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which his pacific turn of mind could not enable him to comprehend. In fact, Soatsimanapiavana is going to ruins, and is now only inhabited by an insignificant population.

I was taking my siesta on a most delicious bed when the arrival of two Frenchmen was announced from Tananarivo to offer me their services, and to judge, no doubt, for themselves what could be the motives which had induced me to visit the capital at this season. M.M. Soumagna and Marius Arnaud offered me their congratulations, with those of M. Laborde, giving me good news of the French missionaries and of the manner in which strangers were generally treated by the new King. We afterwards all adjourned to the residence of M. de Cambour, where we found seven persons who could converse off hand of our common country, and express the pleasure of meeting me in this distant part. It need scarcely be added that the evening passed gaily, and that we separated for our homes at the latest possible hour.

(To be continued.)

REWARDS FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA.

Board of Trade, January 3rd, 1863. The undermentioned rewards for saving life at sea have been recently awarded by her Majesty's government and the Board of Trade :

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To the master and crew of a Spanish fishing vessel the sum of £10 for their services in picking up at sea, from their boat, the crew of the schooner Lavinia, of Dartmouth, which foundered at sea on the 4th of September last, and landing them at Port St. Mary.

To Robert Hunter Beattie, master of the schooner Kelton, of Dumfries, a telescope, in testimony of his services in rescuing the master and one seaman of the Elizabeth and Jane, of St. Andrew's (N.B.), on the 25th of August last, and landing them at Liverpool.

To Captain C. J. Christianson, of the Norwegian brig Anaconda, of Porsgrund, a telescope, for his humanity in rescuing the master and crew of the barque Collooney, of Sligo, from their sinking vessel, on the 21st of August last.

To the crews of the smacks Harlequin and Wave, of Colchester, the sum of £5, to be divided between them in such portions as they may agree upon amongst themselves, for their services in rescuing the crew of the schooner Wesleyan, of Goole, abandoned at sea on the 17th of October last.

To Captain Georget, of the French schooner Gazelle, of La Tremblade, a telescope, in testimony of his humanity and kindness to the master, crew and passengers of the steamer Lord Royston, of Wisbeach, whom he rescued at sea, after the burning of their vessel, 29th of September last.

To Jean Mare Lupine, master of the French lugger Volante de

Dieu, a telescope and 50 francs, and 500 francs to be divided amongst the crew, (seventeen in number), for their services in rescuing the master and crew of the brig Free Briton, of South Shields, which foundered off Cromer, October 20th last.

To H. Wilters, master of the Oldenburgh galiot Immanuel, a telescope, in testimony of his services to the master and crew of the Sedgefield, of Sunderland, abandoned at sea October 20th last.

To William Cockram, chief boatman, coastguard; Jeremiah Driscoll, N. Henderson, P. Tobin, and Sutton Frizzell, boatmen, 10s. each, for their services to the crew of the Industry, of Padstow, wrecked in Ballycroneen Bay, October 19th last, and to John Donovan, commissioned boatman, coastguard, the sum of £2 and a bronze medal, for his gallantry on the above occasion, in venturing through the surf with a line from the shore.

To Thomas Boyes, master of the Ellen Highfield, of Whitby, a telescope, in testimony of his humanity to the master and crew of the Pandora, of Middlesborough, whom he rescued from their water-logged and dismasted vessel October 21st last.

To William Haycock, master of the smack Valiant, of Hull, a telescope and £5; to John Potter, the mate, £5; to William Pritchard, seaman, £3; and to John Brady and Henry Mood, apprentices, £1 each, for their gallant services in rescuing the master and crew of the ketch Biddesfold, of Arundel, whom they rescued from their sinking vessel on the 23rd of October last.

To J. Baptiste Andrissen, Master of the French lugger Dieu Nous Protège, of Boulogne, a telescope and 50 francs; and the sum of 500 francs to the crew (fifteen in number), for their services in rescuing the survivors of the crew of the brig Hugh, of Shields, lost by collision on the 19th of October last.

To Dr. Cros Marcel, surgeon of the French transport La Charente, a binocular glass, in acknowledgment of his humane treatment of three seamer of the barque Woodman, of Fleetwood, after their rescue from drowning on the 7th of September last.

To Captain Louis Lonais, of the French brig Marie, of Binic, a telescope, in testimony of his humanity to the crew of the barque Hornby, of Whitehaven, whom he rescued from their sinking vessel on the 2nd of October last.

To Mr. Purden, master of the colonial schooner Sphinx, a gold chronometer, in acknowledgment of his services to the crew of the ship Swithamley, of Liverpool, lost on the Blenheim Reef, near the Saloman Islands, 1st of July last.

To J. J. Buiten, master of the Dutch schooner Orion, of Veendam, a telescope, in testimony of his services in rescuing the crew of the schooner Sea Nymph, of Yarmouth, abandoned at sea 23rd of October last.

To Emile Thomas, master of the French schooner Anne Marie, of Granville, the sum of 250 francs, for his services in rescuing the crew of the brig George IV., of Hartlepool, abandoned at sea October 22nd last.

To H. J. Seistrup, master of the Danish brig Hvalfisken, of Copenhagen, a telescope, and to the crew the sum of £1 each, for their services in rescuing the crew of the schooner Jasper, of Caernarvon, abandoned at sea October 23rd last.

To Emile Geree, master of the French lugger La Reconnaissance, a telescope, and to the crew (twenty-two in number) the sum of 20 francs each, in testimony of their services in rescuing the crew of the billy boy, Olive, of Hull, abandoned on the 20th of October last.

To Mr. William Swarbrick, master of the steam-tug Wyre, a telescope and £3; to the mate, first engineer and pilot, £3 each; and to the remainder of the crew (nine in number) £2 each, for their gallant and humane conduct in rescuing the master and crew of the Pudyona, of Lancaster, from their disabled vessel October 27th, 1862.

To the crew (six in number) of the Belgian fishing boat St. Eloi, the sum of £12, for their services in rescuing the crew of the brig Odd Fellow, of Portsmouth, abandoned October 19th last.

To Mr. Keith Stewart Douglas, master of the Veronica, of Liverpool, a telescope, in acknowledgment of his services to the crew of the Nepaul, of Liverpool, abandoned at sea October 3rd last, whom he picked up and conveyed to St. Helena.

To Mr. Hans Noble, master of the pilot boat Hamburg, of Cuxhaven, £2, and 25s. to each of the eight persons forming her crew, for their services to the crew of the brig Emmeline, October 25th last, abandoned off Heligoland 23rd of the same month.

To Mr. C. Botte, master of the Oldenburg schooner Pfell, a sextant, for his services in rescuing the survivors of the brig A. Smithers, of Digby, Nova Scotia, on the 21st of September last, and landing. them at Brake, October 27th.

His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French has awarded to Mr. George J. Young, farmer, of Hubberton, near Pembroke, and Mr. Mark Roch, farmer, of Pennyholt, near Pembroke, a silver medal each, in testimony of their services in saving the life of Captain Alexander Vallet, of the French brig La Force, wrecked in Freshwater Bay, on the 24th of January last; also to Mr. James Blaxton, master of the Eleanor, of Workington, a binocular glass, for his services in receiving on board his ship, on the 14th of June last, the crew of the French brig Courageuse Eugene, of Cette.

The President of the United States has awarded to Mr. John Williams, master of the ship Charlotte Ellen, of Lancaster, a gold watch, in testimony of his services in rescuing the master and crew of the American ship Marengo, of Brunswick, in Maine; also to Mr. Robert Clark, master of the ship General Neill, of Glasgow; a gold watch, in acknowledgment of his services in rescuing the master, passengers, and crew of the American ship Scargo, of Boston; and to Mr. Thomas Russel Anderson, master of the Broomielaw, of Glasgow, a gold chronometer, as a mark of approbation for his services to the officers, passengers, and crew of the American barque George, of Boston, whom he took from off the wreck of their vessel on the 12th of January, 1861, and conveyed them to Tenerife.

NO. 2.-VOL. XXXII.

EVENINGS AT HOME AT THE NAUTICAL CLUB.-An Old Messmate Found Address of the Chairman- The Late Gales-The Dawn of Reason for British Sympathy with their Friends in the North-Jonathan's Sympathy for John Bull-The Late French Invasion-The Late Mr. Green, the Shipowner-The National Lifeboat Institution-The Nigers in New Zealand-Jack Junk's Song-Captain Toynbee's Lecture at Calcutta-Destruction of the Lytham Lighthouse.

Ho! there,-ship ahoy,-Arion !-come back, eh? round the world? to bring us the last news from the Antipodes or the Amoor? which? Aye, here I am, from Japan, if you like, returned Arion; glad to find the Club once more. Escaped from being frozen up, and frizzled up, too, on Mauna Loa,-well broiled at Aden,-swamped at the Cape,-wrecked at Hatteras,-half killed with Yellow Jack at Havana, and blown home in a hurricane safe and sound, although was nearly ran over the Fasnet Rock in making for the Irish Channel. Narrow escape that,-blowing great guns,-midday, but no daylight,all round us thick as a hedge,-heavy sea running; the white, sparkling, foaming, surf suddenly revealed to us the walls of the Fasnet just in time for us by a spoke of the wheel to clear it. We dashed past it like a flash of lightning, and well we did, or we should have been dashed to atoms, into food for fishes. 'Twas one of those escapes worth going to sea for, if only to talk over afterwards and exult in praises of a merciful Providence for saving us.

As soon as the hearty greeting with which Arion was received had subsided into a rapid conversation, the Chairman, taking his seat, opened their proceedings with the warmest congratulations of the Club at seeing their estimable friend once more in his place; who would, no doubt, he observed, tell us where he had been and what he had seen. If he (the Chairman) had also to express his sorrow that the old story of gales upon gales, and their necessary attendants-as long as our mercantile ships went to sea ill found and badly manned-wrecks upon wrecks, it was consolatory to know that our lifeboats were at work in the good cause of saving the crews.

But the first point to which he would call the attention of the Club was the philanthrophy displayed by our real American cousins to our unfortunate Lancashire operatives. If our sympathy was with the South [not ours, said several voices]-no, I mean, said the Chairman, if the sympathy of the Times and its readers was with the South, and that was after all but a fraction of England, the sympathy of the North, in the midst of their struggle against the abettors of slavery, was with their old friends in Lancashire. And that sympathy had taken the substantial form of a ship-load of provisions and clothing sent across the ocean to our shores-Scot free, as it might be said,—a present presented as it should be, free of all cost to those for whom it was sent. The event shall be duly recorded in the proceedings of the Club; where, added the Chairman, let it stand to the honour of the

donors, as the Christian proof that they had not forgotten their alliance with England.

People in this country, he was glad to find, at length had begun to see through the flimsy veil of bravery which covered the stain of slavery; and, if they had not already reached the President, Mr. Lincoln, many addresses from North and South of this country were on their way to him expressing sympathy with his cause, a heartfelt desire for his success, and an abhorrence of the curse of slavery. He would not allude to the monstrous appeals to Holy Scripture in support of the institution which had been made by its abettors; they were contemptible, and had received that denial which might have been expected from the fountain-head of Christianity.

He had no desire to go further on that subject, for he felt assured that those of our country who had broken her Majesty's proclamation, and had sent war vessels and munitions of war to assist the cause of slavery (witness the Alabama and how she was smuggled away), will have no sympathy from them. How precious the lesson,-how has England's name been tarnished by the fact, that while her sons (happily a very few) were sending forth munitions of war to the southern states to use against those of the northern, these in return read us the lesson in Christian terms of sending succour to our distressed operatives; which distress, be it observed, had been brought about by those southern states in their exertions to uphold slavery. He was satisfied that the Society for the Suppression of Slavery here was virtually expressing the sentiments of the Club when, in their address to Mr. Adams, the American Minister in London, they said that

"The identity of Americans and Englishmen as to origin, laws, and religion; the blood relationship subsisting between millions of both countries, and constantly renewed by emigration from our shores; the vast commerce carried on between the two nations must constitute a bond which, although occasionally slackened by political changes and temporary causes, will, it is hoped, at all times remain firm and indissoluble."

And that Mr. Adams, in his reply, spoke the real sentiments of the people of this country when he said

"The more narrowly the facts are examined the more clearly will it appear that the only cause of the insurrection was the determination of the slaveholders to perpetuate slavery in America, so far as human power could be brought to bear to effect it. I cannot permit myself to believe that if this fact were once thoroughly understood in all the civilised portion of the globe there would longer be any sympathy entertained for such a cause. Least of all could it be maintained in this kingdom, which has identified itself for more than half a century with every effort to eradicate the evil in its primal source." But he would turn to another subject-one of a pleasanter caste than that of slavery. We have all heard of the intended invasion of this country from across the channel. Who would have supposed that such an astounding event had been realised, and passed away like a dream. And yet hear what the Emperor Napoleon says to the

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