_) Samaica==West Indies. Letter from R. Banks. "We arrived here yesterday morning, soon after daylight. We took a pilot on board, a, very common looking colored man, When I went on deck, we were close under the lee of Port Royal, one of the most splendid, sublime, and heavenly scenes burst on my vision. 'There stood the tall, majestic palm tree, cocoanut, citron, orange, and lemon. In the bay were several war steamers, frigates, seventy-fours, sloops, \ brigs, and sail-boats. Soldiers in their scarlet uniforms, added to the picturesque scene. Oh, for the pen of Lamartine to describe it! The passengers stood trans- fixed with amazement. We went round the Island and hauled up to a pier in Kxing- ston. Here another new 'scene opened a crowd of blacks greeted us from the docks and piers. On the pier to which our ship hauled, about 300 womem stood clapping their hands, wageing their heads, stamping their feet, and singing in beautiful harmony. The water was alive with boys swimming around like eels. When the ship was made fast, the women) commenced bringing the coal on board in tubs on their heads; the men stood by driving and swearing awfully. Such fellows ought:to be thrown into the sea, The women are perfect slaves, and appear perfectly happy and obedientin their situation. Alas! poor women! that they should be the slave and beast of burden for the tyrant, man! Dear friend, the womenin America are blest far above their sisters in other parts of the world, I was among the first that went on shore. Every thing was different; the houses were builf square up to the street with the end pro- jecting over the side-walk, and the side- walk raised 3 or 4 feet above the street, and broken and wneven, the houses barred and ironed like jails, the streets very narrow and goats, apes, buzzards, hogs, dogs, and negroes contesting the way. I went up to the Commercial Hotel, and ordered break- fast. Here was another scene. Four greasy, dirty fellows came up quarrelling with each other to know what massa wanted ; I gave the order and one fellow dusted the table, one brought a plate, another a knife, then a fork, and'so on until everything was ready, and the poor fellows looked as fatigued as if they had done a hard day's work. It certainly was a hard job for those poor creatures to do nothing. No wonder they want the American colored people to come here and learn these poor devils how to do something. From the short time we were here my impression is, there is a good opening here for our people. +k * * "The stores are well filled with goods of all kinds; but eyerything is very dear. I have not suffered from the heat although the thermometer is ranging 90 and 95; this is the pleasantest season of the year. The heat would be intolerable, if it was not for the breeze; no one can appreciate the de- light of the sea breeze, but those who have enjoyed it. The Island is truly magnifi- cent in scenery, and is evidently healthy. T never saw a better looking people than I have seen here. I went to church this morning, and heard an excellent sermon from a French priest. The church was beautifully decorated with pictures and flowers and the singing was the best I ever heard. I was delighted beyond measure, and the very sincere and 'the devout ap- pearance of the congregation affected me sensibly ; and I joined the ship, I trust, renewed in spirit. I am somewhat of a poetical temperament, and hence, no ser- vice strikes me so powerfully as the Ca- tholie." * To cite examples of history, in order to animate us to virtue, or to arm us with fortitude, is to call up the illustrious dead, to inspire and to improve the living. But the usage of those civilians who cite vicious authorities, for worse purposes, and enforce the most absurd practice by the oldest pre- cedent, is to bequeath to us as an heirloom the errors of our forefathers; to confer a kind of immortality on folly, making the dead more powerful than time, and more sagacious than experience, by subjecting those that are wpon the earth to the per- petual mal-government of those that are beneath it. If those alone who "sowed the wind, did reap the whirlwind," it would be well. But the mischief is, that the blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculation of diplomacy, seek their victims principally among the innocent and unoffending. The cottage is sure to sutler for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp. When error sits in the seat of power and authority, and is generated in high places, it may be compared to that torrent, which originates indeed in the mountain, but commits its devastation in the vale. . How To Maxe Nice Canpes.--Candlewick, if steeped ; in lime and siltpetre, and driedin the sun, will give a clearer light and be less apt to run. Good candles may be made thus :~-Melt ten ounces of mutton tallow, & quarter of an ounce of camphor, four ounces of beeswax, and two ounces of alum; then run it into moulds, or dip the candles. These candles furnish a beautiful light. Seeretiveness. Tue following is copied from the Phreno- logical Journal, in which it is used as an illustration of the manner by which' the organ of Secretiveness is too often and sadly cultivated : Go out into the country, for example, to purchase asuperior cow, and call on one of the honest sons of the soil, and it would not be very difficult to find a man who would show himself as cunning and as sel- fish as any trader or manufacturer. Let usillustrate such an interview by a colloquy between a Cruzmy and'a Farmer, and we beg of the reader to watch the workings of Secretiveness to gratify Acquisitiveness. Citizen. "I am in pursuit of a fine cow and understanding, at the hotel, that you kept a large flock of very excellent ones I have called to look at them, and to see if I could make a purchase to please me. [ am not very particular as to price, so I but obtain one of the very best." Farmer. " Well, yes, I have a large flock, and they have the reputation cf being excellent. They have cost me much care and pains in their selection; but I can't say as I wish to sell any of them, When aman has a good article which he wants to use, it isnot well to dispose of it." C, "True; but I would like to look at them," F. " Oh, certainly, I will show them with pleasure ; but understand I dont pro- mise to sell one at any price." They go to the farm-yard, and a little son of the farmer follows to see and hear and in doing so takes his first lesson in the tricks of trade; for, be it remembered that every act of the parent stamps its impress upon the young mind, which be- comes almost ineffaceable, O, (Seanning a Jean, common-looking animal, which, by the way, was one of the best milkers in the flock, and low in flesh from her milking qualities, yet it was in early winter when those qualities would not be apparent). '" What is that cow worth?" k. "I suppose about twenty-five dol- lars," : On an elevated place stands a large fleshy, noble-looking cow, the poorest milker of the whole, and fat because her food went to flesh rather than to milk--catches the admiring eye of the inexperienced citizen, and he eagerly inquiries, " What will you sell that one for?" F. "O don't say anything to me about that cow ; she isa very peculiar one, and more than that, she belongs to my wife. I told you I did not care to sell any, and this one [ should hardly expect to sell at all; besides, I should not like to have my. wife offended by selling a favorite of hers. "John, (turning to his boy, who is sur- prised to see his father hesitate a moment about selling this miserable, vicious, unruly beast, whose small mess of milk is as thin as that sold by Messrs. Croton, Pump & Co, in New York,") John, mother will be in our hair if we sell "Fill-pail." That name strikes the buyer's ear just as it was intended to do, and he presses the farmer for a price, BF, "T will not say I will sell her at any price, unless my wife will consent. I don't believe in family quarrels." The boy, John, is surprised at his father's reluctance to sell, and entertains not the slightest doubt but what his mother will joyously consent to the sale. The stranger is determined to havea price, and finally, the obliging farmer says--" Now, mind I don't agree to sell at any price without my wife's consent, and I will set such a price as will, doubtless, cool your ardor without the necessity of calling my wife. Forty dollars is the price." Cer Suppose we consult the good lady, and see what she will say. Ifshe will consent I will take the animal." ~ F. "I know what she will say, and if you insist upon it, we will refer it to her." They proceed to the house, the farmer taking the lead to get the first word ; and the boy following, anxious to have his mo- ther assent to the sale and urge the bargain. F. " Well, mother this gentleman is very anxious to buy 'old Vill-pail" and I told him"'--'Yes," interrupted the wife in apparent anger, "and you 'told him' he might have her, I warrant; it is just like' you to sell the best cow we have. Well, do as you like. We might as well give up trying to make butter and cheese alto- gether.". With a red face and an angry air, she leaves the room, slamming the door after her. "There," says the farmer, "JT knew just how it would be." John, the honest boy, was astonished. He had heard that cow made the subject of censure for years by all the family ; and now, when a double price is offered for her his father holds back and his mother gets angry. He don't understand it. No, indeed poor boy, you don't understand it, but you are in a fair way of doing so. Wait a little and you will be wise, and know more of the world. The stranger takes the bait, counts out the forty dollars, and the farmer apparently draws back from it, saying, "I don't think Loucht to take the money. You had better not take. the cow." (All true, though not intended to be so regarded). He takes the money, and the stranger departs with his purchase. The mother returns, smiling like a summer's morning. The father, chuckling over his money, says, with anareh wink to his wife, "f think when he has had that cow half as long as we have, he will be glad to take less than half what he paid for her." This unriddles to the boy's unsophisticated mind the hypocrisy of the whole transaction and he shrinks back from his parents as scheming liars. To him it looks like rob- bery to take twenty-five dollars more for the cow than she was worth; and like lying, thus to deceive the stranger by such back- handed means. He has been whipped for lying, and taught that he must be honest ; and he can see no difference between talking a lie and acting it. Under the influence of filial love he begins to reason, and is unwilling to condemn his parents to the degradation of liars and rob- bers. He reviews the guarded modes of expression by the father and mother. His father did not say it was the best cow in flock, and told the man he " had better n take the animal"--that he " would not cal her unless his mother would consent to it." It was not exactly lying after all. Besides his father stood high in society ; he was called, Colonel, and Esq.; had been a Re- presentative ; was a trustee of the Religious Society, school committee, and everybody looked up to him as a man of honor. His mother, too, was intimate in the family of the minister, and had the best company in town. Therefore they were good people. and their example worthy of imitation. Full of this pleasing unction to his outraged conscience, and possessing withal, by here- ditary transmission, a similar tendency to shrewdness and money-loving as that of his parents, he began to meditate a method of profiting by his first lesson in keen business management. "* Why can't I sell that soft, worthless new knife 1 bought of the rascally pedlar the other day in the same manner that father sold the cow? Le. me see, I haye the plan, and TI will have the money, and I won't tella lie either. I can steer clear of that." He carefully whets his knife, and as care- fully pockets a soft stick, and then with a veil of honest looks proceeds to school. At recess, he very carelessly draws forth his knife and stick, and begins to whittle. It euts finely. The boys flock around, eager to see it, and to learn what he paid foris. "1 got it cheap--ouly twenty-five cents--see it eut." "Tl give you twenty-five," says one, "I guess you will," says John, "after I have run the risk of gettino'a bad one, and proved it. See it cut." "Tl give you thirty." : "Vl give youforty," says another ; * and here's the money." Forty, being a golden number in the ear of John, he quietly pockets the money just as the school bell rings, and they all go into their books-- John, to rejoice in the success of his expe- riment: and Charley, to anticipate the pleasure his excellent cutting knife will afford him, As soon as the school is dismissed --while Charley is hunting for a good hard stick to show the other boys how gloriously it will eut--John makes all haste for home, to announce his success, and to bank lis money. Almost out of breath he enters the house exclaiming, "Father, I have sold that pewter-faced knife which I bought of the pedlar at twenty-five cents, for forty cents." "Ah! have you? But how did you manage? You didn't tell a lie, did you, Johnny? You must never lie you know." "Oh, no, sir, I sharpened it very nicely--took a soft stick in my pocket, and kept whittling--said nothing, and let them bid." " But who bought it ? and haye you got your money ?" "Charley Sumner, who always has money, bought it, and here are the forty cents." "That's right; you should never lie, and always get your pay down to prevent after trouble. I say, mother! Johnny is pretty smart. We must make a merchant of him, eh--what think you?" «" Well, he has done well with the knife, surely, and J always thought he would be somebody, and get rich; besides, Chariey is better able to pay a high price for a poor knife than Johnny. Bring the money to me, my son, I will save it for you." This is lesson, number two, and the hoy, from this propitious beginning, kept prac- tising until he was old enough to enter a store as clerk. His father kept him short of change for his new situation, and desiring to appear well with his associates, he began by borrowing small sums from the money- drawer, designing to pay it out of the first remittance, But the economical father, de- siring to keep him short, to teach him economy, neglected the penurious remit- tance until the boy had se¢retly borrowed the full amount of what he received from his father, and he cannot pay it then; and finally, after some struggles with his de- fuced Conscientiousness, and urged by his necessities, decided not to pay it at all. He went on in this way, borrowing, and neyer paying, until he robbed his master of a large amount, and ended his life a yillain. His parents pocketed a few extra dollars for a cow, by means of circuitous falsehood --their son imbibed the education, and that } education shaped his future. Who will say, 'Go thou and do like- wise 2?" _ England, The British Parliament was formally opened by the Queen in person, on the 3d inst, when she delivered the following speech : My Lorps anp Gryrtemen : The period has arrived when, according to usage, I can avail myself of your advice and assistance in the preparation and adoption of measures which the welfare of the country may re- quire. I continue to maintain the most friendly relations with foreign powers. 'lhe compheated affair of the Duchies of Holstein and Schleswig haye continued to engage my attention. I have every reason to expect that the treaty between Germany and Denmark, which was cancelled at Berlin in the year before last within a short time will be fully and completely executed. 1 regret that the war which broke out on the east- ern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope, more than a year ago, still continues. I observe, with sincere satisfaction, the tran- quility which has prevailed throughout the greater part/of Ireland, and much regret that L have to infotm-you that certain parts of the counties of Armagh, Donegal and Louth, have been marked by the commis- sion of outrages of the most serious de- scription. The powers of the existing laws have been promptly executed for the detection of the offenders. and for the re- pression of a system of crime and violence fatal to the best interests of the: country. My attention will be directed to that im- portant object. GENTLEMan or tHE Housr or Commons, have ordered the estimate of the expenses of the current year to be laid before-you. | [rely with confidence on your loyalty and |" zeal to make adequate provisions for the public service, [Agaiu, addressing the lords Her Majesty referred to the improvements contemplated to be'made in the administration of justice in the various departments, bills in relation thereto having been directed to be prepared, The act of 1848, for suspending the opera- tion of a previous act, conferring represen- tative institutions on New Zealand, will expire early in the next year. Her Majesty exp! esses herself happy to believe that there is, nO necessity for its renewal, and that no obstacle any longer exists to the enjoyment of representative institutions by New Zealand. "Tt gives me oreat satisfaction," she said, "to be able to state to you that the large reductions of taxes which have taken place of late years, have not been attended with a proportionable diminution of the national income. The revenue of the past year has been fully adequate to the demands of the public service, while the reduction of taxa- tion has tended greatly to the relief and comfort of my- subjects." "I acknowledge, with thankfulness: to Almighty God, that tranquility, cood order and willing obedience continue to prevail gcenerally throughout the country. It itppears to me that this is a fitting time for calmly considering whatever may be advi- sable, and to make such amendments in the act of the late reign, relating to the repre- sentation of the Commons of Parliament, as may be calculated to carry into moré complete effect the principles upon which the law isfounded. I have the fullest con- fidence that, in such considcration, you will firmly adhere to the acknowledved princi- ples of the Constitution. by whieh the prerogative of the crown, the authority of both houses of Parliament, and the rights and liberties of the people, are equally se- cured," A wise mind neyer despises aught that flows from a feeling heart. In the sacred page you will observe that if any virtue is taught with more en- ergy than others, it is humility. Hu- mility that sheds mild lustre over every perfection of character. Humility that teaches man he is but man; that cherishes the grand duty of forbearance, and that would connect the whole human race in the bonds of brotherhood and social love; in short, that confers peace and comfort on us here, and prepares us for immortal glory hereafter. ' Tre only bond that can keep hearts together is an unreserved community of thought and feeling. True love will not brook reserve ; it feels undervalued and outraged whenever the sorrows of those it loves are concealed from it. Avoid disputes, sincé nothing is cleared by wranglings; but when opportunity of- fers, support truth and combat error with mildness, persuasion and charity. RECEIPTS. L. C, P. Freer$1 0 Wm. Thayer 1 0 D. Thompson 10 H.Montague 1 0 J. H. Case 10° AL Hil 10 John Cannon 10 ElderFowler 1 6 J. Thornton 10 Joseph Mace 1 0 John Augusta 10 Miss E. Askin 1 0 E. Bracket 1 0 Irvin Lane tr Henry Miller 10 Miss A. Veely 1 0 Mrs, Randolph 1 0 w SANDWICH MARKET. » Flour - ~ - $38 75 -- Corn ae - i 0456 Potatoes - - ~ 0 62 Pork « - - 6 50 Beef - - - = 4.0 WM. DAY'S BOARDING HOUSE, Chatham, Canada, West. R. DAY wishes to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has just fitted up a neat BOARDING HOUSE on King street, for the accommodation of all who may favor him with a call, MRS. ALEXANDER'S, BOARDING- HOUSE, Corner of Bates and Congress sts., KS. A. furnishes the best accommoda- tion on the most reasonable terms. Please give hera call. h BOARDING HOUSE, RS. DIANTHA ROBINSON, of De- troit, Michigan, has just neatly fitted up her house on Port Street, near the sec- ond Baptist Church, for the aceommoda- tion of afew weekly Boarders on reasona- ble terms. We know Mrs. Robinson to be a respectable and worthy woman, and - we hope that she may meet with that en- couragement which her just merits en- title her to. D, VOGELSANG, Respectfully informs his Friends that he has removed to opposite Mr, Baby's House, ADDLES, HARNESS, TRUNKS, with \) all the necessary farming apparatus at the lowest prices, repairing of Harness, &e., will also be done to order. feb26tf WINDSOR C. W A. DERRICK, ATLORING and Clothes Cleaning Esta- blishment, Griswold st., Bagos' New Block, North of Jefferson avenue, Detroit. jan29tf ! OUBLE CARRIAGE TQRSE AND FIARNESS, anda DANISH COACH DOG for Sale. The Subserlber, being a- bout to change his business, will sell his Carriage Horses and Harness cheap for Cash or approved Security. 'HENRY F. SAMPSON. Detroit, December 11, 1851. . AUCTION SALES. TARING AND LARKINS, Avcrion Anp Comission Meronants, on the corner of Woodward and Michigan avenue opposite the City Hall Market, Detroit, -- Special and strict attention will be given to sales of Real Estate, Dry Goods, Gro- ceries, Furniture, and other sales, in any part of the city. The above business, in all will be promptly attended to. REFER TO. Edmunds and McReynolds, Doty and Abbot, O. M. Hyde, James Stewart, John Ladue, O. R. Andrews, its branches DAGUERREOTY PES. EVERLYN HALL. Dacurrrpan - Arvisr, would inform the citizens of Detroit that he has opened xooms in Fire- man's Ilall Jefierson Avenue, where he is prepared to take Minatures, single or in groups, for Rings, Pins, Lockets, Bracelets &e., with or without Colors, in the highest style of the Plotographic Art. for all who may favor him with their patronage. Sz Pictures taken in all kinds of weather and warranted proof against all time, All are solicited to call, Detroit Nov. 10, 1851. ANDS FOR SALE, by James Dov- GALL, Winpsor, Canava Wust, op- posite Detroit, in the Township of Sandwich. Lot No, 121, 8 Concession, containing 120 acres; Lot 120 and east part of 119, 3 Concession, containing 87 acres, forming a block of 189 acres, price $3 per acre. These Lands are six and a half miles. from Windsor, and four miles back from the Detroit River, a good road is opened out to them, the land is dry and of first-rate quality, the timber consisting of hickory, white oak, &c., is very valuable, the hickory alone being worth the price asked for the land. Lot No. 17, 9th Concession, 200 acres, at 32 50 per acre, situated immediately in the rear of the above Lots, there being only "a corner of another Lot between them. Lot No, 117, 12th Concession, 160 acres, at $250 per acre, situated on the Town Line between Sandwich and Maidstone, about four miles back, by direct road, from Lake St, Clair, the River Peches, or Peach River, runs through a corner of the Lot. Several yaluable Building Lots in the Village of Windsor. One-third will be required to be paid down, and the balance in two annual in; stalments, with interest ; if all paid in cash a liberal discount will be made. Also a valuable Lot, with a new frame store upon it, in the village of Dresden, ad- joining the Dawn Institute, on the River Sydenham, being at the head of the navi- gation of that river, it is an excellent position for a country store. Price $400.