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nation, which continued, without intermission, dui-ing the whole of the 

 performance. No apologj' would be listened to." 



This was hard enough. But mulattoes are not to be beaten with 

 impunity, even under the tempting emblem of the national stripes. 



" On the following day i\Ir. Anderson published in the newspapers a 

 statement of the facts from which the misunderstanding about him had 

 arisen, declaring that he was one of the last men capable of the conduct 

 imputed to him." 



However Jonathan, like others of a guilty conscience, had no for- 

 giveness in his soul, and having deserved to undergo Blr. Anderson's 

 science in the noble ai-t of self-defence on sea, determined gallantly to 

 display his retaliatory powers on his own ground. Argument and 

 apology having been repelled, Jonathan now came into the field with 

 munitions of a warfare which must speedily settle the question. 



" On Saturday, the 15th October, he was again to appear, but an 

 immense crowd had collected both inside and out of the theatre, armed 

 with rotten eggs and apples, and some with black bottles, all which 

 were evidently destined to come in violent contact with the person of 

 the obnoxious actor. As the whole city seemed to be in commotion, 

 Air. Anderson Avas advised not to appear, and he refrained from 

 doing so." 



This was prudent enough. But the free people felt themselves only 

 the more insulted ; and not having IMr. Anderson to pound into dust 

 with black bottles and bushels of missiles of all kinds, began a general 

 display of republican justice against his unlucky brethren. " The mob 

 proceeded to the house where they supposed Mr. Anderson had taken up 

 his abode, and were about to pull it about the ears of its inmates, when 

 it was ascertained that he did not live there. Under these circum- 

 stances, it was supposed that Mr. Anderson would give up his engage- 

 ment with Mr. Price, and quit New York immediately." 



This was one of the most striking exemplifications of " a clear stage 

 and no favour ;" for the stage was turned into a desert in an instant ; 

 and the Yankee actors were as handsomely pelted as the EngUsh singer 

 was abused. On the whole, we hope that a handsome correspondence 

 will follow between our diplomatists, and that we shall have protocols, 

 but no war ! 



While Europe is awaiting revolution in all its kingdoms, it is singular 

 that the other quarters of the globe are assuming an unexampled tran- 

 quillity. There is not a murmur against sword or sceptre, knout or 

 bastinado, from the Red Sea to the Yellow. But a still more interesting 

 contrast — to us at least — is to be found in the situation of the new 

 British Colonies. The settlers in Canada, Nova Scotia, New South 

 Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and the Cape, are all going on smoothly, 

 safely, and swimmingly ; rearing bullocks, taming buffaloes, train- 

 ing vines, planting potatoes, and shearing sheep. Australia is cer- 

 tainly prospering, and perhaps pros2)ering the most : yet tlie pro- 

 prietory of this great colony is of an order which perhaps never tried 

 the skill of human government before. The history of botli sexes of the 

 chief population is too familiar to the Old Bailey to be worth repeating 

 here ; and yet, out of this species of stigmatized poj)ulation, an useful, 

 industrious, and intelligent race are rapidly spreading over the new 

 continent; and the wonder is increased by the nature of the influx 

 which is consUmtly swelling that population — of all the intractable sub- 



