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Colonist, Issue 7, 13 November 1857, Page 2

terests. But, take, his English character altogether, its ruggedness not excluded, you still have in it all the best attributes of gentle merit. It is unique, like the noble institutions under which it has been cherished. It is pervaded by the light of th;e press, and in dark foreign lands, lands dark as ;to "diffusive thought, it would appear quite luminous. Even amidst its old familar homes, it is beginning to win applause. It is found to be made of excellent material. It is the right Pentelic marble chiselled into commanding shapes, expressive of enduring virtue. Our gentleman ala mode may often show more polish of moral drapery, but his countenance beams not truer dignity. V-' There are, alas! views, belonging, we wouid hope, to the mere skirts of the .figure, that often induce a sigh. While intemperance is justly •abominated by all good society in old countries, it is too much encouraged here by the industrious. Crowded cities, vices held close in places of congregated operatives, have left on our humble friends too many marks) occasioned we doubt not, at first by frequent exhaustion in the old father-land. These evils defile and debase. But we are not without hope, that wiser acts, in healthier circumstances, more philosophical recreations, we mean natural ones, and more generous systems of treatment will effect great leforms.