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The Courier.
SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1830.
Arrived on Saturday evening the 10th in-
stant the transport ship Mary, 370 tons,
Alexander Jamison, commander, from Lon-
don, 18th December, with 167 male prison-
ers, one having died during the voyage. The
military detachment consists of Lieutenant
Murray of the 17th regiment and 29 rank
and file, Ensign Dunbar of the 57th regi-
ment. Passengers Mrs. Murray and 3 chil-
dren. Surgeon and Superintendent Dr. Ro-
bert Espie, brother of Messrs. Espie of this
colony and settler.
Arrived on Sunday the 11th inst. the
bark Wanstead, 363 tons, M. C. Friend, R.
N. commander, from London, the Cape of
Good Hope and Swan river, which last port
she left on the 19th ult. with a large cargo
of merchandize. Passengers William Gelli-
brand, esq. Mr. and Mrs. William Wise and
Miss Wise, Mr. E. Rand, Mr. Charles Seal
and Mr. Sams, all formerly of this place,
also the following passengers from England,
viz. Miss Roberts, sister of Peter Roberts,
esq. D.A C.G. Mr. W. T. Jay, Mr. William
Riley, Mr. W. Russel, Mr. W. Laird, Lieut.
Everard, R. N. the Rev. R. Davis, Lieut J.
G. Peat, Mr. D. Friend, Mrs. Wedge, Miss
Ann Wedge, Miss Lucy Wedge, Mr. J.
Wedge, Master H. Wedge, Miss Robarts,
Miss Laird, Miss Emsley, Mr. David Blair ;
also Messrs Ellis Haywood, Henry Sherwin,
Thomas Cooper and 3 children, Thomas
Norton, Conrad Knowles, Isaac Procter,
Thomas Squire, Peter Rush, Mrs. and Miss
Rush, John Lewis, Thomas Garratt and
Miss Susan Philpot.
This vessel also brings 4 prisoners, viz.
William Oxford, Patrick Riley, Thomas
Griffiths, and Archibald Macalister.
Arrived on Saturday, the 10th inst. H.M.
Colonial brig Tamar, Capt. Bateman, from
Macquarie harbour, with timber, shingles,
&c. Passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Lempriere
and 5 children.
Arrived on Sunday the 11th inst. the brig
Derwent, also from Macquarie harbour with
timber, &c. The Charlotte had not arrived
when these vessels left the settlement, and
must have put into port Davey while they
passed, Five prisoners had absconded from
the settlement, 2 of whom had been appre-
hended in a most emaciated condition.
Arrived on Sunday, the 11th instant, the
schooner Friendship, 88 tons, Joseph White
Master, from the Van Diemen's land Com-
pany's Establishment at Circular Head, 3rd
April. She had sailed to Cape Grim with
sheep, and had been driven off the land with
loss of anchors.
Arrived on Thursday the 14th inst. the
brig Charlotte, 110, Capt. Ronaldson, from
Mauritius, 2d March, with a cargo of sugar
and wine, and 2 prisoners absconded from
Sydney.
CARGO OF THE CHATHAM.
1678 she-oak spokes, 483 bales wool,
115 casks sperm oil, 107 tons mimosa bark,
29 she-oak logs, 2 casks whale oil, 1 box
seeds, and 1 case curiosities. Passengers,
Mrs. Bragg, Mr. Charles Seal, Captain Geo.
Todd, Mr. J. E. Cox, Miss Agnes B. Cox.
Cargo of the Wanstead.
13 Packages dish covers, carpenter's
tools, cutlery, hardware, &c. Kemp & Co.
10 barrels blacking E. Anstice. 12m. Bri-
tish bricks, 21 chaldron coals, 10m. plain
tiles, 2m. pan tiles, 1 bundle twine, 20 casks
cement, 1 case whaling implements, 8 pack-
ages painters oils and colours, consigned to
Capt. Friend. 2 cases shirts, 1 case mus-
kets, 1 crane and 4 wheels P. Roberts. 1
chest paper Miss Roberts. 2 hhds Cape
wine G. S. Ford. 1 case apparel H. Helly-
er. 1 do boots and shoes Capt. Smith. 1
do boots, apparel and books J. Baynton. 1
do apparel J. Barnott. 1 steam engine com-
plete in 100 packages, 277 packages con-
signed to order and to the passenger, con-
sisting of guns, gunpowder, agricultural
tools and whaling implements, furniture, ap-
parel, calico, haberdashery, cart wheels,
axle trees, saddlery, ironmongery, turnery,
nails, tin and hardware, wrought iron, crow
bars, steel, iron hoops, bellows, anvils, vices,
canvas, earthenware, slops, stationery, iron
pots, doors and frames, blacking, candles,
leather, soap, rum, hams, Cape wine, &c.
A schooner called the Nancy is daily ex-
pected at Circular head for the Van Die-
men's land company from London.
Wheat continues at an average of 7s. 6d.
and &c a bushel. Clean wool sells at from
4d. to 5d. a lb. Fat sheep by the flock at
from 8s. to 9s. or 10s per head.
The Legislative Council met on Tuesday,
when it was generally understood the merits
of the proposed Jury Act would be dis-
cussed.
The prisoners by the Mary will not it is
expected be landed before Tuesday. The
applications for assigned servants at the
office of the Principal Superintendent are
very numerous.
The Supreme Court, it is expected will
proceed to Launceston for trials about the
end of May.
We are happy to learn that the man Rayn-
er, whom we had been informed had died in
the hospital last week in consequence of
wounds inflicted by the blacks, is not only
not dead, but is likely to recover.
His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor,
accompanied by Capt. Montagu of the Cro-
codile visited the Upper Clyde on his re-
turn from his late tour to Hobart town, and
though his stay was short he had the plea-
sure of seeing most of the inhabitants of the
thriving and industrious district, and had
the satisfaction to hear divine service per-
formed at Bothwell by the Rev. Mr. Gar-
rett who preached a very eloquent discourse
to a numerous congregation.
We regret to learn, that Black Tom, the
native, who has for some time acted as a
guide to Mr. Robertson's party, has abscond-
ed from his companions and joined the in-
cursive tribes. Several of the out-stock huts
about Swan port and Prosser's plains have
been robbed, we fear, in consequence of
being led on by him. One man who was
pursued by them, saved himself by cross-
ing the river, and succeeded in shooting a
black in the very act of throwing his spear at
him.
A curious circumstance happened at Mr.
Blinkworth's, Jerusalem, the other day. A
native tiger, as it is called, boldly entered
his cottage, where his family was assembled,
and seized one of the little children by the
hair, but fortunately missed its bite. Mr.
Blinkworth who was confined to the house
with a lame hand, alertly seized the animal
by the tail and dashing it on the ground
speedily killed it.
We have to add another item to the cata-
logue of the deaths occasioned by drink. A
young creature, a female not more than 17
years, of age passenger by the Eliza, was
travelling in a cart over to Launceston to
the service to which she was assigned, when
she drank in a sort of frenzy a goblet of
rum, in consequence of which she was soon
after found suffocated, a lifeless corpse in
the cart.
Mr. Charles Seal who has just returned
from Swan River has kindly presented as
with some curious seeds from that neigh-
bourhood. They are about the size of a
large filbert, enclosed in a red pulp or apple,
having a strong unctious smell. The plant
on which they grow is said to resemble in
appearance the pine apple, and the seeds
are enclosed altogether in a very large seed
vessel, or bag, along with a kind of
marina or gum. Some of the new settlers
at Swan River had incautiously eaten of them
and were taken ill in consequence.
On Thursday, agreeably to the official
notification, The Venerable the Archdeacon
delivered his charge in St. David's Church to
the clergy of the island. The Rev. Dr.
Brown, of St. John's church, Launceston,
delivered the sermon, a most instructive and
appropriate discourse. The service being
over the several clergymen. namely, the
Rev. Mr. Bedford, the Rev. Mr. Garrard, of
Pittwater, the Rev. Mr. Robinson, of New
Norfolk, the Rev. Mr. Knopwood, of Cla-
rence plains, the Rev. Mr Norman, of Ho-
bart town, the Rev. P. Brown, of Laun-
ceston, the Rev. Mr. Davies, just arrived
per Wanstead, ranged themselves in front of
the Chancel.
The Archdeacon began by stating, that
he had purposely deferred the delivery of
his charge until this time, in order that he
might have an opportunity of oberving and
forming some judgment of the present state
of the church in the island. We were pleas-
ed to hear him state that he had found abun-
dant satisfaction in the degree of moral and
religious improvement which had of late
years been effected. There was evidently an
increased attendance on public worship in
all parts of the island where it was celebra-
ted, and the external observance of the ce-
rimonies of religion was not unaccompanied
it was to be hoped with genuine piety, and
domestic devotion was becoming very gene-
ral. Highly satisfactory however as these
symptoms of improvement were, the Arch-
deacon admonished the clergy not to encou-
rage any spirit of self commendation on ac-
count of the share they might have had in
promoting them a spirit which would be
improper, and inconsistent with that humi-
lity and devotion which should especially
characterise their calling, and distinguish
them as followers of our divine master. He
particularly enjoined them, being but the
feeble instruments, studiously to renounce
all claim to merit in themselves.
In the midst however of many gratifying
circumstances we are yet surrounded by
others of an adverse description. Many per-
sons, the Venerable Pastor observed, are in
a state of deplorable ignorance even of the
leading truths of our faith. Many are un-
happily distinguished by the practice of in-
temperance. Their spot is not the spot of
God's children—they are a perverse and a
crooked generation.—(If the Archdeacon,
from the short observation he can as yet
have had amongst us, of the enormous evil
of drunkenness, could speak in such strong
and awful terms of its victims, what must
be our sensations, and how closely must we
not join in his denouncement, who are brought
into daily and weekly contact with the rug-
ged and crooked points of the insensate race,
jutting as it were into our sides, and tearing
our internal peace to pieces !) We must be
compelled, continued he, to witness the bet-
ter part of this land subjected to the domi-
nion of sin and wickedness, unless we rise
with the exigencies of our situation. Those
who put their hands to the plough must
have their hearts also alive to the labour
they are engaged in.
He particularly recommended the clergy
to make frequent and regular circuits to the
remote parts of the island, where there nei-
ther is, nor for many years is likely to be a
clergyman stationed. If there were any
point in which he was more desirous than
another of leaving a persuasive influence be-
hind him, it was this,—that in all the la-
bours of the clergy they should lay the stress
of their motives as deduced immediately
from the Gospel—should set the Saviour
forth as the agent of salvation. For a Cler-
gyman to succeed he must enjoy a commu-
nity of feeling betwen himself and his hear-
ers. He especially enlarged on the duty of
family worship, as an integral part of reli-
gion, and he again insisted on the necessity
of visiting the remote parts of the interior,
that they might enjoin and instruct settlers
in a duty so essential to salvation. They
must see that every household is supplied
with the bible, prayer book, and a manual of
Christian duties. Settlers he was convinced
would hail their approach in making such
visits with a hearty welcome.
He expressed his satisfaction at the late
increase of members to the society for pro-
moting Christian knowledge. In no part of
the world so much as this, does there exist
such necessity for the exertions of this socie-
ty. To be successful, their labours must
commence with the young. Wherever a
church is founded, there should be also a
parochial school. The mechanical part
must of course be carried on by the respective
teachers of these schools, but the spirit must
be infused by the labours of the clergy—
religion and uprightness must be chiefly in
stilled by their endeavours. They must
strive to instil a bias to what is good and
amiable, so as to counteract the bad exam-
ple too frequently held forth in this country
by those to whom the children should natu-
rally look up for the best elements of in-
struction. The clergyman must see that
every child committed to his charge is train-
ed up with a reverence for religion and an
abhorrence of every thing vicious. He re-
commended the putting into the hands of
learners a clear and brief summary of the
most important truths of the gospel, accom-
panied with familiar explanations, and he en-
forced with much effect the necessity of re-
gular attendance at school before any essen-
tial benefit could be reasonably expected.
The whole charge was at once eloquent
familiar and of a strictly useful and practi-
cal nature. We regret extremely our utter
inability to do it justice, for we are sensi-
ble we could confer no greater benefit on
our reader at large, than by making them
familiar with every sentiment and expres-
sions as it fell from his lips that day. We
regret to learn, that he proposes to leave us
in the Crocodile on the 24th.
INTERIOR, April 12,1830.—As a pound-
keeper I wish to know how to proceed in
such a case as this, viz:— Certain cattle are
sent to pound, upon advertising which and
appointing the day of sale according to law,
no person either comes to redeem or pur-
chase them, so that the cattle are still left in
pound-pray what must I do with them?
Will the police magistrate, take them and
pay me the fees and keep, and you for ad-
vertising; for by the law a poundkeeper can
neither purchase directly nor indirectly. By
the pound laws poundkeepers are obliged to
insert in all advertisements of stock the
amount of fees and keep for each animal per
day, it would be of great service to the com-
munity were you to, add a column to each,
headed - Advertising each time £-, so
that every one having stock in pound by
looking into your paper could take a copy
of their whole charges and if they find the
animal not worth the expenses charged, with
other expenses that they of course must be
at in sending a man, or men and horses for
it, tlhen it will be left with the poundkeeper,
who perhaps cannot sell but must neverthe-
less pay for the advertising, &c. In your
Courier of the 10th inst. there is a paragraph
which says-" As for instance, the pound
age fees by the table on ten head of cattle
at 6d. amount to 5s i while upon 11 at 4d.
it is only 3s. Sd. ,If you will take the trou-
ble to look over the table again you will find
that if 20 head of cattle are sent to pound
the one half will be charged at 6d per head,
and the next ten at 4d. This I take to be
the line meaning of the table, as it says, for
the FIRST ten 6d. and for the NEXT TEN
4d. ; but perhaps you will take the trouble
to inquire into and give us the proper mean
ing of this table.
(The intention of the table of fees is no
doubt what our correspondent means, but
had the wording been perfectly intelligible
neither we nor many of our readers would
have misunderstood it. The fact as we take
it is, that lawyers being more used to the
inditing of prolix legal sections and pream-
ble, are a little out of their element in draw-
ing out an abridged table of fees. Many of
our readers' understood the established char
ges to be 6d each, if 10 were impounded 5s.
fourpence each if from 10 to 20, as. 6s. 8d.
for 20-and 3d. each from 20 to 30, or 7s.
Gd for 30 head. But the act means as our
coneapoivlent slates-tints, if 30 »«attie be
impounded the charge will be for ihe hist
len head Gd each, or 5s. ; the next ten at 4d.
each, 3s. 4d ; sjtid the next or third IO at 3d.
each, or 2s. Gd , that is in ali for the 30 bead
10s lOd. reckoning a separate rate of char-
ges for each successive ten»
The printing of tli3 price of impounding
advertisements at thevhead,of each, would
occasion more trouble and expense than our
correspondent is. aware of, and would be-
sides, in our case, be needless, as-a brief in-
spection of our rate pf charges almost inva-
riably inserted .at the bottom of the last
page will readily shew the amount of charge
ir j forevery advertisement in the paper.)
Though . the act enjoins the iuscrtion of
¡y j the amount' of damage claimed, we tio not
te j conceive that the legislature intended that
i- ¡ the fees and charges for footl and water
a being fixed rates should be inserted inadver
y tisemeuts, tncreby materiallyadding to their¡
n length, and consequently the expense. !
ï- To the,question which has been repeated
i- ly put to as, whether there be any charge
>s for damage.<loae hy cattle«grazing on uncu
kclosed pasture ground, (agreeably to a fal«
jgoveriiment outer, w hich, if wc iccollcct
f richi, fixed the tiespass at Is. per head for
cattle), we should answer no, foi mer ens*
horns and îcunlatibns of that nature being
K'ated land jf hot properly fended*
- 000
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM SWAN
RIVER.-" Cuvier in his theory of the earth
quotes New Holland as a recent formation,
and treats particularly of the sand with
which we are deluged. His account is per-
fectly correct; -Some good land is found on
the banks of rivers, deposits from them, but
in very small quantities. Behind this the
Darling range of hills shuts up the scene
within 7 miles of the river. The ground
notwithstanding its sandy nature, (which is
so loose as to run through our fingers in
taking up a handful) supports a luxuriant
vegetation, and magnificent and very useful
timber, about 7 miles from the sea.
Every attempt at making a garden has I
believe hitherto failed, but I am informed
that new land will not bear at the first at
kempt. Of course, the sensations that many
settlers experience, on their first arrival, are
of the most painful nature, and they uni-
formly speak of leaving for Van Diemen's
land. But there are many who have seen
New South Wales that encourage their stay
by an assurance that the land is no better in
many fruitful parts of that country. Upon
the whole the colony may be considered a
wonderful instance of the richness and pow-
er of the mother country. In six months
the population has risen to about 2000
souls! The property upon which land is
claimed, imported into the Colony, exceeds
£500,000, specie not included. The ope
rations of commerce are carried ou with
great spirit for cash, and I believe all the
vessels that have come here have made a
good sale. We have numerous large sales
by auction here, one this day of the cattle
and cargo of the Thames from Hobart Town.
Our merchants advance money to Govern-
ment when required. A bank is talked of,
-we have one newspaper, -a literary insti-
tution,-one tolerable hotel, and many grog
houses We have magistrates and consta-
bles, but no civil law until our charter comes
out. But we have a tolerably moral popu-
lation, and credit to a great talent is given
by the merchants, without fear of the neces-
sity of recovery in courts of law. Mutton
and beef are about Is. a lb., bie.nl 8n,
butter Is. Gd., salt beef and poik 1 od.,
cheese is. 2d , candle».2s, oil <Js 'st gallon,
clothes yery cheap, rum 7*., brandy 81.u
Geneva 7». a gallon, (no' duties aie, ((.vieil)
porter £8 a hhd. is. od.,aJ>otlle, wine,4-v.
a bottle, labourer's wages Gs. a, »lay, mecha-
nics ,9s. to 12s.
In this state of things the settler lives in
hopes and fears, doubts and perplexities,
but all confidence is placed in the newly
discovered lands, to which a force has been
sent with a commandant to the southward.
I have no doubt that an important colony ,
has been formed to strengthen the power of
our counriy and to the advantage of the world
at large from its peculiar situation, and that
it will graze cattle we have had excellent
proof, even in the summer season, so that
insures its continuance as a colony.
Rutland parish, Clyde district, April 11.
—A small body of natives passed yesterday
at the back of Brady's sugar-loaf, towards
Davies's bottoms. Three men followed
them as far as Michael Howe's marsh, where
their fires and some pieces of kangaroo were
found, but the blacks were gone and they
could not be tracked beyond that marsh.
York plains, April 13.—About 20 of the
Aborigines crossed Albany vale yesterday
forenoon, between St. Peter's pass and Oat-
lands. They came from the direction of
Michael Howe's marsh, and went towards
Gullivers lagoon. Their course being nearly
due east, I think they are gone to Little
Swan port.
They did not show themselves on the
open plain, but plunged into the scrub be-
tween Albany vale and Gullivers lagoon.
It is evident that the mob seen in Portland
parish, and traced to Michael Howe's marsh,
were the same natives that afterwards passed
through Albany vale.
It may not be known to many of our na-
tive youths, proverbially of tall and elegant
stature, that there is a celebrated, we mean
a notorious, club in Edinburgh, called the
' Six feet Club,' because no man is admitted
a member unless he be 6 feet high. Though
we do not at present know a single native of
this island of the age of 18 or 20 years that
would not be eligible to such a society, we
venture to occupy a few lines of our journal
to express our disgust at the principle on
which this association in modern Athens is
formed, and this we make bold to do, a
although the great Sir W Scott was chair-
man at the last anniversary dinner in Decem
ber. On that occasion, Professor Wilson,
the real Blackwood, could not be admitted
a member because he stands only 5 feet 11.
We regret that any literary or amiable man,
especially of such transcendent distinction
as Sir W, Scott should belong to such a
club. In proposing the health of Mr. J. G.
Lockhart, Professor Wilson exultingingly
asked where was the Scotchman who did
not feel proud of that gentlemen? For
ourselves, (as much of us that is to say as is
Scotch, belonging as we do alike to all the
3 kingdoms and every British colony, but
especially to the Austraiasiatic), we are
ashamed of Lockhart on account of thelarge
share he has had in the low ribaldry, and
ill-bred offensive stuff of Blackwood's Ma-
gazine, but more than all, for the part he
performed on the occasion of the death,

never tto be forgotten, of poor John Scott,
his once formidable rival.

The last number of the Edinburgh Re-
view is the first under the management of
its new editor Mr. Macvey Napier, who has
succeeded Mr Jeffrey, the latter having con-
ducted it until, now from the period of its
commencement, 27 years ago. Mr. Jef-
frey's other avocations had latterly led him
to neglect in some measure this great work,
and for some years it has been both dull
and heavy. The present number is however
more lively and varied, though still deficient
of the fire and genius that distinguished this
Review at its commencement. In reviewing
Mr. Auldjo's interesting narrative of his as-
cent to the summit of Mont Blanc, Mr.
Napier takes upon himself the task of chas-
tising such travellers as Mr. Auldjo, who
expose themselves and their guides to dan-
ger for the sake, as he says, "of vanity and
idle curiosity-wealthy and pampered Eng-
lishmen, who like the King of France and
his twenty thousand men went up the hill

and then went down again." But a little re
flection and more chastened experience will,
I trust, teach Mr. Napier not too rashly to
hazard such self-sufficient, erroneons re-
marks characteristic of Blackwood and the

Edinburgh dilletanti school. According
to the dogma of the Edinburgh, the young
gentlemen of Hobart town,, who are so in-
clined, are not to ascend Mount Wellington
and feast on the magnificent, the sublime as
pect which Nature in her most delightful
garb there presents, because a new fledged edi

tor like Mr. Macvevy Napier chooses to say it
is not undertaken for the sake of science.
But I affirm that the heart of that man must
be made of stone that can ascend Mount

Wellington in Van Diemen's land, Mont
Blanc in Switzerland, or even any mount
without improvement both moral and intel-
lectual. Had Jefffrey, Napier, and the whole
tribe of Scotch reviewers,- bare-footed and
breechless as they were, more, frequently
clambered to the top of Arthurs seat than
they have, or plumped into the loch of Dud
dingstone, they would have learned more
becoming humility and have taught more
good sense. As for myself, I feel assured
that the happv uuderstandmg and the fa
vourable footing I enjoy with mv readers
are in a great measure due to the salutary
effects of my periodical visits to Knock
lofty


Ignorance lies like a plummet on the de

butant in French eating ; and every fresh
step is, to the uninitiated, a new difficulty.
Every thing eatable in France, is a perfect
mystification, alike to the intellect and the
palate ; and is involved in a double disguise
of language and of external appearance.
The great object of culinary science is
amalgamation : and the simple elements of
nourishment are so sophisticated aud trans

mogrified in stewpans and digester, that
their nature and origin are as diíficult to de-
termine, as those of a bottle of London
Champagne. Fish, flesh, fowl, and vegeta
bles, all appear at table, in a carnival cos
tume, like a reasonable idea in the phraseo
logy of the Morning Journal, or an abstact
truth in one of Southey's long-winded argu
ments. Now an Englishman has usually
heard so much of eating cats in France, un-
der the disguise of rabbits, and has his ima-
gination so filled with snails and frogs, that
he would prefer (even though he were stark
staring mad with no-popery) swallowing all

the articles of the Gallican church at a

mouthful, to eating one French dish upon
trust, and leaving the conscience of his
stomach in the keeping of a cordon bleu.
NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, DEC.

Extract ot a Letter fiom Sydney.-" You
will be shocked at the idea which I am

going to mention to you, which is that of
Government making it legal for captains of
ships and others to purchase the labour of
such men and women in England as might
volunteer themselves for a certain number of
years, sav seven and take them abroad to
any British colony to be previously agreed
on by Ihe purchaser and seller, and there
dispose of the term yet to run of their lease.
I acknowledge, this seems a very harsh
mode of supplying us with labourers; but
as a general principle, I believe you will a
gree with me that the service to both coun-
tries will be performed much more effectu-
ally when it is made the interest of indivi-
duals to do it, than when it is done by Go-
vernment. A single act of Parliament, com-
posing all the necessary details, would set
the whole of this matter to rights, and effect
an inconceivably great service to this coun
try, and, I should think, also to England."

Though we go io Richmond by water
twice eveiy year, mv wife has never yet been
broken of the habit of holding fast by the
edge of the boat. "Put in your hands
ma'am, if you please," said the boatman ;
and so she did, but not before the collision

of another boat had very nearly deprived the
said hands of two nails, much contused, and
a reasonable superficies of skin. I hear her
shriek at this moment. Unfortunately we
all responded somewhat too quickly : away
went the wherry from under our feet, and
but that there was no room to fall into the
water, we should infallibly have been drown-
ed. The vagabonds set up a horse-laugh
instead of coming to our assistance ; and it

was not till after a general tumble, half a
dozen contusions, and for my own share a
good draught of bilge water from the bottom
of the wherry, that we contrived to reach the
ship-NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

The attention of a large proportion of the

merchants and others interested in com-
merce, has been more than ever drawn to the

subject of the East India monopoly. Among
the reasons shown for refusing tliem a renew
al of the charter, is the fall of British exports

by the hands of the Company, and its in
crease under individual management. From


1791 to 1814, under the monopoly system of
the Company, the exports fell from 2.924,
829l. to 1,699,125l. From 1814 to 1828,
the exports of Great Britain to India have
risen to 5,212,353l.

The Bishop of Ferns has been completely
discomfited by a triumphant rejoinder from
Lord Mountcashel, relativp to Chuich abu-
ses. The divine stands no chance with the

layman, even at the schoolman's weapons.
The lament of both controversialists, at the
success of Catholic Emancipation, seems
the only point of agreement between them ;
the fact is, that neither bishops nor sophists
can put down sound sense, and Lord Mount-
cashel has all the latter on his side.

Mr. O'Connell has been rallying round
him his anti-union friends in Dublin, prepa-
ratory, we conclude, to his bringing the ques-
tion befoic the House of Commons, where
it will be most probably finally set at rest.

CRIMINAL COURT.

SATURDAY APRIL 3.

Charles Brady, a private in the 63rd regt,
was convicted of killing a cow the property
of Hugh McGuineis, with intent to steal part
of the carcass, in February last.

MONDAY 5th.

Wm. Anderson was convicted of shooting
at Michael Clancy, with intent to commit
murder, ou the 5th of March.

TUESDAY 6th.

Michael Wade, a notorious character, was
convicted of feloniously receiving a gold
watch, chain, seal and key, of the value of

10l. the property of Mt. Thomas Hooper,
in August last, well knowing it to have been
feloniously stolen.

THURSDAY 8.

John M'Kenna was convicted of shooting
at and killing a sow pig, the property, of
Hugh G0rdon, in March last. Sentence, to
be imprisoned for a fortnight.

Jeremiah Crawley was acquitted of steal-
ing a hat, value 20s. the property of Patrick
Murphy, at the wake of Judy Fenton in Ja
nuary last.

MONDAY 12.

Charles Routley was brought up lo be
tried for the murder of a man named Buck

ley, but the trial was postponed until the
next Session at the request of the prisoner,
and by consent of the Attorney General.

Wednesday 14

Elizabeth Peart was charged with the wil-
ful murder of John Pilkington, in December
last, by stabbing him with a knife, and Geo.
Peart, her husband, was charged with aid
ing and assisting the said Elizabeth his wife.
The trial lasted ten hours, and a verdict re
turned of Not Guilty.

THURSDAY 15.

Mary M'Lauchland was arraigned for the
wilful murder of a male bastard child.

She was found guilty and sentence to be
executed this morning.

On the 1st of March last, 4 convicts effected their

escape from Macquarie harbour, and after experienc-
in extraordinary hardships, succeeded in reaching
the establishment of the Van Diemen's Land company
at Circular Head, where they surrendered to Mr.
Carr, ihe company's agent.

These men were led by a hardy and intrepid sea-
man named Robert Hansler, a convict who had for-
merly volunteered, in a whale boat, to explore the
coasts of the colony under Mr. Hobbs, and had often
er than once gone round the island with that gentle
man- for his services n those occasions he obtained
a ricket of leave, but unfortunately for him, a con

nexion with an abandoned woman led him to the
commission of offences which ultimately deprived
him of his indulgence, and caused his transportation
to Macquarie harbour, his removal was by the sen
tence of 2 magistrates, and this paces him in a very
different situation to that which his fellow runaways

are unfortunately circumstanced, the other 3 being
transported by sentence of the Supreme court, are
subject to the awful penalty imposed by the Colonial

act of council.

The circumstances connected with the escape of
these wretched creatures are in themselves so remark
able that we deem It right to publish them as a warn-
ing to those yet remaining at that settlement.

Three of the prisoners stripped themselves on the
island at Macquarie harbour, left their clothes on the
beach, and succeeded by swimming in reaching the
opposite shore in a state of complete nudity, where
they found the fourth on the main land, who on agree
ing to join them in their flight, parted his garments
among them. These with an old axe, and a fire stick
completed their wretched equipment, and without a
morsel of food, they set out in quest of the inhabited
districts. After 22 days painful suffering, they de-
scried Mr. Curr riding on the confines of the estab
lishment. So exhausted were they, that though for the
latter days of their journey, they had been able to
iravel only at the rate of 2 miles a day, they could
scarcely shout loud enough to attract his attention.
They were then forwarded in custody to Geoge

town, and await iheir trial at the next session at

Launceston.

The following explanation of section 15,
of the Impounding Act, will be acceptable to our

readers.-

By the law in England, if a defendant in re
plevin (the dtstrainor of cattle) succeeds, he gets
judgment to get the cattle back again.. A tedious
process then ensues to get them. If they are not
forthcoming, the defendant (the said distrainor)
sues the owner and his sureties, on the replevin
bond -Observe, that replevin is merely to try the
right of distraining and impounding. The ques-
tion of 'what damage has been done,' -(or where
the distraining was for rent) 'what rent was due,'
-never could be agitated). If the distraining was
lawful, there was an end of tlie owner's case, and
the distrainor got the said judgment to have again
the cattle, to be again impounded. This state of
things the Legislature remedied, in cases of dis
training for rent, by permitting the jury to assess
the amount of rent due,-(in case the distrainor,
i e. the landlord, the defendant-proceedcd in the
action of replevin,) and then the defendant
(the said distrainor, alias landlord,) got judgment
for such amount of rent and proceeded accordingly.
-But, the Legislature felt the case of distraining
for trespass, untouched in the English Law
supplies this omission in the English law, and per
mits the same course to be taken in a replevin
where the distraining was for trespass, as can be
taken in a replevin where the distraining was for
rent.-1st. Replevying, is bv the owner of cattle
or goods taken or distrained, and is the act of get-

ting possession of the cattle or goods so seized
or distrained, -in order to enable him afterwards
to try for right (or lawfulness) of such *se¡zure or
distress. It is from the word replegiare, to de
liver upon securitv, which security the owner gives
before he gets his cattle.-2nd. Replevin is the

action brought accordingly, by »such owner, against
the partv so seizing or distraining to try the law
fulness of such seizure or distress. The owner is
of course plaintiff; the distrainor is defendant,-

3d. The defendant is then compelled to show dis

tmctlv and fully why he took the cattle. If he
took them in his own right, the language of his

plea is that he 'avows' the seizure. If he took
them on behalf of another person, the language
used is, that he 'acknowledges' the seizure. So
that, the defendant, after pleading, is either called
an 'avowant,' or a person 'making cognisance.'
And here the mystery ends,-and either Tomlyn's
or Jacob's law dictionary or Blackstone's commen
taries, (which most gentlemen have, and almost all
have read, at least the latter, the commentaríes)
explains the same in a moment. Until an avowry
or a cognizance is filed, the court cannot tell the
causes of grounds of the seizure. The action then
goes on to trial.

How far a man clothes are or are not a part of
himself, is more than I would take upon myself to de-
cide, without farther inquiry , though I lean altoge-
ther to the affirmative. the inhabitants of Ihe South
sea islands were astonished and alarmed when they
first saw ihe Europeans strip. Yet tliey would have
been much more so, could they have entered into the
notions prevalent in the civilized world on the sub-
ject of a wardrobe ; could they have understood how
much virtue lies inherent m superfine broad cloth,
how much respectability in a gilt button, how much
sense in the tie of a cravat, how much amiability in
the cut of a sleeve, how much merit of every sort in
a Stultz and a Hoby. There are who pretend and
that with some plausibility, that these things are but
typical, that taste in dreams are but the outward and vi
sible sign of the frequentation of good company; NS
that propriety of exterior is but evidence af a general

sense of the fitness of this. Yet if this were really
the case, if there was nothing intrinsic in the rel ation
of the clothes to the wearer, how could a good coat at
once, render a pickpocket respectable, or a clean
shirt pass current, as it does, with police magistrates
for a clean concience. In England a handsome
toggery is better defensive armour than a 'helm and
hallberk's twisted mail.' While the seams are perfect
and the elbows do not appear through the cloth, the
law cannot penetrate it. A gentleman, (that is to any
a man who can pay his tailor's bill,) is above suspi
cion , and benefit of clergy is nothing to the privilege
and virtue of a handsome exterior. That the skin is
mater than the shirt is a most false and mistaken
idea. The smoothest skin in Christenedom would
weigh with the jury like a cambric ruffle; and more-
over, there is not a poor devil in town striving to
keep up appearances in spite of fortune, who would
not far rather tear his flesh than his unmentionables ;
which can only arise from their being so much more
important a part of himself. But if a man's clothes
enter into his personality, with the women they are
all in all. In mere point of mensuration, a woman's
head bears no notable proportion to her hat ; the arms
are nothing to her sleeves, her body to her furbe
lows, or her natural contour to the more exuberant

outline of her multifarious padding. What, in one
word, is the most gigantic woman to the boundless
pretensions of her completed attire? Two grains
of wheat in a bushel of chaff, a needle, in a pottle of
hay, or one honest man in a corporation or a joint-
stock company.—Ibid.

THE FUNDS. (City 26th Dec.). It is not ex-
traordinary that the high value given for the Pub-
lic Securities should be maintained, when not only
Ministers and the Directors of the Bank of Eng
land, but the leader of the Jewish Interest, are all
united to carry into effect the project for reducing
the interest on one or more of those Stocks which
bear the highest rate of interest.

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