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      Emma M A It T I N. In The Current Discus...

      when even the dumb brute betrays inarticulate sympathy —in the presence of Death , where the grossest natures are refined , where rude lips spontaneously distil the silvery words of consolation , and the unfeeling volunteer acts of mercy—in that hour when tyranny pauses in the pursuit of vengeance , when the tempest of passion is stilled , and the injured forgive , and hate is subdued to love , and insensibility to affection—can that be the moment chosen by a " God of Love , " in which , to commence the execution of a purpose which humanity could not conceive without dismay , nor contemplate without horror ? Ah , what do we not owe to a woman who

      takes the heroic side , and teaches us , even in death , the truth of a gentler faith ? If we do but pierce beneath the antagonism from which all human development issues , we shall see how , with both the Freethinker and the Christian , the same intention is ever at the bottom . We perceive principle from different points of sight , trace it to different roots , explain it in a different language , maintain it for different reasons , and foresee different conclusions ; but the conflict maintained—sometimes darkly , sometimes wildly , is still for one morality and for one truth ; and if there be in the end a Judge who looks with equal eye on all , he will not fail to discern the motive and pardon the means .

      We may , therefore , estimate very highly the example Mrs . Martin , set by the opinions she developed , and the firmness with which she maintained them—so unusual in the history of women . Sympathy is the great sustainer of all that is human ; and it is the air which woman breathes . To step out of the current of opinion at the call of truth , into the narrow circle of personal conviction , accepting the accidental , perhaps only the posthumous , appreciation of the few . in lieu of the ready regard of

      millions , is a sacrifice to which few are equal ; but it is one which converts life into a poem—it is a tribute which only superior natures make to mankind ; but it is one which posterity remembers , and which the freed for all time adore the giver . Mrs . Martin has a place in the calendar of those who have served the People ; who in life and death have been teachers . Her last wish was , that none should mourn for her ; her last hope , that none would rest in service who stood on the side to which she devoted herself . Let

      any , then , who would honour her memory , learn the same cheerful courage , and render some like service with like intrepidity .

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      The Cape Question. Sir Andrics Stockenst...

      THE CAPE QUESTION . Sir Andrics Stockenstrom has published a pamphlet on Cape affairs , in the shape of a letter to a friend . It is remarkable for the earnestness of its tone , and the frank firmness of its opinions . Although not personally engaged in the convict struggle , he says the opponents of the Government had his " entire sympathy—to the last extremity . " He considers that the peace and safety of the colony depended on the maintenance of perfect good faith , of the prestige of immutable truth and justice , on convincing the Kafirs of our moral superiority by undeviating honour and honesty , and by no other means , so that our physical superiority could never have been questioned . He Beverely , but justly , condemns the opposite course , the empirical policy of Sir Henry Smith .

      " To Lord John Russell I wrote on the 2 Gth of July last as follows : — ' "When the governor complains of the tone and temper of my communications , he should remember that the provocation commenced with himself . "When in 1817 lie began to boast of his wonderful performances in 18 : 55 and 1836 , of the happy state in which he had then left the Kafirs , and talked of the mischief done by those who came after him , it would have been criminal to have allowed the delusion to « o abroad , and not to show that he left the frontier in 18 ! J 6 in the most appalling state of anarchy and danger . When he put his foot on the neck of one chief , dashed a slick at the head of another , made others kiss his foot , and reintroduced into Kalirlaud the so-called D'Urban system , with all

      its concomitants of cat-of-nine-taih , cattlepounds , & c . — ¦ when he gave the lands of the UussutosandTambookieB to the colonists , and threatened to hang the Griqua council for daring to desire to adhere to their treaty with the Queen—when he told the emigrant Doom that , unless a majority of four-fifths declared in favour of submission to Dritish rule , they should not be interfered with , and afterwards had to mow them down with Rrape shot , and caused a man to be put to death , whose guilt and the legality of whose trial are doubtful matters to this moment ; with sundry other exhibitions with which I do not wish to swell out this notice—when these things , I flay , were transacting , no man of the least knowledge of human nature and local information could help foreseeing that South Africa would soon be in the state in which it been little better

      is and passive quieaence would have than treason against the colony and against this country . ' Since then my predictions have been still more trag 1 C ally confirmed by our defeat by the Bassutos who , as late as lHHi were prospering on the road to Christian civilization , and ho confident of their interests being bound up with o rs that they offered us their whole force in cooperation aLains the very tribes into whose ranks we have now dt vi i th ' -m K <» w , with all this the colonists have had , / othing « o do , exce ' ,, t as instrument , in « yHtcm « winch t hey could neither institute nor control . Ah to the remedy for the evils already in operation lie would apeak with diffidence , having the c ensure of excellent nhtLunthronbts beforo hit * eyes ; but Ho

      ventures to state that by whatever means we have got ourselves into our present predicament we dare not make the slightest concession to our barbarous foe before we shall have convinced him that we axe the stronger party . " Such is the double evil of injustice that it often makes justice inexpedient , if not ruinous . But matters are coming to such a pitch that it may soon be doubtful which side shall dictate the terms of peace ! When we had the Kafirs and Tambookies to deal with separately , and the Bassutos , Griquas , and Hottentots all on our

      side , the question was simple enough ; but I defy almost any man to decide now what policy ought to be pursued after we shall have subdued our enemies , if we can subdue them . All much depend upon how you subdue them . Since the mandate of * extermination' has gone forth , all parties think that it is better to exterminate than to be exterminated ; and it is questionable which side is likely to be most successful at the game . The prospect is most awful , and I confess myself completely stupefied . But for our faith in Providence , 1 should begin to consider our case desperate .

      " So much , however , I may tell you , that whenever you abandon ' extermination , ' you will have to deal with the native tribes , through their chiefs . I cannot , as matters now stand , take upon myself to recommend either the Glenelg system , or the taking in more , or giving back territory ; for , as I have just said , all must depend upon how you terminate the war . You cannot deal with the Kafirs either as wolves or as lambs . They are neither irreclaimable savages , nor mild gentle shepherds . They are fierce , -warlike barbarians . Vigour is as necessary as justice in your dealings with them ; and if you allow them to become masters , you must give up the colony . This much I predict with certaintyyou must go on exterminating , or you must restore the power of the chiefs . "

      Some light is thrown in the following passage on the Kafir Committee and the Blue Book emanating therefrom . Sir Andries objected to volunteer testimony ; because he thought that the inquiry , unless conducted at the Cape , would be useless . " When summoned he was compelled to attend . He then

      continues : — " On the 26 th of June I again appeared upon summons , and then found the Blue book of the 23 rd of June damp from the press . I opened this book at a letter of Sir G . Napier ' s . I was directed to read it , bo it got inserted in my evidence . At the close of this day ' s examination , I was asked whether I had any further information to give . Besides my former communications , to which I had already referred the committee , I had nothing more to say , particularly if the inquiry was to be continued at the Cape . But a few days later I purchased the Blue-book of June 23 , and on close examination found , not only that Sir G . Napier ' s letter was not there as it was handed to and read by me , on the 26 th—that in

      fact it was mutilated—but other important documents were there with the most vital passages suppressed , and many others were not there at all , whilst I heard upon good authority that the inquiry was closed , and that the committee was drawing up its report to the House . This stunned me , as it was clear , that from the information which the committee had gathered , and the documents submitted to it , the whole truth could not be collected . I consequently was compelled to address the chairman , which I did on the 7 th of July , by letter , which , of course , will appear among the proceedings of the committee , but which , at any rate , you will soon find in the Cape papers , to which I have sent it . Soon after this I was informed that the committee had resumed the inquiry . I was called , and appeared on the

      30 th of July . Sir Joshua Walmsley showed me a string of questions which he was going to put to me . Most of them were to the point ; but I had hardly repeated my declaration , that the measures of Government had caused the war—that its injustice to the Tambookies , particularly the massacre of men , women , and children , at midnight , in Guada ' s Kraal , living , unsuspecting , under the protection of our diplomatic agent , had exasperated that tribe against us , and that documents which ought to have been before the committee were in Downing-street—when the under-secretary cleared the room , and , when the public was readmitted , we found that Sir Joshua was not allowed to continue his interrogatories , and that the general question , ' Have you any furtucr information to give ? * was was substituted . "

      The whole pamphlet ia damaging to Ministers and honourable the Cape statesman . Ho has published it beforo leaving England as an authentic statement of hit * opinions ; and this fact adds to its solemnity , and imparts to it an additional interest .

      America In E U Iio I" E. Mr. Corry, An A...

      AMERICA IN E U IIO I" E . Mr . Corry , an American , presented to the Government of the Swish Confederation u Colt ' s revolver pistol , in 1850 , at the Hume time expressing his hope that the invention might be useful in the then crisis , bo threatening for Switzerland . The Cantons have returned tho compliment , by Mending a carabine to the Unitod States . To ahow the feeling of at least an individual , wo quote a portion of Mr . Corry ' a letter from tho Nc . w York Herald : — " It struck me that Switzerland , by the aid of Colt's invention alone , might , in u « hort period , triple her moral and physical foico ; and , if so , that she could defy all her enemies long enough to spread disaffection among their armies , and deatroy them ; that Switzerland might , single-handed , emancipate liurope . At all events , the great point was to have tho means of resisting several onsets ; for even if tho invaders kept up their organization , they would bo prevented from storming Switzerland

      at once , till volunteers from Frances and the United States , both officers and soldiers , and . our private shirjq acting under Swiss letters of marque , would so harass them , on sea and land , that they must give over . If nO f and the struggle were protracted , I perceived that the people of the United States would force any administra tion of our Government to take sides with France and Switzerland , for freedom and free institutions . I speak of France as she will be after the elections in Mav irw * * * * * " £ " *• " France , Switzerland , and the United States , are destined to cooperate on principle , system , and ' compact , for republicanism , against the mo nstrous allian ce of European despots , who are banded for the slaughter

      without discrimination of sex or age , of all freemen found in arms . Switzerland will not succumb , but the land of Washington and Jefferson , of Franklin and Madison , cannot allow a feeble people—a handful of men women , and children—to be hacked to pieces for professing that political faith which has made us so soon the first maritime and agricultural , the most generally intelligent and happy nation on the globe . She was not attacked by her enemies last spring , as her friends expected ; but it was their intestine troubles which saved her for a season . The long aud painful conferences of Warsaw , Olmutz , and " Vienna , were indispensable to the settlement of the designs against Switzerland ; and we are advised that it has been further

      decided by the despots there assembled , to attack even France , if the democracy shall be , as it certainly will be , triumphant at the next elections . Time was necessarily consumed in maturing this nefarious conspiracy ; but on the opening of another year , if God permits , the south and east of Europe is to echo to the Cossack ' s hoof . It is probable that before the rising of the next Congress to sit in December , the execution of republicanism—its extinction throughout the Old World , will be attempted . It is not possible that an American Congress will be deceived by traitors and bad advisers , at home or abroad , nor that they will be derelict in their duty , being at the head of nations , of at once taking part in the government of the family ; and by the inauguration , with force if necessary , of the great code of justice among States , establish the rights of man . "

      The Royal "Tenant Farmee." Since Saturda...

      THE ROYAL " TENANT FARMEE . " Since Saturday , by the addition of a new farm to his already extensive holdings , Prince Albert has become the occupier of upwards of one thousand acres . He has founded an association at Windsor ; and the first annual ploughing match and exhibition was held on Monday at the Old Clay Farm , the latest addition to Prince Albert ' s farming establishment . He personally gave away the prizes , the three first of which we subjoin as a specimen .

      " Class 1 . To the labourer who has brought up hia family in honest , sober , and industrious habits , without parish relief , except in cases of sickness—George Jeanes , nine children * has had fourteen , had parish relief once in case of sickness , all his children been at school , cottage tolerably clean , £ 1 . Thomas Ottaway , has ten children , four now live at home , worked in his present situation eight years , small clean cottage and tidy garden , £ 1 . William Hamlett , has brought up seven children , had fourteen , infirm and sickly wife , never had parish relief , belongs to a benefit club , and children all go to the parish school , 10 a . " The first prize for needlework' wai awarded toa sturdy young man , a drummer in the Grenadier Guards .

      A dinner was given in the evening , over which tho jovial and indefatigable General Wemyss presided ; but it had no marked feature , except jollity and good humour .

      Jules Gerard, The Lion Killer. Jules Ger...

      JULES GERARD , THE LION KILLER . Jules Gerard is an officer in the famous army of Africa , who has a passion for lion killing . IIo is the Gordon Cumming of France . lie follows lions alone ; hunts them , like sheep , for miles ; sleeps near them ; and patiently awaits their coming . His last exp loit is sufficiently exciting and incredibly daring . It is told in a letter to a friend , and published in tlio Journal des Chasseurs : — " My dear Leon , —In my narrative of the mont" of August , 18 , , I spoke of a large old lion which I llIl ( 1 , " i been able to fall in with , and of whose sex and age i nau formed a notion from his roarings . On the return oi " expeditionary column from Kabylia , I asked permission from General St . Armand to go and explore the iniu lairs situated on the northern declivity of Mount Aurca , in the environs of Klenchela , where I had left my anim * ' Instead of a furlough , I received a mission for uia country , and accordingly had during two months tosnu my ears against the daily reports that were htougM . > me by the Arabs of the misdeeds of the solitary . In «" ; beginning of September , when my mission wa * " ¦ minated , I proceeded to pitch iny tent in ther midstof the district haunted by the lion , and set about rny » v < tigations round about the douara to which he l > most frequent visits . In this manner I spent many night beneath tho open sky , without any «« [^ ^ rcffult , when , on the 1 . 0 th in the morn . J- £ , a heavy rain which had lusted M « ™ ldll c * mJ Home natives , who had explored the <<«« ; '• * , ccd and informed me that the l . on »•¦ « £ ° || uce within half a league of my tent I net . out . a o ' clock , taking with me an Arab to hold » ' ft another currying my arms , and a tlncd i cUar « ^ goat most decidedly unconscious of the ' « » ' n k P irt of was about to perform . Having alighted at ¦ «»«» * in the wood , 1 directed myself towards a glad * " ^ ; h L tho midst of tho haunt , where I found a « hrub to wl 1 ' couU tie the gout , au < l « tuft or two to flit upon , L ™

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 18, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18101851/page/6/