It was then she wrote that exquisite poem, already known to the English reader, commencing

But their hopes were fallacious. After their arrival she faded very perceptibly, "and withering-still withering, was once again borne back to the ship." Within sight of St. Helena, her spirit ascended to its God, and on that rocky spot her tomb was made.

We have given to our readers but a feeble idea of the singular charm of this volume, which comes to us like a swan-song over the broad Atlantic. It is of thrilling interest. Its authoress has succeded the sleeper in her missionary life, and in her union to that successful and able minister of the cross- -Dr. Judson. Ere long we trust to see this enchanting piece of biography in the hands of English christians. It is eminently adapted to foster and strengthen the missionary spirit in our land.

IV.-A VOYAGE TO UTOPIA.

BY JOSEPH WARNE.

HEAVILY rested the dun fog-garment on the mighty city, while it takes such fitful repose as visits unsleeping London. But the doom, Sleep no more! would seem to have been pronounced upon the modern Babylon her arteries never cease to throb, her brain never ceases to teem with thought; and even in rest the muscles quiver with a kind of convulsive life; the unsated thirst of gold, or, it may be, the sharp pang of hunger, make the life of London one troubled Unrest.

It is past midnight: the light from the brilliantly-illuminated room makes darkness visible for a short distance around; one by one, and in groups, the inmates of that room sally forth, and carefully make their way to the near but invisible river; a steam vessel receives them; it leaves the land; such a freight never vessel received before. How shall it be named? Is it a modern "Shippe of Fooles," departing in search of Utopia or the lost Atlantis? or is it an Ark, from which indeed a dove shall go forth, and find rest above a troubled but subsiding waste of waters?

Heavily rests the fog-garment on commerce-burthened Thames; the nameless ship may not proceed. Solemn is this environment of vapour; by it the river to the eye becomes boundless; it is as the curtain of eternity dropped around Time. How limited is this TimeCircle! how impalpable the veil !-from beneath it the straining eye sees indistinctly objects emerging; the tall ship, or the humbler barque, passes across the circle, in a few brief minutes to re-enter the invisible.

Surely our fog-bound vessel and the passing ships are symbols, speaking an intelligible language to the eye which has been opened.

How delightful is the gentle breeze and the clear heavens; how the pleased eye stretches across the widening waters to rest on the receding shores; and then seaward, like painted ships upon a painted ocean, as sings the Ancient Mariner, a hundred vessels may be counted on the edge of the channel. Think of them. Where are they going? What are their objects? When will they return? And the MEN-all "fearfully and wonderfully made," all with powers and tendencies which touch upon the infinite-who, what are they? Are they indeed MEN, Englishmen, and are ships "hells upon earth," and are sailors really "devils incarnate?"

And now the ship and her passengers are alive; waves the black smoke-banner above, and flaunts across the sky; foams the salt sea, beaten by the untiring wheels, and pierced by the ever advancing prow; the harmonies of nature are heard and felt, and the engine-mightiest production of art-beats time to the strains.

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"I maintain". "I contend". "I beg pardon, my argument was this." What a strange group is that clustered amidships. How eagerly that young, pale-faced, dark-eyed passenger is arguing; and with what patient, grave attention does his antagonist listen, and, when opportunity is afforded, bring facts and physiology, philosophy and logic, to the confutation of the "Vegetarian ;" who would seem to connect total abstinence from animal food with the advancement of humanity, in the largest sense of the word. The quiet suggestion, that the most depraved and abominable people on the face of the earth do abstain from animal food, and yet are what they are, does not at all embarrass the enthusiast; nor does he attach any importance to the remark, that Life and Death are One, and that this unity is evidently the law of animal life, and even the cause of an increased amount of enjoyment, in the multiplication of animals by the care of man, and for his sustentation.

Forward, by the windlass, as on "a hill apart," is a different group: here, in quiet tones, theology and theologians, doctrine and discipline, are being discussed; here the attraction of hidden sympathies is bringing perfect strangers into close and confiding intercourse; the southern ear listens to the unaccustomed tones of the north, and an elder of Dunfermline gives the deacon of Blanktown personal recollections of the Haldanes and M'Leans, and of other names not to be unhonoured and forgotten.

But who are these mounting the paddle-box, and challenging attention? Are these, as Jack says, "sea-lawyers" on board, and is there to be marine oratory? Yes, in truth, a Friend, of bright and cheerful aspect, and whose dark eye expresses intelligence and benevolence, addresses the crowded deck; plain and simple in manners as in dress, he speaks right on, gives needed information, drops useful suggestions. JOSEPH STURGE wastes no words, and has no dealings with figures of

speech. In striking contrast to friend Joseph Sturge is one by his side he is one who would not be accounted as having passed middle age, were it not for the worn and somewhat jaded expression of his countenance; in dress and bearing there is the unmistakeable stamp of the gentleman and man of society. Though not unaccustomed to public speaking, the paddle-box as a rostrum, and an audience in midchannel, are novelties, yet the speaker (Mr. Ewart, M.P.) acquits himself worthily, and has the sympathies of his hearers, as one who, for many years, has pleaded in the Commons' House for the sanctity of human life. Another and another still succeeds, but these must

suffice here.

Twilight is on the deep; and yet the desired haven, to have been attained in the afternoon, is still distant. And now for the exercise of patience and the charities of life. There are sixty resting-places, but what are they among so many? The tenderer sex must be cared for; the aged, and here are some with the weight of threescore years and ten upon them, must be cared for; and there are those who are infirm and suffering, for them there must be such rest and comfort as may be in a crowded ship—and so it was. The young and the selfdenying walk the deck, wear away the hours in the saloon, or prick for a soft plank, and upon it court "tired Nature's sweet restorer."

There is a stir on deck. Land! Land! off Ostend. A signalrocket pierces the concave, and is acknowledged from the shore; fraternal salutations are given, the ship moves slowly between the two long arms which Ostend stretches into the deep, and anon the Belgic strand is invaded by the Friends of Universal Peace and the advocates of Fraternal Love.

Solemn, awful, beautiful is night; and was that night! No cloudcurtain or obscuring fog dimmed its lustre, or hid the glory of the stars. Through the serene, those silent and holy watchers rayed down light and sweet influences upon this dim spot which men call earth. The bustle of debarkation has subsided, and the crowd has departed linger awhile, and amidst the excitements of a landing on a foreign shore, yield to the influences of the hour. How still, how calm, how bright and clear above; how audible is this Silence. How fresh, how new and beautiful are the first glancings of the dawn; how refining the twilight of the unborn morning as it reveals town, and harbour, and shipping: all in softest repose! Those ships, how new, and yet how familiar their forms! Ah! these are the ships, these the scenes with with the Flemish and the Dutch painters have made the world familiar.

Blazing with light, and crowded with guests, the large room of the Hotel d'Allemagne presents a strange contrast to the scene without. Is it a harsh contrast? Yes.-No. The banquet of yesterday, that was to have been, and with which Belgian hospitality would greet the English visitors, furnishes forth a morning meal. How beautiful the piled fruit of the decorated table, and how attractive to some the creature comforts provided; but the hurried meal of a travelling

crowd, with its, perhaps, necessary clamour and allowable eagerness, is not the most pleasant of pictures to contemplate.

So, with brief pause, to the railway station. The piercing shriek of the steam-whistle is not heard, but Tra la ra! Tra la ra! sounds the signal-horn, and the train moves off, and proceeds, for a space, on a single line of rails, at the sober pace of about fifteen miles an hour; ever and anon passing a musket-bearing railway policeman; and so, on and on, over almost a dead sandy level; and now up rises the sun over the Netherlands, and towns of old renown, and of familiar name -Brüges, Malines, Ghent, the nursery of sturdy foes to feudal tyrrany—are passed in succession. How remarkable the essential differences and resemblances of the scene; how much that is homelike and English; how much that is new and strange. Where are the hedges and strongly-marked boundaries? they are not; but there is the cottage and the cottage-like farm, and man and woman and child, too, going forth to labour. How careful and minute the husbandry. Those hedgeless and fenceless fields, with patches of various products, look more like the allotment-fields of our labourers than an English farm. No broad margins to the fields here, and the spade has followed the plough, to make the work close and clear. How are the cattle kept in these unenclosed tracts? There is a shoeless girl, of twelve or thirteen, tending three cows, which appear to be held by a light cord while they crop the strip of green pasture, and cannot stray; and there is a boy on his knees, with some bent and forked instrument clearing the soil; and how odd look those legless barrows, and three-wheeled carts, by which produce is being taken home, and manure profusely carried out to the land.

And so the Belgian farmer, and the Belgian labourer, and his wife and children toil, and bounteous mother earth repays their toil; but, alas! here, as everywhere, the fruits of labour remain not with those whose toil and care have produced them.

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Elegant and commodious is the reception-hall of the station at Brussels into it pours the contents of the disburthened train, and -thanks to the provident care of a committee-the crowd moves off in detachments to hotels, according to plan and order, shortly to re-assemble elsewhere.

What went they out for to see? and what would they fain do? Are they as men drunk with new wine, or would they speak words of truth and soberness? These questions, indeed, "pause for a reply."

The meeting-place of the Peace Congress is appropriately named -be the omen propitious-"Salle de la Grande Harmonie." The proportions of the Hall are harmonious, and its design classical and elegant; a row of fluted columns divide it into three unequal parts, the central being the largest; the light is subdued and from above, and an air of softness and repose pervade the place. The flags of the various nations of Europe, and of the United States, hang peacefully and gracefully from column and pilaster; an arched recess and a raised dais terminate the hall. This recess is adorned with flowery

shrubs, and mingled with these are the significant emblems of peaceful industry, the plough and the steam-engine, the loom and the insignia of Commerce, and in the midst a statue of Industry; and in front of all the table, at which sit the president and the vice-presidents, with the secretaries. Such was the place of meeting: of the essays and resolutions, and the discussions upon them, it is not proposed to enlarge, or extend description of this remarkable congress; let, however, the titles of the papers, and the resolutions, be placed on record here.*

66 THE INIQUITY, INHUMANITY, AND ABSURDITY OF WAR, AS A MEANS OF SOLVING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NATIONS."

"The Congress declares that an appeal to arms for the purpose of effecting the settlement of differences between nations is a custom condemned alike by religion, reason, justice, humanity, and the interest of peoples. It therefore is of opinion, that it is the duty of the civilized world to adopt measures calculated to bring about the entire abolition of War."

66 THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSTANTLY APPEALING TO ARBITRATION FOR THE DETERMINING OF NATIONAL DISPUTES, UNTIL THERE SHALL BE FORMED A CONGRESS OF NATIONS' FOR THE FRAMING OF A CODE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW."

"That it is of the utmost importance to urge upon the different Governments of Europe and America the necessity of introducing into all International treaties an Arbitration clause, by which War shall be avoided in the settlement of disputes; special Arbitrators, or a Supreme International Court, would decide in a case of emergency."

66 ON THE PROPRIETY OF CONVOKING A CONGRESS OF NATIONS, THE OBJECT OF WHICH SHALL BE TO FORM AN INTERNATIONAL CODE, IN ORDER, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, TO SETTLE ON A SATISFACTORY BASIS MOOT QUESTIONS, AND GENERALLY TO SECURE PEACE.

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"That it is the settled conviction of this body, that the Convocation of a Congress of Nations, composed of duly-appointed representatives, is of the highest importance, inasmuch as it would secure the establishment of a welldigested Code of Laws for the regulation of International intercourse, and by constituting a High Court of Nations, would provide an effectual guarantee for the preservation of permanent and universal Peace.”,

THE FITNESS OF THE PRESENT TIME FOR INSTITUTING A SIMULTA. NEOUS MOVEMENT AMONG THE VARIOUS NATIONS FOR A GENERAL DISARMAMENT THROUGHOUT THE CIVILIZED World.

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"That this Congress consider it of primary importance to direct the attention of the different Governments to the necessity of a general and simultaneous disarmament; as they will thereby remove a fertile cause of irritation and alarm, inspire mutual confidence, and promote the interchange of those good offices which are best calculated to secure the lasting prosperity of the great Commonwealth of Nations."

The Congress having been constituted, the accomplished and philanthropic president, M. Visschèrs, opened the sitting, by a discourse of the highest interest, which drew forth the warmest

*An enlarged number of the Herald of Peace' for October, is devoted to the proceedings of the Congress.