* l,he battl^g troyi ana the po&man nennv J le"?r Rowland Hill's „P! T haS„°n \eel n°thin« hut an improved rW n T ■ m,ght have been owned by an an- are mnH»C1nn* »i the" m.arch of intellect," fcols season thpv » rSj °f April, just as, about the same unaccm,3l« !re made- thousands of years ago, if not in own e^and« L f8 ag°im India' with fooleries like our ductK m^nfffi \rap oll> P'geon's milk, and other pro- in^ trw Bni th^ H t0 Procure than the talking bird, sing- ng tree, and. the ,dancing water. On Good Fridav veneTbreadThe-s^' "T b"DS marked like the Iea' elvnhics «,w s,gnc,f civilisation in the Egyptian hiero- fuee Yet if l? records g° back to times before the de- matter of • iVC 20t vance<* 80 vel7 far in one great since wf Jk^ .refinement: it k not yet half a century look to the Wre* a tenlh of a century, if we im • West Indies; and our nearest relations of niu • ,e lnstl.tution in as revolting a form as ever ^n' therefore, is truly in some things a ,v-. no higher civilisation than it stands for in the I™ ij T'slbJy there are matters in which the world has gone back. "Easler Sunday," says Forster, "it o7fel«J the holiest of all festivals, the feast fevo»?S,\„rl» qUC^? °1 festlvals. the Dominica gaudii, the W L "^y; .granted freedom to their slaves at this season, and faluable presents were made to the The master granted freedom to his slave! Cur greatest republic of this day they know better, and manu- m18810.n IS so reEtncted by law and custom that in many parts can scarcely be accomplished. It almost implies XhSXm JX to perfor!8 that Easter charity; and at this John Brown hes under sentence of death for aiding Easter to escape. The Roman with the painted the world h»« w • j m,ay *°°k abroad and see that behind ti hlfc eln £ ad? l^-way, for the christian is little more lmct vf 11 not be as well to make a let us "turn OM tbe Progress of mankind?» Pray us turn over a new leaf from Mondajr.'t^%wctotor. > W