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in life, and, politically speaking, even in death 

 to be feared. If removed to France, what 

 would be the fate of his remains ? To-day, 

 probably, adored by an admiring but capricious 

 multitude, and to-morrow outraged by an op- 

 posing and triumphant faction ; or, at best, 

 shrouded in a marble mausoleum, (that divides 

 honours between the deceased it celebrates and 

 the artist who decorates,) to be lost in an over- 

 adorned city. It is better as it is : 



" He joy'd in battles, and the breath 

 Of stormy war and violent death ; 

 And should, methinks, when all was past, 

 Have rightfully been laid at last, 

 Where rocks were rudely heap'd and rent, 

 As by a spirit turbulent ; 



Where sights were rough and sounds were wild, 

 And every thing unreconciled." 



The population of St. Helena, (including the 

 military,) was, in the year 1834, estimated at 

 6000 souls. It contains, in addition to Eu- 

 ropeans, people of many Asiatic nations ; but 

 Mulattoes, of many grades from the negro, 

 and called in this country " yam-stalks," form 

 by far the most numerous and conspicuous 

 class. Negro-slaves have been hitherto pos- 

 sessed by the white residents, but their ma- 

 numission is now secured by an economical and 

 effective arrangement. 



