exchange Mrs. Guard and the female child for the chief who had been seized at Nooma. This was complied with, and Mrs. Guard and the girl were given up. They also promised to give up the boy, but did not do so; and on boats being sent on shore to know the reason, a party of the natives came down to the boat and said that he had been sent for, and was coming. This was believed, but the natives retreated a short distance and commenced firing on the party on shore. As soon as this was perceived by the vessels, they commenced a fire of grape-shot, which soon compelled the treacherous savages to retire and allow the party to embark on board the Isabella. It was determined to land the whole of the troops on the following day, but a gale coming on the landing could not be accomplished for several days, viz., on the 8th of October. This gave the New Zealanders time to collect their party, so that when the troops and sailors, to the number of one hundred, landed, they found the enemy much increased in numbers. The place where the party landed was overhung with cliffs, along which the natives were stationed, and the first difficulty was to gain the heights, which, however, was soon effected. On our troops gaining the top, most of the savages were in sight, and amongst them was one carrying the boy on his back. A long gun was also on the heights. As soon as our party was seen, some of the natives came and said the boy should be given up. At length the native with the boy came up, but insisted he should be ransomed, which being refused, he then tried to escape with the child on his back, who was tied on, but he was seized by a seaman named Williams, who stabbed him with his hanger, and another seaman coming up at the

time, shot him dead. A party of the natives, concealed in some flax, commenced firing immediately. These were soon compelled to abandon their position, and take shelter in one of their stockades. The long gun was then brought into use, and soon demolished the stockade, with several huts round it. The natives fled in all directions, leaving several dead bodies and a number of wounded. The object of the expedition being accomplished, the people re-embarked and sailed for Sydney."

"We have received accounts from Otago, in New Zealand, where the establishment of Mr. Weller is formed, which serve to show that the natives there are full as sanguinary as those of the other portion of the island, to which the accounts of yesterday referred. The following are extracts from the letters received:-

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"I sincerely hope that your representations to the Governor, for a ship-of-war to look in occasionally here, will have the desired effect, for I do assure you I know not how long we have to live. Tarrabuco, Bloody Jack, Pocate, and an immense tribe of the natives from the surrounding settlements, have arrived here. They have been extremely daring and insolent, plundering several of our people of their clothes, victuals, &c., and, unless you can procure another vessel to come down in conjunction with the Lucy Ann, I fear we shall have much difficulty and loss in getting our produce and goods on board. We have all made up our minds to quit Otago for ever. It is unsafe to live in New Zealand, unless there is a force sufficient to protect ourselves down here. I do not imagine anything of consequence will be done to us before the arrival of the chiefs from Sydney, at least they

make no hesitation in telling us so, but if two vessels come down all will be right, as they will then stand in awe of us.

"The following is an extract from another letter:

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I am sorry to inform you that I have had my house burnt by the natives. They have been very troublesome, and Tarrabuco is here. Bloody Jack told Mr. Weller that he came here for the purpose of destroying all the white people, and of robbing them; and all the natives often say the same. Only yesterday Old Wrymouth threatened to burn my house because I did not give him pipes and tobacco for clearing the store, which Mr. Weller had agreed to pay. The natives are, however, more peaceable than they were, in consequence of hearing that a man-of-war had gone to the north, on account of what had taken place there with the Harriet, and they think she is coming here, which I hope is the truth.

(Signed)

"RICHARD HAYWARD.''

"Mrs. Guard states, that when the New Zealanders first took her prisoner she was nearly exhausted with the loss of blood, which was flowing from the wounds she received in her head from their tomahawks. They voraciously licked her blood, and, when it ceased to flow, attempted to make an incision in her throat for that purpose with part of an iron-hoop. They then stripped her and her children naked, dragged her to their huts, and would have killed her, had not a chief's wife kindly interfered in her behalf, and when the bludgeon was raised with that intention, threw a rug over her person, and saved her life. The savages took the two children from under her arms, and threw them on the ground; and while they were dividing the pro

perty they had stolen from the crew of the Harriet, kept running backwards and forwards over the children as they lay on the ground-one of which, the youngest, still retains the marks of this brutal operation. They afterwards delivered the youngest child to the mother, and took the other away into the bush, and Mrs. Guard did not see it for two months after. A short time had elapsed, when the natives took Mrs. Guard to Wymattee, about forty miles from where the Harriet was wrecked, being in a perfect state of nudity, both her and her children, where they gave her an old shirt; this was the only covering she, and the infant sucking at her breast, had for the whole of the winter. They gave her potatoes to eat; and as she had made them great promises of what they would receive when Mr. Guard returned, if they spared her life, they did not afterwards ill use her. In this state she remained about five months, and during that time saw the natives cut up and eat those they killed belonging to the Harriet (one of whom was Mrs. Guard's brother), occasionally bringing some pieces of human flesh to her, and asking her to partake of it with them. When the vessels arrived off the Nooma, they brought her down, and expected the long-promised payment: Captain Guard immediately seized the man who had her, and secured him. The natives, on seeing this, fired several shots at Mrs. Guard; and the military, not having come up to Captain Guard's assistance in proper time to secure her, the New Zealanders ran away with Mrs. Guard into the bush, and took her back to Wymattee. Here they again wanted to kill her; but as numbers of them were against it, expecting she would fetch a large sum, she was allowed to live. The Alligator followed to Wymattee, and exchanged the native prisoner for Mrs. Guard and

her child; the other child was afterwards given up as well."

The Mongolian is superior to the three preceding varieties of the human race. Superior to them in animal conformation, as well as in intellectual capacity, he consequently approaches nearer to the white man; from whom, however, the very inferior distinctive organization of his body and mind place him at a very considerable distance. The empires of China and Japan evince that degree of superiority just mentioned, to which a variety of similar instances might be added. As conquerors, they have shone eminently conspicuous in the darker ages of the world; and, had Attila been as well furnished with poets and historians as Alexander, the name of the barbarous Hun might have been handed down to posterity, surrounded by as brilliant an halo as that which sheds such a dazzling lustre upon the memory of the polished Macedonian. Yet it must be admitted, that, although the Mongolians have been able to distinguish themselves as soldiers, and have succeeded in founding extensive and populous empires, they have never made much progress in the arts and sciences; while, if we investigate the subject, we shall find that their success in the field arose, not so much from their prowess, or even their overwhelming numbers, as from the effemination, the pusillanimity, and the general demoralization of their opponents. When Attila, with his innumerable host of barbarians, made inroads and spread devastation in the Eastern and Western Empire, that well-disciplined valiant race of Romans which had subdued the world no longer existed to oppose his progress. That wily politician, Augustus, attained the pinnacle of Roman greatness; he craftily usurped the supreme authority,