ed France Germany, Italy, and Switzerland | England, than the protection of the law This evidence puts in a strong light many truths of political economy that are becoming the creed of all who think upon that subject; it points out that however beneficial it may be for individuals, in a few particular cases, to conceal their improvements, and monopolize the implements with which they work, it is rarely, or never, good policy for a nation to do so. The extreme difficulty of confining any manufacture at home prevents the good which restrictive laws would otherwise do, whilst it leaves their evil full room to operate; and all laws which interfere with competition, domestic, or foreign, are highly pregnant with evil. Protected manufactures may be beneficial to the first possessors of them, and on that account are eagerly sought after and represented as national benefits, but ultimately they must invariably become the worst; degenerating by the idleness and indifference which the protection of the law gives rise to, till they have lost too much ground to be recovered, and are driven out of the market by their inferiority. But this is not the only evil which springs from monopolies; the numerous kinds of trades, and the imperfect knowledge of legislatures upon such subjects, render it morally certain that a protection granted to one trade will be an injury to some other, either then existing, or which will subsequently be pursued The advantage, we see, granted to the mining interests was more efficient in driving the button trade out of was in keeping it in. And this will pro- (To be continued.) UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. the essays on the policy of encouraging manu- The editors take this occasion of correcting an § ENACTMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. | racter of Washington, and other suitable sub The following manuscript enactments of the Board of Visiters are published chiefly for the use of those whom they more especially concern. 1. No student, without permission of the Faculty, shall leave any class which he may have entered or leave the University, without permission, before the end of the session. And if any shall offend herein, he shall be subject to any of the major or minor punishments or may be refused admission into the University, at the next session, at the discretion of the Faculty. 2. A student, desirous to leave the University and having permission from his parent or guardian, may be allowed to do so, by the Chairman, with the written concurrence of all the Professors he attends, if it be inconvenient to consult the Faculty. 3. The celebration of the anniversary of Independence and of Washington's birth day, in a manner becoming a literary institution is recommended to the Professors and students, as a duty worthy of constant observance. But no festivities which naturally lead to excess are advisable on the occasion. Public dinners. therefore are strictly prohibited-though a ball or other evening party, attended by Professors and students, having its pleasures chastened by the company of ladies, is allowed, under such regulations as the Faculty may prescribe. The celebration most appropriate to a University must blend literature and science with the The board indulgence of patriotic feeling. therefore recommend, for the fourth of July, reading the Declaration of Independence, with suitable solemnities; orations on the day and on other subjects, historical, literary and scientific : to be spoken or read, under the regulation of the Faculty. They reccommend that the subjects of composition shall be given to the students, a suitable time before hand.-That each student who pleases, may compose an oration or write a discussion, on such as he may select.--That these compositions with the name of the author be submitted to the Faculty for their inspection and criticism; That such as are deemed proper to be publicly read or spoken have their seals broken and be returned to their authors, for the purpose of being read or spoken: and that those which may not be deemed proper for public exhibition be returned to their authors, with the seals unbroken. For the twenty-second of February, they recommend, under similar regulations, compositions on subjects, illustrating the life and cha jects to be publicly read or spoken as may be deemed proper by the Faculty. 4. The bell shall be rung every morning throughout the session at dawn: the students shall rise at this signal, dress themselves without delay and be prepared for business at sunrise, at which time the Proctor shall, at least once a week, inspect their apartments and see that they are in proper order. He shall scrupulously report all breaches of this enactment to the Chairman and any student who shall violate it shall be subject to any of the minor or major punish ments. 5. Public orations and public addresses, delivered by students, affecting, in some degree, the reputation of the institution, and interfering with the more regular Academic pursuits, must be, at all times, subject to the control of the Faculty. Therefore, resolved, that no student shall deliver any public oration or public address, written or extempore, without leave of the Faculty, or pain of any of the minor or' major punish ments. 6. Leave to the students to partake of festive entertainments may be granted by the Chairman : but as such entertainments are, for the most part, unfriendly to collegiate duties, they should be allowed with caution, and unlicensed indulgence in them should be vigilantly restrained. 7. So much of the enactments as requires a student, absent from the precincts after night, on a visit to a private family, to give a written memorandum thereof to the Proctor, shall be and is hereby repealed: but all such absences without leave, unless on a visit to a respectable private family are strictly prohibited, under the penalties prescribed by the said enactments. 8. The 14th. article of the 4th. chapter of the printed enactments shall be so construed, as to authorize the Faculty to dismiss from the institution, in the manner therein provided, any student, who, in the opinion of the Faculty, from habitual delinquency in all or any of his classes, or from habitual idleness or inattention, or from any other bad habits, shall not be fulfilling the purposes for which he ought to have come to the institution, and shall not be likely to fulfil them if his parent or guardian shall not withdraw him, after having received notice thereof. ROBLEY DUNGLISON. PUBLISHED BY F. CARR. University Press.-JAMES ALEXANDER, Printer. AND JOURNAL OF BELLES LETTRES, ARTS, &c. Published every Wednesday.-Terms, five dollars per annum, to be paid in advance. "POSCENTES VARIO MULTUM DIVERSA PALATO."-Hor. Lib. ii. Ep. 2. No. 23.-VOL. 1. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. NOV. 18, 1829. LEGENDS OF THE ENGLISH LAKES. | bits and careful reflection, might have been No. 1.* HELVELLYN. PART II. (Continued from page 321 THE EMIGRATION. "Good Heav'n! what sorrows gloom'd that That call'd them from their native walks away And took a long farewell, and wish'd in vain expected to afford a soil little adapted for the reception of such seed. The district of the Zuureveld, literally "Sour Field"-so called from the character of its vegetable productions-was represented as a fair and fertile region of unrivalled beauty, and only requiring flocks and herds to be quite Arcadian-adorned with evergreen groves and forests-with the euphorbia and the strelitza—the chandelieraloes and the scented acacia, and its lawny solitudes covered with sportive herds of elegant antelopes. Such were the accounts universally current; and such the feelings which appear to have impressed every traveller; even the pious missionaries, Latrobe and Campbell, grew poetical in the description of their journey over Not many months after the departure of it. Mr. Colchester, a rumour reached the hapand retired region of Wyburn, that the British Government was anxious to establish a settlement in South Africa, in the neighbourhood of Algoa Bay; and the "Cumberland Paquet," which was received weekly from Keswick, was filled with the fanciful delineations of Tourists, regarding this land of promise; accompanied by an announcement of the more impressive fact, that the Parliament had granted fifty thousand pounds to aid the emigrants in establishing themselves there. ру A sort of utopian delirium was excited on this subject, and the florid descriptions of superficial observers laid hold of the minds of many, who, from their sober ha How delusive these representations proved; how fallacious the hopes thereby engendered; how rashly and hastily the whole scheme was concocted; the results of the late emigration have sufficiently testified! Amongst those of the staid and considerate who were led away by the general enthusiasm was Mr. Todhunter. Although in the enjoyment of every blessing; happy in his family, and prosperous in his circumstances; these vivid representations induced a desire for change, which had never previously characterised him. He was remarked by his neighbours to be thoughtful and reserved; and to be incessantly inquiring into the price of land and of agricultural implements; so that a rumour speedily got abroad, that he was desirous of making large purchases; yet how this could be they could not imagine, as they fancied, they knew exactly the means possessed by Mr. Clementson and those which he had bequeathed to Mr. Todhunter; and they knew, moreover, that, since Mr. Clementson's death, the price of the produce of the soil had not been such as to enable any one to augment his property; adding many common observations on the hardness of the times, and the causes which tended to depress the agricultural interest in particular; and then, many sapient surmises were indulged, regarding the young stranger, whose life Mr. Todhunter's family had been instrumental in saving; that, for instance, it was not improbable he had made large presents to the family; and it was farther asserted to be a fact, that he was about to be united to Mr. Todhunter's daughter, for whom he had not hesitated to express the greatest interest, in the presence of Miss Lintop, a maiden sister of the clergyman of Gras mere. All these rumours agitated the neighbourhood, for sometime, before they were dispelled by more accurate information. At length it transpired, that Mr. Todhunter had been in correspondence with the colonial office; and had, farther, been heard to speak in raptures of the prospects held out to the enterprising, who would emigrate to South Africa; nay, he had even asserted, in the presence of the before mentioned lady, that if he had not so large a family, he would unhesitatingly dispose of his property, pack up his all and proceed forthwith to this fairy settlement, where every luxury was to be produced without the slightest exertion on the part of the settler. This contingent mode of expression, so commonly employed even when the mind is fixed upon any course, was properly construed by the neighbours. Still, they remained in a state of uncertainty, until, according to the custom of the country, the parish clerk, one Sunday morning, after the congregation had quitted the church, made proclamation in the church yard, with a stentorian, O yes! several times repeated, that "THE ESTATE OF MR. JOHN TONTER, WITH ALL THE GOODS AND CHATTELS THEREUNTO BELONGING WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGH made by the honest farmers, on the announcement of this intention of their neighbour. They who had not been consulted, and thought they ought to have been, were loud and long in the expression of their dissatisfaction; and some declared, for the first time in their lives-" that they'd ivver thowt Jwon Tonter varra hity-tity," adding a number of wise saws; that "they who got their money sae easy did not know the value on't," and such like. Nay, one of them, a bluff old statesman who had been on terms of intimacy with Mr. Todhunter's father as well as with his benefactor, Mr. Clementson, ventured to tell him to his face: "yi'll live to rue it, Mr. Tonter." It will be readily imagined, that Mr. Todhunter, however much he might be influenced by his utopian delirium, could not bring his mind to this decision without numerous pangs. Well would it have been for him had he consulted some of his more experienced friends, and listened more sceptically to the seductive accounts, which had been given. Untutored was he in the ways of the world, and but little aware of the numerous and weighty inconveniences attendant upon emigration, even to the most advantageous situations. His life had been spent in comfort: privation was unknown to him; and, in his enthusiasm, was never anticipated. The chief distress, which he experienced, was in disposing of that home in which he had spent so many years of happiness, "that cot, where every pleasure rose," and in parting with those friends, who had proved to him, that the friendship of the world is not, as it has been described and has too often proved, "a show! mere outward show!" The chief pang was, however, yet to come. The day of sale was, indeed, one of severe trial: but if a tear started into his eye, when a favorite article of furniture was exposed to the highest bidder, he dashed the intruder away, as if fearful that his tender associations might overcome his resolution. It was a time of constant effort, of perpetual strife with his inmost feelings. His children, with that desire for novelty, which is proverbial, and dutiful and affec EST BIDDER ON THURSDAY SE'NNIGHT, tionate withal, made no serious objections THAT IS THE 20TH. of DECEMBER 1819. GOD SAVE THE KING!" 66 Many a remark, it may be imagined, was to their father's wishes. This, consequently, gave him but little uneasiness. But, when the day of departure arrived, his firmness well nigh failed him; the kindheart ed neighbours-many indeed from a consi- | emigrants disembarked safely at Algoa bay, whence they proceeded in long trains or caravans of bullock waggons, towards their land of promise; the whole cavalcade which had assembled here consisting of not less than ninety thousand souls. How miserably deceived many of these infatuated beings must have been, may be imagined from the fact mentioned by an intelligent individual of the party, that he one day met with a company of ladies and gentlemen, searching for apricots and oranges in the thorny jungles near the Zwartkop's river, where they expected to find them growing wild in the woods, like the hip and the haw in England. After a weary progress, the settlers at length reached Albany, with a serene sky above and verdant plains and bowery groves around them; and they pitched their tents under the shade of the fragrant Acacia and amid groves of the gorgeous kaffer-boom-the erythrina corallodendrum of Botanists. The first view of the Zuureveld was not calculated to remove the delusion, under which the sanguine settler had laboured. This extensive region consists of a stretch of country sixty or seventy miles long by about thirty broad; calculating its length from the Bosjesman's to the Groote Visch or Great Fish River; and its average breadth from the sea beach to the parallel range of mountains extending from the Groote Visch to Assagay Bush. Near the coast it is considerably diversified by small hills and gently rising grounds, and, for the most part, flows into an easy, undu It may be known to many of our readers, that five thousand emigrants were selected from the incredible multitudes of all ranks, characters and professions, who, at this period, besieged Earl Bathurst's of-lating, outline. fice with their importunate applications: these were put on board a fleet of transports, provided and well fitted out by the British Government; the better accommodations being allotted to the settlers of property and respectability, whilst the steerage was assigned to those of an inferior description. The general aspect of the country is picturesque-the verdant pastures and the grassy knolls contrasting beautifully with the dark and dense forests, which clothe the deep glens and the banks of the water courses, whilst the undulating, open, country is often agreeably diversified with scattered groves or large straggling trees, intermixed with thickets of evergreens and clumps of the mimosa. It was We shall not dwell on the various events that occurred on the passage-suffice it to say that it was attended with the usual al- A verdant cop, one of the highest in the ternations of storms and calms, to which neighbourhood, Mr. Todhunter selected as the passenger becomes tolerably accustom-the site of his future residence. ed before the expiration of a long voyage beautifully situated, commanding an extenand was relieved only by the transient ex-sive view over the Zuureveld and over its citement, occasioned by the usual ceremo- most picturesque portion; and was posnies observed on crossing the line. It was, sessed, from its situation, of an advantage, on the whole, a favorable voyage, and the which he did not then appreciate, in being |