Company; these could be sent from New Zealand on freight to the Company's agents, in those parts, while the other articles suited for the European market, could be freighted to London, on very cheap terms, by the empty return convict ships from New South Wales; in fact the coasts of Chili, Peru, and all the western shore of America, as well as the India market could be supplied with rope, manufactured at New Zealand. "It is necessary to add that the persons now settled at New Zealand have already purchased large tracts of land, and reside on their estates in the greatest harmony with the natives. Many of the Europeans on the island have married into the most respectable native families, and live in the greatest comfort among the Islanders. In fine, from my long experience of 20 years in that part of the world, I can safely say, that from the character of the people, the fertility of the soil, and the very favourable position and general capabilities of these islands, which require nothing but European skill, capital, and civilization, to render them nearly the most flourishing in the world; no Company at the present day (the East India Company excepted,) present so sure a prospect to the capitalist. "In the event of a war with the great powers in the North of Europe, from whence we now obtain our supplies of hemp, spars, and tallow; the New Zealand Company's landed property, would become nearly as valuable as estates in the mother country. From thence we would be obliged to obtain a part of our supply of spars and hemp; and as a substitute for tallow the Company's cocoa-nut oil would rise in price at least 50 per cent. "Having thus far shown the advantages to the Shareholders, in the Company which I propose, and how they are to be reimbursed not only their capital, but to receive a very high rate of interest, I will now offer a few observations in vindication of the New Zealander's character. "It is admitted by many competent judges, that, I have a better knowledge of the character of the New Zealanders, and am more competent to treat with these and other inhabitants of the Pacific, than any other man in Europe. In confirmation, I beg leave to refer you to my voyage in search of La Perouse, published in London, in December, 1829, to the Literary Gazette, the Bengal Government Gazette, and the New South Wales Newspapers, with the works of the Society for the distribution of Useful Knowledge, &c. 66 Owing to my experience and the influence which I have obtained at New Zealand, I was chosen as far back as the year 1814, by the Venerable and Reverend Samuel Marsden, the senior chaplain at New South Wales, who is the agent to the English Church Missionary Society, as a fit person to proceed in charge of an expedition to New Zealand, on account of the above Society. The object of this expedition was to establish Missionaries there, and to bring about a peace between the New Zealanders and our country men, after the latter had in the most cruel manner murdered Tipahee, the most powerful chief on the island, with several of his subjects. This enterprise I undertook at a time when hostility raged between our countrymen and a part of the New Zealanders, on account of the capture of the Boyd. Happy am I to state that I succeeded in concluding a treaty of peace, which has not since been broken, and secured a friendly reception for the Missionaries, who have resided there in peace and harmony with my native friends, from that period to the present date. "The first time that the great chief Shongey, set foot on board of a ship was on this voyage. He accompanied me with his son and four other chiefs from their native land to New South Wales, on which occasion I formed an alliance with his family. He was subsequently introduced at the British court, and continued one of my most sincere friends up to the day of his death, in 1828. I have also formed a friendly alliance with the principal chief in the neighbourhood of the river Thames, I had him and some of his principal people travelling with me for five years, in various parts of South America, the islands in the Pacific, the East Indies, Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales, and Europe. I saved their lives several times, when their enemies demanded them to be delivered up to their vengeance; an account of which can be found by referring to my late voyage in search of La Perouse. crew. "As such qualifications are of the utmost importance in conducting any enterprise in the Pacific, I here beg leave to observe, that in 1827, I was chosen by the British Government in India, in preference to many other able naval officers, who had been long in its service, as the one best qualified to command an expedition to the South Seas, in search of the Count De La Perouse and his In this undertaking I completely succeeded, and received the highest testimony of the Asiatic Society of Bengal; the thanks of my own Government, and also that of the French Government and Nation, with an annuity for life, and the order of knighthood. "I may also be permitted to add, that in January, 1830, the late French Government, had so strong an impression of the value of New Zealand, as a place of trade and colonial settlements, that they were willing to advance a million of francs, (£40,000,) in the experiment, and on this occasion they conferred upon me the commission of French consul, for the islands in the South seas, which I ultimately resigned. "As much obloquy has been thrown on the New Zealanders, on the subject of cannibalism, and some may be deterred thereby from having anything to do with them, I beg to observe, that this vice of savage nations is by no means peculiar to them; the same reproach rests on the Caribs, on the natives of the interior of the Brazils, and the Battas of Sumatra, &c. But this much must be said in favor of the New Zealanders, that they never torture their victims, like the American Indians, nor do they practise cannibalism, except when it is required by their religion and laws; which command them to devour their enemies whom they have slain in battle. It is, therefore, more a religious rite, to which superstition compels them to submit, than any natural propensity to cruelty. And if we consider the female sacrifices in India, so lately abolished, and the sanguinary rites of the Druids in our country in former times, we will rather be inclined to look with pity on the ignorance of the New Zealanders, who are so many ages behind us in civilization, than to regard them as naturally more inhuman than other tribes of men. "This is confirmed by the fact that the Missionaries and others have lived in security among them for a series of years; that in cases where Europeans have suffered by their violence, it has been roused by injuries such as would have called down punishment on the offenders, in any country however civilized; and among these simple barbarians provoked that "wild kind of justice," as it has been termed, revenge. "But, when an opportunity shall be presented of having their minds enlightened, and their manners softened by an intercourse with a civilized people, there is no reason why New Zealand should not improve as this country has done, which was itself in a similar state in the time of the Romans. "In point of fact, already any person may live with perfect safety in New Zealand, so long as he acts properly. There are at the present time employed in commerce, and settled in New Zealand, about 500 British subjects, some of whom have resided there for 18 years, and have never been molested in either their person or property, but, on the contrary, are treated with the greatest kindness by the natives." SONG. Dance, dance, thou ripply stream, Bright-but how rapid! Roll, roll, thou dark cold flood, Curling and vapid. Breathe, breathe, thou summer gale, Sweet-but soon over; Fly, Arab of the sky, Like bliss, fleet swallow, fly, Come, come, autumnal tint, Let the song of the wintry bird " STANZAS FOR MUSIC. Who shall shield thee, little one, When thy day of joy is done, Then when pleasure's radiant sun Who shall shield thee, little one?-- Childhood's sorrows soon are fled, Flowers to scatter, balm to shed, But when manhood with its fears Oh! the griefs of after years, Who their end can know? Then, when sorrow hath begun Joy to snatch away, Who shall shield thee, little one? God will be thy stay! A CHAPTER ON CHEATING. *K.* Come, and I'll example you with Thievery."-TIMON OF ATHENS. It was wisely said by Dr. Johnson, or some other of the worthies of his time who were in the habit of saying wise things, that in the distribution of every income, a considerable sum ought to be put down to the head of "Improvidence!" Now that it has become so much the custom to spare the penmanship of accounts, public and private, by publishing printed cellar-books, washing books, house-books, farm-books, registers of travelling expenses, &c., &c., we wonder it should never have occurred to the compilers to insert, after the articles of butcher, baker, butterman, or posthorses, a definite item of expense, under the head of " Cheating." No man can fairly record the cost of a journey without this. No man can truly appreciate the outlay of a household without express reference to it. He may calculate the amount of his rent and taxes, house-keeping, amusements, benevolence; but unless he be prepared to cut short the humbug of appearances, by allotting so much per cent. of his fortune to the article of "Cheating," he may as well leave his computations uncomputed. His account book will be a blind guide! We are defrauded in our very cradles. Our mothers cheat us of the aliment created for our service, and turn us over to the care of the hirelings. We are cheated by a ginger-bread alphabet into acquiring the elements of learning- -we are cheated into going to school by the promise of finding it pleasanter than home. There, too, begin the first inroads upon our property! The specious account which accompanies our mismatched wardrobe at the holidays, condemns us to pay for physic we never swallowed, and birch we never underwent. On leaving school for College, custom obliges us to demonstrate our "esteem" for the reverend pedagogue we despise, by the gift of a portrait for which we never sat, and the gift of five guineas which we can hardly stand. At the University, matters are ten times worse. We are cheated by the gyp who wears out our linen, and the tutor who wears out our patience; by the learned professor whose perorations appear so long one minute, and who takes up so short the next-by the horse-dealer, of whom we hire our horses, and the dog-stealer, of whom we purchase the dogs of other people! From Oxford, perhaps, we enter the army; on the threshhold of which we are compelled to pay an extortion of many hundreds in addition to the lawful sum fixed by a Government tariff'; or if launched, en pequin, upon the town, we throw away twice as large a sum as entrance-money to Graham's, or some similar haunt. A Bond-street Tavern cheats us of ten guineas a month, on pretext of the damage regularly sustained by the chandelier, after our third bottle of champagne; we are cheated by the master, by the waiters, by the champagne itself!-Tattersall's next, where our friends, on the strength of the weakness of our judgment, do us without compunction; and the Acre (the acre which contains so many perches, or rods for a fool's back) completes the ungrateful injury. And oh! Miss Clarinda, of the Olympic Theatre-Miss Clarinda, oh!-in what terms to describe those terms of yours which perfect the sum total of the dandy's destruction! Every fool, however, does not find his Clarinda! Some content themselves with a box, or even stall at the Opera, and its Barmicide's feast of beauty. Others, still more frantic, betake them: selves to matrimony. Then comes the time for cheating! From the lawyer who draws your settlement, to the lady's maid who draws your curtain, all are in a conspiracy against you! If you have been captivated through the eyes, you pay through the nose! You become a victim for life-a double victim. Henceforth, (dating from the first day of the honey-moon,) when you travel, you are cheated for two" Soup, fish, patties, and cheating for Mr. and Mrs. When you stay at home, you are cheated for a |