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PEACE to his shade, who sunk to sleep
Where Earth a sepulchre denied ;
Entomb'd beneath the stormy deep,

And coffin'd in the restless tide,
Without one kindred bosom near,

Thy breaking heart's last griefs to tellWithout one weeping friend to hear

The last,-last tones of Life's farewell, Oh! I had thought in future days,

Our youth's fond friendships to renew ; Had hoped, again with thee to gaze

On scenes, where Time too swiftly flew:But now!- the foaming billows' surge

Hides thee from all who loved thee here; And my last greeting,-is the Dirge

Thus wafted o'er thy watery bier. Yet mouldering in thine ocean grave, Though the broad sea rolls o'er thee ever;Though bursting thunders shake the wave, And limb from limb thy relics sever;Still, still on earth thou hast a shrine, Where no rude storms can break thy rest; The tomb for such an heart as thine,

Is,-deep in each survivor's breast! Tuesday, September 2, 1817.

THE TEAR.

N Laura's bosom blush'd a rose,

morn;

Its tints might rival even those

Which youthful beauty's cheek adorn. But, oh! its fragrance all had flown,

And Laura's lip confess'd the theft; Its leaves in silence sigh'd alone,

That not one balmy sweet was left. Woe told its tale, and in her eye Shone melting Pity's trembling tear; The radiant gem of sympathy,

So wildly bright,-so purely clear. It paused, then softly traced its way Until it found a home of rest; And glittering on the flower it lay, Whose pillow was fair Laura's breast, An angel caught the tear, and then,

With golden pinion soar'd on high, Where loved of angels, blest of men, It shines a star in Evening's sky. MATILDA.

T.

REEDOM! Freedom! happy sound,
Magic land this British ground;

Touch it slave, and slave be free,
'Tis the land of Liberty.

Indian Obee's wicked art
Sicken slow poor Negro's heart;
English Obee makes the slave

Twice be young and twice be brave.

See man changing in an hour!
For the day that makes him free,
Double worth that man shall be.
Massa! grateful Quaco do
Twice the work of slave for you ;
Fight for Massa twice as long;
Love for Massa twice as strong.

THE HERO'S ORPHAN GIRL. A BALLAD

H

BY MR. C. F. WEBB.

O lady, buy these budding flowers,

For I am cold, and wet. and weary ; I gathered them ere break of day,

When all was lonely, still and dreary; And long have sought to sell them here, To purchase clothes, and food, and dwelling,

For Valour's wretched orphan girls

Poor me, and my young sister Ellen. Ah, those who tread life's thornless way,

In Fortune's golden sunshine basking, May deem that Misery wants not aid,

Because her lips are mute—unasking ; They pass along-and if they gaze,

'Tis with an eye all hope repellingYet once a crowd of flatterers fawned, And Fortune smiled, on me and Ellen. Oh buy my flowers! they're fair, and fresh As mine and Morning's tears could keep them

To-morrow's sun will view them dead,

And I shall scarcely live to weep them ; Yet this sweet bud, if nursed with care,

Soon into fulness would be swelling—* And nurtured by some generous hand,

So might my little sister Ellen. She sleeps within a hollow tree,

Her only home-its leaves her bedding; And I've no food to carry there,

To soothe the tears she will be shedding! Oh that those mourners' gushing griefsThe pastor's prayer-and bell's sad knelling

And that deep grave, were meant for me And my poor little sister Ellen ! When we in silence are laid down,

In life's last fearless, blessed sleeping, No tears will dew our humble grave, Save those of pitying heaven's own weep

ing:

Unknown we live-unknown must die-
No tongue the mournful tale be telling
Of two young, broken-hearted girls-
Poor Mary and her sister Ellen!
No one has bought of me to day,

And night-winds now are sadly sighing;
And I, like these poor drooping flowers,
Unnoticed and unwept am dying ;—
My soul is struggling to be free-

It loathes its wretched, earthly dwelling i My limbs refuse to bear their loadOh God, protect lone, orphan Ellen!

The total quantity of foreign linen yarn imported into Great Britain, in the year ending the 5th of January, 1815, was cwt. 45.926 2 17; in the year ending the 5th of January, 1816, cwt. 41,106 0 11; in the year ending the 5th of January, 1817, cwt. 9,691 S 7.

A return from the Custom House of the Port of Liverpool, dated 24th June, 1817, states that the Collector and Comptroller have not any personal knowledge of the seizure or refusal to admit to entry any Woollen or Bay Yarn from Ireland at that Port, and that after the strictest inquiry of the several Officers in that Department, they do not find that any occurrence of that nature had taken place.

The quantity of raw silk imported into Great Britain for the year ending the 5th of January, 1817, was—of Bengal, 764,663lb.; Official value, 280,3761. 8s. 8d.—of China, 88,987 b.; official value, 32,6281, 11s. 4d. --of all other sorts. 92,1421b. ; official value, 52.2131. 168,-of thrown silk, 192,130lb.; official value, 230,5891, 123.

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The quantity of raw silk exported from Great Britain for the year ending the 5th of January, 1817, was of Bengal, 268,8971b.; official value, 174,783, 1s. of China, 13,4551b.; official value, 8.7451. 15s. — of all other sorts, 17,9021b.; oficial value, 14.3217. 12s. of thrown silk, 51,567lb.; official value, 77,359, 10s.

The gross amount, of duties on silk imported in the year ending the 5th of Janu ary, 1817, was-on raw silk, 198.587/ 14s. 4d.-on thrown silk, 141,9987, 6s. Id.

1816

1817

.85.311,706 16 11

73,022,676 16 111

In the first of these years, the difference between the net sum paid into the Treasury and the gross produce of the Revenue was 5,023,146.; in the year ending January 5, 1817, the difference amounted to 9.361,785.; of which 8,797,4637, is accounted for by payments out of the gross produce, and the remainder by payments out of the net produce" applicable to national objects.”

In a List of Pensions upon the Irish Estab lishment, we find "Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, 78177. 17s. 4d, granted Sept. 4, 1792."

NEW SILVER COINAGE.

It appears from an official account, that the total amount of new coin, consigned to various parts of the kingdom, including Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man, was 2,902,830!. 2s., for which share there had been received 2,5881, 6s. in old coin; and 195,005l. 13s. 8d. in new coin returned. The balance is completed by a sum received in notes and by 20,5671. 2s. 11d, retained for expenses. The issue to the London stations amounted to 160,000.; that to Londos Bankers to 72,000l.

The following is the substance of the diacesau returns for the year 1815, which have been just printed :—

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RESIDENT INCUMBENTS.

.....

In the Parsonage-house...
In or close to the parish..........
Alternately on one or other of
bis preferments........

3,267

2,561

19

5,847

Total number of BENEFICES 10,501

The Second Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the duties, salaries, and emoluments of the several Officers and Ministers of Justice, in all Temporal and Ecclesiastical Courts in Ireland, commences with the Office of Clerk of the Pleas in the Court of Exchequer, recently become vacant by the death of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. This office, in the possession of Lord Clonmel, to whom it was granted in 1783, is stated to have produced between

and 7,000l. a year. but shortly after the appointment of Lord Buckinghamshire, in 1798, it experienced an increase, and averaged, in 1803, 11,0941. 19s. 11 d. a year. The net receipts of the several Deputies and Clerks are, Mr. PolJock, first Deputy, 5,270, a year; Mr. Farren, second Deputy, 3,0474, ditto. These and thirteen Clerks have all been continued in their situations by Mr. O'Grady, who has been sworn in and appointed by the present Chief Baron. From the produce of the office, amounting to 11,0947, 19s. 114d. is to be deducted fees to Clerks and other expenses, which left a net income to Lord Buckinghamshire of 8,2491.; but there are ather fees not included in the above sum of 11,094. 19s. 11d. properly belonging to the principal, and by him relinquished to his Deputies and Clerks. These fees have never been brought into account, but are presumed to amount to 4000l. a year, and form part of the legal profits of the Depu ties and Clerks, “as distinguished from their illegal charges," of which latter, says the Report, "it appears by the acknowledgment of the first Deputy, who is the taking officer, that several have been very recently introdaced, and that upon several different heads of service the charges of the Clerks alone Lave experienced an increase of from twenty to fifty per cent, since his appointment in 1798. Such has been the progressive increase both of the rate and number of the fees allotted to the Clerks, that their emoluments constitute a third of the gross receipts of this office, the total of which is estimated at 28,000, a year, yielding to the principal, 8,2491, 10s. 71⁄2d, a year; to the first De

Extract from the second Report of the Com mittee of the House of Commons on the Police of the Metropolis, relating to the Public Charities for the Reformation of Criminal and destitute Poor,

Your Committee have examined much evidence as to the general management of the various penitentiary establishinents supported by private benevolence which exist in the metropolis. They refer generally to the testimony of those best qualified to give the most correct information as to these places; and the concurrent opinion of all is favourable to measures such as they think it their duty to recominend. THE REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE, and the PHILAN. THROPIC, have fully answered the views of their charitable founders and benefactors. They have redeemed hundreds from the ruin and misery into which they were plunged; and it is with peculiar satisfaction your Committee have learnt, that the only check to the further progress of this great work is to be found in the deficiency of the funds at present appropriated for that purpose. That deficiency it is the object of your Committee to supply; and they feel convinced that the Government cannot more economically employ the funds of the public, than in the construction of places of penitentiary confinement.

Your Committee have inquired into the expenses of the maintenance of persons in the different penitentiary establishments, as well as the number of individuals they are calculated to hold: with the exception of that at Milbank, they are all supported by voluntary contributions.

The Refuge for the Destitute, on the 14th of May last, contained 40 males and 60 females. The former cost annually for food and clothing 23/. 17s, and the latter about 28. 11s. the difference arises from a greater allowance of food being given to the females, who work extra hours. The success of this society has been considerable; and it has been found that about two thirds of the per-ons confined and ́employed there have been reformed, and returned to habits of industry.

Your Committee have also learnt that the applications from persons of both sexes to enter into this establishment are most numerous, both from the criminal as well as the destitute poor; and that if the funds of the institution were greater, a much larger proportion of those persons would be received.

The Philanthropic Society contains at present 41 girls and 160 boys, the children of convicts, and those who are convicts themselves: the expense per head, dividing the cost of the whole establishment by the number of persons, is about 35l, per annum. But your Committee observe, that the apprentices to the number of 60 maintain themselves, having earned near 2,000/. last year, the principal expense being incurred for the younger part of the community. This institution has fully answered the views of its benevolent founders. By much the greater proportion of those who have been brought up turn out well, and fully warrant the remark of one of those who had deviated a little from the rules of discretion and good conduct, that within its walls the society taught them habits which they could not get rid of if they would."

Your Committee wish to direct the attention of the public to this excellent institution, which is well deserving a more extended patronage, not only for the end which the establishment has in view, but also for the success which has attended its labours, arising from the excellence of its regulations, and the frugal manner in which ils funds are administered.

The Magdalen Hospital contains 80 females: it has been established from the year 1758, and has from that period to the present day admitted about 4,594 persons, of whom 3,012 have been restored to their friends or placed in reputable service; 912 have been discharged at their own request, 556 for improper behaviour; and 85 have died while in the hospital. Of 246 women who were discharged in the last four years, of every description, 157 are reformed; 74 have relapsed; 4 are insane; 1 is dead, and of 10 the situation is not known; so that it may be estimated that two-thirds of the women who enter into this society are permanently reclaimed: the average age of those unfortunate females is from 17 to 18. They apply very young, some few at even 13 or 14, but generally from 15 to 25; some have been admitted there at 12 years of age.

The London female Penitentiary contains 100 persons, at an average expense per head of 231. This institution has been established about 10 years; in that time 2,000 persons have pectioned to be admitted, and 565 alone have been received, of whom 265 have been reconciled to their friends and placed out to service; 18 have married; 17 have been discharged from various causes; 17 have cloped; 66 left the house

at their own request, and 14 havë died. Your Committee observe that the labour of the women of this latter institution produced 665, while that of the Magdalen was only 167., during last year.

The General Penitentiary, Millbank, contained 52 males and 76 females, total 128, on the 22d May last. The cost of each prisoner as to food is sixpence to sevenpence a day, or about 91. 2s. 6d. per annum. Your Committee were informed that the clothing and maintenance of each prisoner would not exceed 20. per annum. This establishment is of so recent a date, as not yet to furnish much evidence of the beneficial result of its regulations. But your Committee cannot refrain from inserting the following extract from the journal of the chaplain, who states, that during the ten or twelve months that the prisoners have been under his direction, he has observed a great alteration in their manner, appearance, and character, and that the practical advantages of the system are far beyond his expecta tion. "The chaplain feels much pleasure in closing his journal at the expiration of the year, with stating that the general conduct of the prisoners during their confinement in the penitentiary has been most satisfactory. The repentance and amendment of many of them is vi-ible; and there is every reason to presume, that on their leaving the prison they will become honest and industrious members of society."

Your Committee are fully aware of the expense which the plan of building a new prison will enail on the finances of the country; but they cannot consider the cost entirely additional, or one of which, if the object to be attained is brought into account, the public can have any right to complain. At present the children committed to the different prisons are maintained at the county or city charges. And your committee do not propose to shift that cost on the public treasury; they have been informed by persons who have taken pains to obtain a correct estimate as to the expense of the maintenance of prisoners, that ou an average, the cost at the Philanthropic, the Refuge for the Destitute, and the common prisons, may be taken at 12. per annum; and that part of that expense may be defrayed by the labours of the prison

ers.

Upon the important question of employing convicts in the different prisons, as well as on board the hulks, both as to the moral no less than the economical consequences, your Committee at present wish to give no decisive opinion. They, however, entertain little doubt that the whole system of maintaining the convicts of the country is susceptible of great improvement, and they trust they shall be enabled to enter more fully into that subject early in the ensuing session.

The objects of the second report of the