Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1849 : Weekly), 1852-05-11

              VOLUME XLII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1852. NUMBER 37. PURLItfUKD EVKKY TUESDAY MORNING nV MCOTT & KAMI O.tl. OFKICK JUUUNAI, BUILUINOa.HIOH AND FBARL STMETB. COUNTING ROOM ON I4.ARL STREET. TMItMS-Invnrlnbly In nilvnnce. Week .y per winuta In Columbus ...5(10 Outul Cliti city f by nimViiiiflo 1 50 louhibsol tourwid unwrtitU 1 ;i Tin iibsul Uui siid upwards, to one address 1 0(1 Daily, .iua a OH Tri-Weekly, do 1 mi Weekly do., single Su The Jour ii ill li h)ki puMirihrd Unity nnd Tri-Weekly during tho year i Dil per annum, by inU, .; Tri-Weekly, $,t. Itule" of Advertising Weekly Pnper noaquare, 10 lines or low, oiiuinaertiun 0 T0 " ' ' tntchnddltional " UUS " " " 1 month 1 .Ml " " 3 " 2 " " 3 " a -Ml M " " fl fi (III " " ia " " " chnngrabln monthly, per minum... " " ' weekly " " StiwdlntTcard, one square e.r Ipn, ' aulumn.uhiihgPHbletiunrbtrly," " 0(1 i!li 0 (Ml 35 (HI , fill (HI .-..IO (HI Othitr cases nolprorldodfor.cliBrgnablft In aonlonnlty with tho Rbovo mfes. Al I loaded HdvrirtisanitintK to tinnhnrgodnot loss ihnn double me HUovrnu;,nna inoimu n-il ll sulid. Advertl-wmentBontholn-ddeex-HuHively.to hechsrgfidattho nnrt ii no percent, in saviwrn on too smtvernte itcranj. BLEAK HOUSE. A HEW WORK I!T CHARLES DICKKNI. CHAFTKK III A P110CIIUS9 CONCLUDED. " 1 whs quite persuaded we were there, when we were ten tnik'8 ntr; and when we renlly were thero, that we should never get thero. However, when wo begun to jolt upon n stonu pavement, and particularly when every other conveyance seemed tone running into tin ond we seemed to he running into every other conveyance, I bop ii n to believe that wo really were npprouch-ing tho end of our journey. Very soon alter ward we topped. A young gontlemnn who hud inked himnelf by (incident, add tended tue from the pavement mid said, " I am from Kenge mid Carboy's, uuis, of Lincoln's lun," " If you please, sir," aid 1. Ho was very obliging; and as he hnnded me into a fly, alter superintending tlie removal of my boxes, uked him whether there was a great tiro anywhere T For tho streets were so full of dense brown smoke thnt scarcely anything was to he seen. " O dear miss," he said. This is a London parlic ulnr." I had neverheard of mu-h a thing. " A fog, Tiiimt," nid the young gentleman. " O Indeed !" said I. We drove slowly through the dirtiest and darkest streets that over were seen in ihe world (I thought), and in such a distracting state of confusion ihat I wondered how the people kept (heir senses, until we passed into sudden quietude under an old gateway, uiid drove on through a silent square, until we came to an old nook in the corner, where there was an entrance up a steep, broad flight of stairs, like, an entrance ton church. And there really was a church-yard outside under inmu cloisters, for 1 saw thu grave-stones from the stair cise window. This was Kengo and Carboy's. The voting penile, man showed urn through an outer office into Mr, Kongo's room thero wm no one in it and politely put an arm-chair for mo by the fire. He then called niy attention to a little looking-glass, hanging from a nail on one side of the chiruuey-picro, " In case you should wish to look at yourself, miss, after the journey, as you 're going before the Chancellor. Not ihat it's necossary, 1 am sure," said the young gentleman, civilly. " Going before the Chancellor I " I said, startled for a moment, "Only a matter of form, miss," returned the young gentleman. " Mr. Kent;e is in court now. He left lim compliments, and would you partake ol some rtfresh-ment ; " tliere were biscuits and u decanter of wine on a sum II table; "and look over the paper; " whirh the young gentleman gave as he spoke. He then stirred the tire and left tue. Every thing was so strange the slrnnrer for its being night in the day-time, and the candles burning with a white ll.ime, nod looking raw and cold ihat 1 read the words in the newspaper without knowing what they meant, and found myself reading iho same words repeal, dly. As it was of Hit usti going on in ihat wav, 1 put the paper down, tok a peep at my i bonnet in tho glass, to see if it whs neat, and looked at the room, which was not half lighted, and at the shall-by, dusty tables, and at the piles of writing, and al a bookcase lull of the most inexpressive-looking hooks that ever had any lliinj: to say lor themselves. Then 1 went ou, I Ii ink i ti it. thinking, thinking; and the tire went on burning, Lnrnitiu, burning; and the caudles went on flickering and guttering, mid thero were no sniillers until the young gentleman hy-niid-hy brought a very dirty pairt for two hour. At last Mr. Kengo came. He was not altered ; but lie was surprised to see how altered I was, and appeared quite pleased. "A you are going to be the companion of the young lady who is now in the Chancellor's private room, Miss Ntitmnersoii," be said, " we ihoiight it well (lull you should be in attendance also. You will not be discomposed by tho Lord Chancellor, 1 dare say J " " No, sir," I said. " t do n't think I sti it." Realty not seeing, nn cfitiiiib-ration, why I should be. So Mr. Ken ire gave tn bis arm, and we went round the comer under a collonude, and tn at a side door. And so wo came, idong a passage, into a comfortable sort of room, where a youutt holy and a V'nug gentleman were standing iear a great, loud-roaring lire. A screen was interposed between them and it, and 1 1 ley were leauini; on the screen, talking. Th-y both looked up when I ramn in, ami I saw in the young ladv, with Ihe lire shining upon her, surli a beautiful girl ! With such rn-h. golden hair, such soil bluet eyes, and such a bright, innocent, trusting ficn! " Miss Ada," said Mr. Kenge, " this is Miss Summer-son."She ramn to meet me with a smile of welcome, and her hand extended, but seemed to change her mind in a moment, and k'Med me. In short, she had such a natural, captivating, winning manner, that in a frw minutes we were sitting in the wiudoweal, with the light fif the tire upon ui, talking together, as tree and nappy a cotilil tie. What a load oil my mind! It was delightful to know that she. could confide in me, and like me! It was so good of her, and so nncotiraving to me ! The young gentleman was her dmiaut cumin, she told me, and hi name wm Hirhard Cor tone. H wax h very handsome youth, with an ingenuous face, audn most engaging laueh I and after ho b id ended htm up to where we sat, he stood by (is, in the light of the lire, ton, talking gayly, like a light-hearted boy. He was very young; ni,t more than nineteen then, if quile so much, but nearly two years outer than she was. i hey were both orphans, ami (wtiat was uneipecteit and curious to me) had never met before that day. Our all three coming together for the first lime, in such an un-iitual plure, was a thing to talk about; and we talked atiout it; anil ihe tn-e, which had leti ell roaring, wink- ed in red eyes at us as Hichard suid like a drowsy old Chancery lion. We conversed in a low tone, because a full-dreiKed oeuilonian in a bag wig frequently came in and out. and when he did so, wo could bear a drawling sound in the distance, which ho said was the counsel in our cjsa addresing the Lord Chancellor. He told Mr, Kengo that the Chancellor would be up in Kve minutes and presently we heard a hustle, mid a tread of feet, and Mr. Kengo snid ihat the court had risen, and bit lordship, was id the next room. The gentleman in the bag wig opened the door al most directly, and requested Mr. Kengo income In, I pon that, wo all went into the uexirnom; Mr. Kenge iirst, with my darling it is so natural to me now, ihat 1 can't help writing it; and there, plainly dressed in macK, ami siuing in an anu-cunir m a lanio near uiw fire, was his lordship, whose robe, trimmed wuh beau tiful cold lace, was thrown upon another chair. He gave ui a searching look as we entered, but his manner was both courtly anil knei. The gentleman in the hag wig laid bundles of pa pers on his lordship's table, and his lordship silently selected one, and turned over ihe leaves. " Mis Clare," then aaid tho Lord Chancellor, " Misi Ada Clare t " Mr. Kenge presented her, and his lonUhlp begged her to tit down near him. That bo admired her, and was interested in her, even could see in a moment, It touched me, Ihat the home of im li a beautiful young creature should he represented by that dry ollh-ial place. I hu l.ord High Uhancellor, at his best, appear ed so pitor a substitute for the love and pride of pa reins. "The Jariulyee in iiuestion," siid the Lord Chan eel lor, still turning over leaves, " is Jarndyce of lUeak House. "Jarndycoof Bleak House, my lord," said Mr. Kenge. ' A dreary name," snid the Lord Chancellor. " HiU not a dreary place nt present, my lord," sail Mr. Ken ire, "And Itleak House," said his lordship, " is In " " Hertford-mire, my lord." " Mr, Jarudyue ol Rlouk House ia not married t laid his lordship. " Ho is not, my lord," said Mr. Kenge. A pause. " Young Mr. Itirhard Carstone Is present I" said tho Lord Chancellor, glancing toward him, Richard bowed and stepped forward. "Hum!" 'I'd the Lord Chancellor, turning over more leaves. Mr. Jarndyce of Bleak House, my lord," Mr. Kenge observed, in a low voice, " tl I may venture to remind your lorship, provides a suitable companion lor " r ur Mr- lucuaru uarsiunet " I uinitgm nm i n not quite sure) I beard his lordship say, in au equal low voice and with a smile. ally " For Miss Ads Clare. This is the ynnng lady. Miss Bummeinon." His lordship gate ma an Indulgent look, tud koowWdgad my oourteij tor? graciously. "Miss Siimmerson is nut related to any party in the oase, think 1 " " No, my lord." Mr. Kenge leant over before it was quite said, and whisjtered. His lordship, with his eyes upon his papers, listened, nodded twice or thrice, turned over more leaves, and did nut look toward me again, unit J we were going away. Mr. Kenge now retired, nnd Richard will) him, to where I was, near the door, leaving my pet (it is so natural to me Ihat I can't help it!) sitting near the ijoru unanceiior ; witu whom his lordship sooko n little apart ; asking her, as she told me alter warns, whether she had relleeted on tho proposed arrangement, and if sue thought she could be happy under tho root ot Mr. Jiirndycoof ltteak House, and why she thought so f Presently ho rose courteously, and released her, and men ne spoke ior n minute or two with Kieliard Car Hiono; not seated, but standing, and altogether with more ease and less ceremony ns ihoiiL'h he still knew. though he teas Lord Chancellor, bow to go struight to uiu candor oi a nny. "Very well!" said his Inrdthip aloud. "I shall make tho order. Mr. Jarndyce of Bleak Houso has chosen, so tar as I am any judge, and this was when he looked at me, "a very good companion for ihe young lady, nnd the arrangement aliogethcr aeema the best of which the circumstance admit. He dismissed us pleasantly, nnd we nil went nut, very much obliged to him for heing so all able and po-li'e; by which he had certainly lust no dignity, but seamed to have gained some. When we got under the colonnade, Mr. Kenge remembered that he must go back for a moment to ak a question ; and ho left us in the fug, with the Lord Chancellor's enrriugo and servants waiting for him to come out. "Well! "said Richard Oarstono, "ihat'g over ! And where do we go next, Miss Suinmerfloii T " " Do n't you know T " I said. "Not in ihe leant,'' said ho. " And do n't ym know, my love f " I asked Ada. " No ! " said she. " Do n't you 1 " " Notnt all ! " eniJ I. Wo looked at one another.hnlf-laiighing at our being like the children in the wood, when a curious little old woman in a sn.ueer.ed bonnet, ami carry ins a reti cule, came courtesyiug and smiling up to us, with au air of great ceremony. " O ! " said she. Tho wards in Jarndyce ! Very hppy I um sure, to have the honor! It is a good omen for youth, and hope, and beniilv. when thov find themselves in this place, and don't know what's to come of it." Mad!" whispered Richard, not thinkhg she could henr him. Hiht! Mad, voting gentlemnn." nho roturned so quickly that he was quite abashed. " I wan a ward myself. I was not mad at that time," courtesying low, and smiling between every little sentence. "1 had youth, and hope. I believe, hcauiy. It mailers very little now. Neither ol Ihe three nerved, or Suved me. I have the honor to attend court regularly. Willi my documents I expect a judgment. ' Shortly. On the Day of .lodgment. I have disruven d that the sixth leat mentioned in the Revelations, is the (J rent Seal. It has been open a long time! I'my accept my blessing." As Ada was a little frightened, I said, to humor tho poor old lady, that wo were much obliged to her. "Ye-es!" she said, mincingly. " I imagine an. And here is Conversation Kenge, With Am documents. How does your honorable worship do V "Ouite well, quite well! Now don't ho trouble. some, that's a good soul!" said Mr. Kcuge, leading the way back. " liy no means, saui the poor old holy, keeping up with Ada and mo. " Atiythini.' hut troublesome. I shall confer estates nnboih which is not being trouble. som, 1 trust! 1 expect a judgment. Shortly. On the Day of Judgment. This is u good omen for you. Accept my blessing!" Nlio stopped nt the imtlnm of the steep, broad Right f stairs; but we looked back as we went tin, and she was still there, saying, si ill with a courtesy und a lie between every little sentence, " Youth. Anil im. And beauty. And Chancery. And Conversa tion Kenge ! Hu! I'my accept my blessing!" CHAPTER IV TkI.KSCoHC I'lllI.ANTHRory. Wk were to pass the night, Mr. Kengo told ns, when we arrived in his room, at Mrs. JelKby's; and then turned to me, and snid ho look it for gumted I new who Mrs. .lellyhy wn t " I really don t, sir. I returned, " IVrhaPS Mr. irstone or Mi Cl.ire " Hut no, they knew nothing whatever nlmiit Mis. Jellyby. ln-ieed! Airs. Jellyhv," snid Mr. hence, stand ing wilh his back to the lire, and cut-ting bis eyes over the dusty hearth-rug as if it were Mrs. Jellyby 's biog- phy, " is a lady of very remarkable "treriL'th of char acter, who devotes herself entirely to tl- public. She has nevo'ed lierseit to nn extensive variety ol public subjects, al various times, nnd is at present (until uietliiug else attracts her) devtited to the subject ol Africa, with a view to the general cultivation of the Ilea berry nnd the unlives and the happy settle ment, on the hanks of tho African rivers, of our super. abundant home population. Mr. Jarndyce, who is desirous to aid in any work that ia considered likely to tie n g tod work, and who is much sought alter by philanthropists, has, I believe, u very hih opinion of Mis. Jellyby." Mr. Kenge, adjusting his cravat, then looked ot us. " And Mr. Jellyby, sir?" suggested Richard. Ah! Mr. Jellyby, said Mr. henge, "is n I lon't know that 1 can descrihn him to you better limn by saying that he is ihe huoband of Mrs. Jellyby." A nonentity, sir j " snid tf irhard, with u droll look. I don't sav ihat," returned Mr. Ken-'e. ernvelv- I can't snv 'hat, indeed, for I know nothing whatever nj Mr. Jelhhf. 1 never, to my knowledge:, had the an u re ol seeing Mr. Jellyby, tie may boa very superior man i but lie is, so to speak, merged merged in ihe more shining qualities ol his wile." Air. nge proceeded to tell us that as tho road to Itletlk House would have been very long, dark, and tedious, such nn evening, nnd ns wo had been trnvehug al-uly, Mr. Jarndyce had himself proposed this nr ran ge nt, a carriage would be nt Airs, .lomliy's to con vey ns out of town, early in the forenoon ofto-morrow. He then rang a little hell, nnd Ihe young gentleman aliie in. Addressing him by Ihe name ol liiippy, Mr inquired whether Miss Summerson's boxes and ihe rest of the ba(.'t!age hail been "sent round." Mr, unpy said Ves, they had been sent round, and a conch waN waiting to take us round too, as soon ns we pleased. 1 hen it only remains, said Mr. kengn, shaking hands with us, " for me tn express my lively salislac- m in (enod-daVi Miss Clare!) the arrangement ibis ilay concluded, nnd my (ipW-by to you, Mi Summer- son !) lively hope that it will conduce to the happiness, Ihe (iilad lo have bad the honor o making your ac- iiiauitaiiro, Mr. Carstone !) welfare, the advantage in II points of view, or fall concerned! (uppy, see the parly s;do!y there. V here it there, Mr. (Jiippyr said Ki chard, as he went down stairs. No distance," said Mr. Ciuppy; " round in Tliavies' Inn, you know. 1 can t say l know nhero it is, tor I come Irotn Winchester, and am strange in i.oiidon," Only round the corner," said Mr. Ct tippy. 11 We just twist up Chancery-lane, and cut along Ilolborn, and there we are in tour minutes' tune, ns near as n mrher. This is about a London particular note, ain't miss T He itemed quile delighted with it uu my account. Tho fog it very dense indeed ! " said I. Not that it affects you, though, I am sure," said Mr. Ouppy, putting up the steps. " On tho contrary, seems lo On you go u, miss, judging lmui your np iH'Brauce. I knew he meant well in paying me tins compliment, so 1 laughed at myself for blunhiug at It, when he had hut I tin door ami got upon the box : and we all three laughed, antl chatted about our inexperience, and tho strangeness of London, until we turned up under archway, to our destination; a narrow street ol high houses, like an oblong cistern to hold tho fog, I Here was a comuseo niiiw crown oi pnopn. principally childien, gathered about tho house nt winch wo slopped, which bad a tnrnisned mass pin to on the door, with ihe inscription, Jn.i.rnv. Don l be frightened : said Mr. (nippy, looking in nt the roarh-wimlow. "One of the young Jellybys been and got his head through the nrcn railings ! " O poor child, salt) I, " let mo out, II you please ! "I'my bo careful of yourself, miss. The young Jellvbvs are always nn lo something," siid Mr. Ciuppy. 1 made my way to the poor child, who was one of the dirtiest nine uniorinuaies i ever saw, ami iohihi him very hot and frightened, and trying loudly, tixed by the neck between two iron railings, while a milkman nnd a beadle, with the kindest intentions possible, were endeavoring to drag him back by the legs, under a general impression Ihat his skull was compressible ny those means. As i toiiuii (alter paeity mg mm,) mat he was a utile boy, with n naturally Inrge head, thought thnt, perhaps, where his head could go, his bony could lollow, nnd mentioned that Ihe best mode of extrication might be to push him forward. This was so favorably received by the milk-man and beadle, that be would immediately have leeii pushed into the area, if 1 had not held his pinafore, white Richard nod Mr. iuppy ran tlown through the kitclun, to catch him when he should be released. At last bo was happily got down without any accident, and then be began to beat Mr. Guppy with a hoop-aii k in quite a frantic manner. Nobody bnil appeared belonging lo the house, ex-ept a person in pultons, who had been poking at Ihe child Itotn below with a broom; 1 don't know with what ol'iect, und I ib n't think she did. I therelore supposed that Mrs, Jellyby was not at home; and was quite surprised when the fierson appeared in the pas- sage without the pniieus, and going up to the Hack room on the first tloor, before Ada and mo, announced us as, "Them two young ladies, Missis Jellyby!" We pasted several more children on the way up, whom it was ditlii ult to avoid treading on in thedurk; and ai we came into Mrs. Jellyhy's presence, one of the Snnr little things tell down stairs uown a whole ight ( it souuded to me,) with a great noise. Mrs. Jellyby, whose face reflected none of lha un nuiutM which wo could Dot help showing in our Ukm, as tho dear child's head recorded ita pnssage with a utimp on every stair Kicbard atterward said he counted seven, besides one for the lauding received us with perfect equanimity. She was a pretty, very diminutive, plump woman, of front forty to fifty, wilh handsome eyes, though they had a curious habit of seeming to look a long way off. As if I am quoting Richard again they could see nothing nearer than Atricai " I am very glad indeed," said Mrs. Jellyby, in an agreeable voice, " to have the pleasure of receiving you. I have a great respect for Mr. Jnrndyce; anil no one in whom he is interested can be an object of iu- liuercuce to me." We expressed our acknowledgments, and sat down behind the door, where thero was a In mo invalid of a aofa. Mrs. Jellyby had very good hair, but was too much occupied with her African duties to brusn it. The shawl in which she had been loosely muflled, dropped on to her chair when she advanced to us; and as nho turned to resumo her sent, we could not help noticing that her dress dtdirt nearly meet up the hack, and the open space was railed across with a lattice-work of stay-lace, like a summer-houio. Tho room, which was strewn with papers and nearly filled by a great writing-table covered with similar litter, was, I must say, not only very untidy, but very dirty. We were obliged to take notice of that with our Sonne of sight, even while, with our sense of hearing, we followed tho poor child who had tumbled down stairs: I think into the back kitchen, where somebody seemed to stifle him. But what principally struck us was a jaded, andunhealthy-looking, though by no means plain girl, at the writing-table, who sat biting the feather of her pen, and staring at us. 1 suppose nobody ever was in such a state of ink. Aud, irom her tumbled hair to her pretty feet, which wore disligtired with frayed and broken slippers trodden down at heel, she really seemed to have no article of dress upon her, from a pin upward, that was in lis proper condition or its right place. ' Yon find mo. my denrs," said Mrs. Jellyby, snuffing the two great office candlea in tin candle-sticks, which made the room tnife strongly of hot tallow (tho fire had gone out, and ihnro was nothing in the grate but ashes, a bundle ol wood, and a poker,) " you find mo, my dears, as usual, very busy; but that you will excuse. The African project at present employs my whole time. It involves mo in correspondence wilh public bodies, nnd with private individuals anxious for the welfare of their species all over the country. I um happy to say it is advancing. Wo hope by this time next year to have from a hundred and fifty to two hundred healthy families cultivating coffee and educating tho natives of HorHoboola-Gha, on the left bank of the Niger." As Ada said nothing, but looked at me, 1 said it must be very gratifying. "It ii gratiiyinc," said Mr. Jellvbv. "It involves the devotion of all my energies, such as they are; but that is nothing, so that it succeeds; and I am more confident of success every day. Do you know, Miss Siimmerson, I almost wonder that you never turned your uiougnts to Atricn f This application of tho subject was really so unex pected to me, that I win quite at a loss bow to receive it. I hinted that the climate " The finest climate in ihe world ! " said Mrs. Jellyby. " Indeed, ma'am 1 " "Certainly. With precaution," suid Mrs. Jellvbv "You may go into Ilolborn, without precaution, and bo run over. You may go into Ilolborn wilh precaution, and never be run over. Just so with Africa." I snid, " No dotibt," I meant as to Holborn. " If you would like," suid Mrs. Jellyby, putting a number of papers toward us, " to look over some remarks on that head, and on the general aubjocls (which have been extensively circulated,) while 1 liimh a let ter, I am now dictating to my eldest daughter, who is my oinniiuensis " The girl nt the table left rfi' biting her pen, and made n return to our recognition, which was half bashful and half sulky. "I shall then have finished for the present." pro ceeded Mrs. Jellyby, wilh a sweet smile; " though niy work is never done. Where are you, Caddy T ' "' Presents her compliments to Mr. Swallow, and begs' " said Caddy. "'And begs,'" said Mrs. Jellyby, dictating. "Mo inform him, in reference to bis letter of inquiry on the Aincnn project. no, reepy t wot on any account! " I'eepv, (ho self-named) was the unfortunate child who had fallen down stairs, who now interrupted the orrespondeuce by presenting bimsell, with n strip ot lat-ter on bis lorehend, to oxhibit tits wounded knees, in which Ada nnd I did not know which to pity most the bruises or the dirt, Mrs. Jellyby merely added, with the serene ci uiiiosure with which she said every thing, ' (hi along, you naughty IVepy ! " and fixed her tine eyes on Africa again. However, as sho at once proceeded with her dictation, nnd as I interupled nothing by doing so, I veil lured quietly to stop poor 1'eepy ns be was going out, and to take him up to nnrso. He looked very much astonished nt it, aud at Ada's kissing him; hut soon fell fast asleep in my arms, sobbing nt longer and longer interval, until he was quiet, 1 was so occupied with I'eepy that I lost ihe letter in detail, though I derived such n general impression from it of the momentous importance of Africa, and the titter iusignitieancn of all other places and things ihat I felt quite ashamed to have thoii'Mit so utile about it. Six o'clock ! " snid Mrs. Jellyby. " And our din ner hour is nominally (for wo dine at all hours) live Caddy, show Miss Clare nnd Miss Siimmersoii their rooms, ion will like to make some change, perhaps Yon will excuse me, 1 know, being so much occupied. O, that very bud child : 1 ray put him dowu, Miss bum mersoii : 1 begged permission to retain hun, truly saying that he wns not at all troublesome; and earned him up stairs and laid him on my bed. Ada and I bad two upper rooms, with a door of communication between. They were excessively bare and disorderly, and the urtam lo my window wns lastened up with a lork. "You would like some hot water, wouldn't you?" aid Mrs. Jellvbv. lookini; round for a lug with a handle to it, but looking in vain. " II tt is not being troublesome, said we. "0, it's not tho trouble," returned Mrs. Jellyby the nueiiimi is, if tliere it any." Tho evening was so very cold, nnd tho rooms had such n marshy smell, that I must couless it wns a little miserable : nnd Adn wns hall crying. Wes on laughed, however, and were busily unpacking, when Miss Jel lyby came back to say, that she was sorry there was no hot water; but limy couhln I linu the kettle, and the boiler wns out of order. We begged her not to mention it, nnd mndo all the haste we could lo get down tit the lire again. If tit all the little children had come up to the landing outside, to look nt ihe phenomenon ol reepy lying on my bed; and our attention wasdistraited by the constant np inrattoii ol noses and lingers, iu siiuatious ol danger between the binges of tho doors. It was impossible to shut tho door of either room ; for my lock, with no knob to it, looked as if it wanted to be wound up; and though the handle of Ada's went round wilh the greatest smoothness, it was attended wilh no effect whntover on tho door. Therefore I promised to the children thnt they should come in and he very good nt my table, and I would tell ihein the story of little Red Riding flood while I dressed; which they did, and wore ns quiet as mice, including reepy, wno awoke opportunely before (he appearanco of the wolf When we went down stairs we found a mug, with "A Present from Tumbndce Wells " on it, hchted uii iu the staircase window with a floating wick ; and a young Woman, with a swelled lace bound up in a flannel bandage, blowing the tiro of tho drawing room (now connected by an oMtn door with Mrs. Jellyby room.) and choking dreadfully. It smoked to that de gree, in short, thai we all sat coiighingnnd crying with ihe window open for half au hour; during who b Mrs. Jellvbv. with the same sweetness id' temper, directed letters about Africa. Her being so employed was, I must say, a great relief to me) lor Richard told us that be had washed his hnuds in a pio-diMh, ami that they bad found tho kettle on Ida dressing-table; and lie made Ada laugh io, that they made tue laugh in the most ridiculous manner. Soon alter seven o clock wo went down to dinner carefully, bv Mrs. Jellyhy's advice; for iho stair-car pets, besides being very deficient in stair-wires, were so torn as tn be absolute traps, wo nan a lino con nsn a niece of roast beef, a dish of cutlets, and pudding an excellent dinner, if it htui had any conking to speak of, but it was almost raw, Tho young woman with the flannel baudaco waited, and dropped everything on the table wherever it happened to go, and never moved it again until she put it on the stairs. The person I had seen in pattens (who I suppose to have been the cook,) frequently came and skirmished wilh her at thedoor, and thereappeared to be ill-will between them. All through dinner; which was long, Inconsequence of such accidents as the dish ol potatoes being mislaid iu the coal scuttle, and the handle nf tho cork-screw rominir otV. nnd striking: the young womnu in the chin Mrs. Jelliby preserved the evenness of her disposition, She told us a great deal that wns interesting about Horioboola-iiha nnd iho natives; ami received so many letteri that Richard, who sat by her, snw four envelo- peftinlho gravy at once, Home of tho letters were proceedings or Indies' committees, or resolutions of indies' meetings, which she rend tons; others were applications from people excited in various ways about the cultivation of colteo, aud natives; others required answers, aud these she sent her eldest daughter from the table three or lour times to write, Mm was lull business, and undoubtedly was, as she hud told us, devoted to the cause. I wns a little curious to know who a mild, bald gen man in spectacles was, who dropped into a vacant chair (there was no top or hoitom in particular) after ihe iin was laken away, ami seemed passively to sun mil niuiseii to norrioiiooia-iiiia, but not lo bo active interested in that settlement. As be never spoke won), he might have been a native, but for his complexion. It was not until wo left the tab!, and he remained alone with Richard, that the possibility of his being Mr. Jellyby over entered my head. Rut he was Mr. Jellyby; and a loquacious young man, called Mr. Quale, with Inrge shining knob for tern pi us, and his hair all brushed to tho back ot bis head, who came in the evening, and told Ada he was a philanthropist also informed her that be called the matrimonial alii ance of Mrs. Jellyby with Mr. Jellyby Ihe union of mina ana manor. This young man, besides having a great deal to say for himself about Africa, aud a project of his for leaching the coffee colonists tn teach the nntives to turn pianoforte legs and establish an export trade, delighted iu drawing Mrs. Jellyby out by saying, I believe now, Mrs. Jellyby, yii have received as many ns from one hundred and fifty to two hundred tellers respecting Africa in a single day, havoyou notT" or, If niy memory does not deceive me, Mrs. Jellyby, ynu once mentioned that you had sent off five thousand circulars from one post-office at one time I "always repeating Mrs. Jellyby'sattBwer to us, likoan interpre ter, uurmg ine wuoie evening, mr. jum;j -.... corner with his bend against tho wall, as if ho were subject to low spirits. It seemed thut be had soveral times opened his mouth when aloue with Richard, after dinner, as if he had something ou bis mind; but had always shut it again, to Richard's extreme conlu-sin, without saying anything. Mrs. Jellyby, sitting in quite a nest of waste paper, drank cotlue all the evening, and dictated at intervals to her eldest daughter. She also hold a discussion with Mr. Quale; of which the subject seemed to be if I understood it the Brotherhood of Humanity; and gave utterance to some beautiful sentiments. I was not so attentive un auditor as I might have wished to be, however, for I'cepy and tho other children came Mocking about Ada and me in a corner of the drawing-room lo ask for another story : so we sat down among them, nnd told ihem. in whispers, 1'tiss in Boots and 1 don't know what else, until Mrs. Jellyby, accidentally remembering them, sent ttiein to bed. as reepy crieu for mo to lake him to bed, I carried him up-stairs; where the young woman with the flannel bandage charged into the midst of the little family like a dragoon, and overturned them into cribs. After that, I occupied myself iu making our room a littlotidy, and in coaxing m very cross fire that had been lighted, to burn; which, ut last, it did, quite brightly. On my return down stairs, I felt that Mrs. Jellyby looked down upon me rather, for heing in frivolous ; aud I wns sorry for it; though, at the same time, I knew that I had no higher pretensions. It was nearlv midnicht before wo could find an op portunity of going to bad ; and even then we left Mis. Jellyby among her papers drinking colteo, and Miss Jellyby biting the (Wither nf hor pen. " What a strange house: - said auu, wnen wo goi up stairs. " How curious of my cousin Jarndyce to send us here! " ' My love," said I, " it quite confuses mo. I wunt to understand it, and I can t understand it at all. " What T " asked Ada, with her pretty smile. " All this, mv denr." said I. " It mutt be very pood of Mrs. Jellyby to take such pains about n scheme for the benefit of Nutives and yet I'eopy and tho house keeping! Ada luutrhed : and rut her arm nbout my neck, as I stoud lookim.' at the tiro; aud told mo I was a quiet, dear, good creature, and had won her heart. " Yon are so thoughtful, Esther," she said, " and yet so cheer ful! nnd you do so much, so unpretendingly! You would make a nome out oi even tins nouse. Mv simple darling! She wnsouile uuconsciouslhat she only praised herself, and that it was iu the good ness ol her own near! mat sue raaue so mucu oi me : " Mav I ask vou a question 1 " said 1. when we bad sat before the fire a little while. Five hundred, " said Ada. " Your cousin, Mr. Jarndyce. I owe so much to m. Would you mind describing him tumel" Shakins back her golden hair, Ada turned her eyes upon me with such laughing wonder, thnt I was full of wonder, too puruy at ner ueauiy, puruy ai ner sur prise. " Ksiner : sue crieu. ' My dear! " " You want a description of my cousin, Jarndyce T " " My deor, I never saw him." " And never snw him I " returned Ada. Well, to he sure! No, she htid never seen him. Young as she wns when her mamma died, she remembered how the tears would come into her eyes when she spoke of him, and of the noble generosity of his character, which sho had said wns iu be trusted above all earthly things; aud Ada trusted it. Her cousin, Jarndyce, had written her a few months ago "a plain, honest letter," Ada said proposing the arrangement we were now to enter on, and tolling her that, " in time, it might heal some of tho wounds mode by that tnwcrobUi Chancery suit. coie nja repueu, graieiuny accepting uis pit-posal. Richard had received a similar letter, and had made a similar response. He had seen Mr. Jarndyce once, but only once, five years ago, ut Winchester hool. He had told Adn, when they were leaning on the screen before Ihe fiie where I found them, that he recollected him as a" bluff, roy follow." This was the utmost description AducouUl give me. It sot mo thinking so, that when Ada was nsleep, I still remained before tho tire, wondering and wondering about Bleak House, and wondering and wondering that yesterday morning should seem ao long ago. I don t know where my thoughts had wondered, when they were recalled by a tap at the door. 1 opened it softly, and found Miss Jollyby shivering thero, with a broken candle iu a broken candlestick iu one hand, and an egg-cup iu the other. (iood-uight! said she, very sulkily. Oood-mght ! " said I. May I come in 7" she shortly aud unexpectedly asked me, in the same sulky way. "Certainly," said 1. " Don't wake Miss Clare." She, would not sit down, but stood by thu fire, dip ping her inky middle linger in the egg-cup, which con taiued vinegar, and smearing it over the ink stains on her face; frowning the whole time, aud looking very gloomy. , " l wish Africa was dead I " she said, on a sudden. I was going to remonstrate. " I do ! " she mid. " Don't talk to me, Mim Sum- merson. I bale it aud detest it. It s a beast!" I told her she was tired, and 1 was sorry. I put mv hand upon her head, and touched her forehead, and laid it was tioi now, out wouui oe cool to-morrow, She still stood, pouting aud frowning at me; but pres ently put dowu her egg-cup, and turned softly toward the bed where Ada lay. " She is very pretty ! " she said, with tho same knit ted brow, and in the same uncivil manner. 1 assented wilh a smile. "Au orphan. Ain't she!" " Yes." 11 But knows a quantity, I suppose T Can dance and play music, ami siugT She can talk French, I suppose and do geography, aud globes, and needlework, and everything T " " No doubt, said 1. " J can't," sho returned. " I can't do any thine hardly, except write. I'm always writing lor Ma. 1 wonder you two were not ashamed of yourselves to come in this afternoon, and see um able to do nothing ebe. It was like your ill nature. You think your selves very tine, i dare any : " I could seo that the poor girl wns near crying, nnd 1 resumed my chair without speaking, and looked at her (I hope,) as mildly as I felt toward her. "It a disgraceiui, said she. " You known is. the whole house isdiBgraoufnl, The children are disgraceful. I'm disgraceful, l'a's miserable, and no wonder! Rriscilla drinks she's alwnya drinking. It's a great shame, and a great story, of you, if you say you didu l smell nr iotiay. it was as bad as a public house, waiting at dinner, you know it was ! " ' My dear, 1 don t know it," said 1. " You do," she said, very shortly. "You shaVt say you dou't. You do! " " O, my dear!" aaid I, "if you won't let me speak" " You re speaking now. ion know yon are. Uoiri tell stories. Miss Sum merson." My dear, said I, "us long ns you won't hear me " I den't want to hear you out." " O yes, 1 ihiuk you do," siid I, "because that would be so verv unreasonable. I did not know what yott tell me, because the servant did not come near me at dinner; hut 1 dou't doubt what you tell me, and am sorry to ueur it. " You needn't make a merit nt mat, said she. " No, my dear," said I. " That would be very fool ish." She wns still standing by the bed, and now stooped down (but still with the same discontented face) and kissed Ada. inai none, sue came snitiy Dack, and stood by ihe side of my chair. Her bosom was heav ing in a ditiressiul manner thai I greatly pitied ( but I thought it belter not to speak. " 1 wish 1 was dead !" she broke out. " I wish we were all dead. It would be a great deal better for In a moment afterward, she knelt on the sround at my side, hid Iter lace in my dress, passionately begged my pardon, nud wept. I comforted hor, and would have raised her, but she cried, No, no; she wanted to stay there I " You used to tench girls, sue said. ' II ynu could only have lutight me, I could havo learned from you 1 am so very miserable, auu i uao you so very much I " I could not (lersuade hor to sit by me, or to do any th inn hut move a muffed stool lo where she was kneel ing, nnd take that, und still hold my dress in the same manner. By degrees, the poor tired girl fell asleep ; ami then I contrived to raise her head so that it should rest on mv lan. and tn cover us both with shawls. The fire went out, and all night long sho slumbered thus before the ahy grate. At first I wns painfully awake, and vainly tried to hsn myself, wilh my eyes closed, among the scenes of the day. At length, by slow degrees, (hey became in distinct and mingled. J be nan to lose tho identity ol the sleeper restiutt on me, Now, it was Ada; now, one of my old Rending friends from whom I could not believe I had so recently parted. Now. It was (he little mad woman worn out with courtesying and smiling ; now, tomo one in authority at Bleak House. Lastly, it was no one, and 1 1 wns no one. The purblind day was feebly atruirclinff wilh the foil, when 1 nneneil mv eves to encounter those of a dirty faced little spectre fixed upon me. reepy had scaled his crib, and crept down m his bedgown and nnd wns so cold that his teeth were chattering as il he had cut them all. The man who ate his diuuer wilh the fork of a river, baa been attempting to spin ft mountain top. " One of the rarities of lite," says Eliza Cook, " is, a woman thoroughly satisfied with hor daughter-in-law." ui jTorcigu Policy. THE EXPEDITION TO JAPAN. So much has been said in the newspapers about the expedition to Jupau, recently planned by our Government, and so much ignorance has been exhibited in regard to it, that we cannot do our readers a belter service than by publishing the following interesting arti cle, cut from Arthur t Home Gazette, for which it was compiled from Chamhert Papers for the People. To bring it within as moderate length as possible we have somewhat abbreviated it. It will be found extremely interesting : jnpan. The Japanese group of Islands occupies, in many respects, the same position on the eastern coast of Asia, that (treat Uritain aud Ireland do on the Western cuti-it of Europe. " The empire of Japan is composed of three main islands and innumerable smaller ones, which, studding ute sea along its const, render navigation dilhcuit, mm iu some meaMire, therefore, defend it from tho sudden attacks of foreigners. Some protection is also derived from the rough aud boisterous character of the sea itself, which vexed by storma ami beset with sunken rocks and shallows, suggests the idea of extreme danger tn mariners, especially since tho period at which, by an inhospitable decree of thu government, strangers from all parts of the world were forbidden lo touch upon its shores. Its external nspect is bleak mid forbidding, Iu some places precipitous dills rise frowning from tho wnter to a great height; while elsewhere chains of mountains, seemingly smitten with external barrenness, suggest the idea of a hungry, desolate nnd repulsive region. "On a nearer approach it is discovered that whatever may bo the qualities of the soil, tho Japanese are not a people to abandon it to nature, with industry and pains incredible they cultivate the face of the most rugged seaward mountains, currying up their fields and plantations terrace above terrace to their summits, and thus extorting subsistence Irotn districts the least sus ceptible of improvement. Many attribute their persevering energy to Ihe pressure of extreme poverty, more natural to believe that the Japanese tiro constitutionally energetic, and thul In them, as to their neighbors, the Chinese, active employment is a sort of necessny. The existence of iho Japanese wns first made known to Europe in the thirteenth century by the Veiiitian tra veler, Murco I'olo. While Polo was in tho service of Kablni Khan, Emperor of China, n powerful armament was fitted out against Japan by the Chinese, hut the islanders repulsed the celestials wilh great bravery, aud the expedition proved a failure. nothing mure was heard ol the Japanese tor three centuries, when Ferdinand Mewl eat Pinto, a Portuguese navigator, wns driven by a stotm on ono of the Ulnnds, and on his return, brought intelligence ot a churncier to awaken the liveliest interest iu the minds of his countrymen. Trndo was immediately opened wilh the people, and the Romish church sent out ecclesiastics to convert them. St Francis Xavier, called by his church the Apostle of the Indies, arrived in Japan in tho year 1517, nnd wns received with great marks favor by tho native princes. The conversion of the people to Christianity is represented ns having progressed with remarkable rupidity. The mode in which the priest went to work to make the natives comprehend iho new doctrine was singular enough: " riaviug ioiiiki, or lormeu a jew interpreters, they wrote their sermons in some European lanuaL'e, and having caused them to bo translated into. Japanese, and written out fairly in Roman characters, delivered them to the congregations, without thorn selves understand ing a syllable ol what they hud read. J he t-lteut may be conjectured. Hearing their lout-unite pronounced as strangers usually prou ounce a foreign tongue, the Japanese were convulsed with laughter at the good fathers, and often, perhaps, professed to accept their doctrines iu order to console Ihem for having laughed at their eloquence." hethvr this were o or not, the success of the missionaries iu pros- lytinK was re murk- able. MultitudM fWMfpMunlW e.mne over to their creed, including several princes, and numbers of the most wealthy and iiillueuiial nobles ut ihe land ; Jesuits and monks of all other orders poured into the country in a constantly expanding stream ; unlive priests wore mul tiplied ; and these, wilh n zeal tound Ircqueutly among new converts, spread themselves over the face of the country, animated by the most ardent desire to overthrow tho temples of their forefathers, and pjve currency ht the new faith. Buddhist aud Sinloisls, priests and bonzes, succumbed before their impetuous energy, until the Christians amounted to a million in number, and were found in every grado ol society Irom the throne downwards. It was at one time believed that tho emperor himself had deserted the ancient shrines of idolatry, nml listened with approval to Ihe doctrines of Ihe new religion." Bti this state of things was not to continue. Ttie ecclesiastics began to treat with a certain degree of contempt the laity and unconverted nobles. This aroused the indignation ot the latter; as well as their fears lest their humble foreign teachers should in the end become their mastors. Tho auger and resentment of tho old nobility were brought to n climax by an incident that occurred on the road of Yeddo, It is customary in Japan for princes, aud governors of provinces, wheu departing tor any distant portion of tho empire, to leave behind them us hostages their wives nnd children in the me-troolis. Ostensibly lor the imnwiso of visitiitff lliom. though really in obedience of other maxims of policy, they are expected to make nunuul visits to the court; and on these occasions it is necessary for all persons of interior rank, clergy aud laity, nntives or strangers, to descend from their palanquins iu token of respect, or, if on toot, to show their reverence by curtuiu forms of obeisance. One of these grndees returning from his distant government, was encountered by a Komisb billion, who, instead of conforming to the fashion of the country, ordered his bearers to pass hy with disdainful indifference. Disgusted hy this display of pre-latical pride, the prince, who had numerous friends at court, laid a complaint before the emperor ; aud at the sanio lime succeeded in alarming the aristocracy of the country, whoso kindly feelings had been already alien ated by the pompous insolence and cupidity or the foreign clergy. A spark only was wanted tn kindle the fires nf per secution, and ibis was soon finished. A Spaniard, on his way from Mexico to the Phillippinea, was induced to visit Japan. He was pointing out to a native nllirer, on a map, the extent of his master's dominions. "How is it thai your king, inquired theJapauese, " hat man aged to possess bimsell of half the world T " " H ummences by sending priests," replied the Spntiiard ' who win over the people ; nnd when this is done, tho troops are despatched to join the native Christians, aud the conquest is easy and complete. H hen this un guarded reply ot tue uastuian wns reported to laico, their omperor, ne exclaimed" What, then 1 are m dominions filled with traitors 7 " In the first outbnenl t imperial vengeance, twenty six priests sudor ed mar tyrdotn. To repress, not to extirpate Christianity was in the beginning the policy of the court. " While these things were in this situation, a new and unexiiected event occurred to complicate the dim cullies of CalholicUm in Japan. The Dutch, who had I miir behold wilh envy the oolden harvest reaped bv the Portuguese In the further East, determined, towards the close of the sixteenth century, to enter upon nud dispute ihe field with them. Up to that moment the gains ol the first discoverers would appear to liavi been so great as to be almost incredible. Japan abound with precious nioinls: aud the Portuguese, whoso cu pidity wns at leust equal to their superstition, swept as it were, with a drag-not nil the gold they could col lect into their galleous, and transported It to Macao tho creation aud emporium ol the riches they acquire iu Japan. One ship aloue is said to hnve carried MOO tons' weight ol gold irom Japan, to their now lullte-meut iu China. No wonder, therefore, that the Dutch, who have never been wautiug iu their respect for mammon, should have determined to dispute this rich prize with their rivals. About the year l.vu, they lilted out nil expedition consisting id several vessels, and sent it nut by way of Magellan Straits and the I'ncitic Inwards the Utopia oi their commercial ami (hititicai am onion, un board of ono of these wns William Adams, of Gilling-hatn, in Kent, who had been a master in the navy in the service of Queen Elizabeth, but had been allured liy tempting otters to direct the enterprise oi our phlegmatic neighbors. One vessel alone ol this expe-lition reached Japan, on whoso shores it was wrecked apparently about thu year 1600, with William Adams This Adams became after wants of importance in the nipiro. Ile was a man of ingenuity and great mental resources, and obtained great favor wilh the Ruiperor, who would not suffer him to leave ttie islands. The Portugese nnd Soauiiirds. in order to retain the advan tageous trade of tho country, had represented ihe hngli-li nnd Dutch as mere pirates, having no country of their own, and subsisting hy plunder on tho high seas, r rem this error Adams ilisaouseo mo mum oi ihft Rmnomr: and thus contributed to the cnuses of final expulsion of the former. By ihe invitation of Adams, the Uulcll made llie-r appearance in Jiipnu near the beginning of IliOO; but iheir conduct not olensiuir him. Adams addressed a lelter to the English merchants in the east, entreating them lo repair lo Japan, and promising them a favorable reception by tho Emperor. In ltil'2 nn Enli-h vessel arrived for nui-imaes nf trndn. nod a fnclorV was established nt F rando. of which Captain Richard Cooks became the principal director, while iho annum pmee. nmy, apparently withasmnll salary, wnn given to William Adams " It nviv semn l first siuht rather difficult to com orehend bow mull who Imd been promoted to high houor among the nobles o ihe country, could consent (n neeont ao hum I e a posiiion. wiwn wnu m-r the great object ho had in view mum-ly, thut of electing bis escape and returning to his wife nnd children nt Gdliiuthftin we at once discover a key to his pro- coed ing i. He evidently hoped tn get to mixed up wlih the directum and concerns oi ine laciory mat ne would hv desreet be lost tight of by the court, which might likewise accustom itself to do without him, in the tud contrive to get on board tomo English I sol, and make his way home. This cherished project ol his Iile Adams nover was able to acoompllHh. unce he appeared, poor fellow, to he on the eve of complete siiLcess, tor having been sent iu command of a large ship to Siam, tho probability presented itself of escaping from the crew. But they having received order' to bring him back alive or dead, aud believing that if tbey suffered him to eludo their vigitaire, iney migiu have to pay the penalty with their heads, or rather with their bowels, watched his movements far too closely to render it practicable for him to effect his purpose, in Japan, therelore, ne lived, aim in Japan he died, a sort ol humble Ulysses, longing perpetually to behold the smoke ascending from his own hearth. Tlie slight memorials wo have left us of him interest us much in his fate, and it in greatly to be regretted Ihat tlie idea did not occur to him of how interesting it would be to the world to obtain a complete account of his captivity." The Eiuilish do not seem tn have derived much ad vantage Irom their trndo with Japan, and after about ten years, abandoned it, leaving the Dutch and Portuguese in iu exclusive enjoyment; but, the latter had so strongly excited the jealousy of the government, mat the idea ot banishing them entirely irom me country, seems now to have been distinctly entertained. Cruelty more ingenious wns never exercised; ferocity more ruthless was never exhibited. Hundreds of thousands, whose minds and constitutions would not enable them to endure ihe pangs of martyrdom, apos tntized at once; others yielded to the force of protracted torments; while many hundreds, perhaps thousands, set all forms of siiil'erinff at defiance, and perished courageously in the opinions they had embraced. ihe Japanese government put the monks to ueain till it grew almost weary of slaughter, imprisoned, pursued, and hunted them down till its resolution ueurly gave way ; but when there was a chance that toleration would spring up out of the very horrors of intolerance itself, the Christians, both Europeau and native, seeing no hope of improvement iu their condition, resolved to try the chances of war; rushed to arms, and entrenched themselves in (he strong castle ot Simtibara. Wilh the alacrity and fury of persecution the government immediately sent a strong force to op erate against the insurgents j but not being skilled iu me art ol assailing strong places, they were compelled to solicit aid of the Dutch, who, little suspecting what would be their ultimate reward, afforded it cheerfully. I hxpectlhg no mercy, the besieged Christians displayed the most inflexible courage ; und it was not until their I walls had been battered down by ihe Dutch artillery, and the streets of Simalmra ran atikledcep in blood, that they at length yielded, or rather succumbed to irresistible force, Ttie scenes of massacre that ensued, would only sicken our readers to retntu. It ii sufficient to observe in one word, that Christianity was extinguished in the blood of its followers; that tho Huddhisls mid Sinlotsts remain m possession of ttie mind of the lnpnnese;aud that it has thenceforward been found mprncticuble lor a missionary ot any kiud toiutroduce himself into the Japanese empire. The Dutch calculated that for the services they had rendered the government at Simahara, sm h cotnmer- tal advantages would bo granted the in us would recon-ile the proceedings to their consciences. Experience soon proved how grossly they had deceived themselves. While they remained com para lively free and flourishing at Kirando, the Portugese little hy little lost ill their power and influence, until at length they were ihut up on the small artificial island of Dezima, iu the h irhor of Natigaski, where they were ridiculed and insulted by tho Dutch. Nothing, however, is more certain than there is a Nemesis iu human affairs which brines about the punishment of those who triumph over others in adversity. The Portugese having been completely expelled the empire, Ihe Dutch were ordered lo evacute the new factories aud all oilier buildings they had erected at Firundo, and take possession of the prison formerly appropriated to the Portugese. Reluctantly, and wilh deep humiliation those ruthless and unprincipled traders repaired to their new abode, where, exposed to the unmeasured contempt of the natives, aud to the upbraidiiigs ot their own consciences, they have remained upwards of 200 years without having made the slightest advauco towards emancipation.This Dutch trade with Japan is confined tn a sincle qntmnl snip Irom Borneo, tlie value ot vvmm, ,...,;. trom three to tour hundred tnousanii uoiiars. i ne island Dezima, on which tho trade is conducted, ia a more pier or break water, COU feet long by S40 broad. Its whole surface is covered wilh houses and warehouses, nud it is connected with Nsugasaki hy a narrow causeway, terminating in a guard house at the end. Iho "commercial prisoners are eleven in uumtier. European servants they have none; but are attended during the day bv Japanese domestics, who enter the island nt sunrise and quit it regularly at unset." The tedium of this imprisonment is occasionally relieved. Thoy have solicited and obtained permipdon to mako occasional excursions iu the vicinity ol Nan-gnsaki. These excursions are thus described iu the articles from which we have so freely extracted. Tho way in which these rare relaxations are en joyed is singunrly characteristic and comic. When the despised captives desire to take a walk, they for ward an imimniion of tho fact to tho authorities, who, alter due deliberation, consent to allow them this in dulgence. It might, however, be thought derogatory to the imperial dignity il these foreign vagabonds were suffered tn amuse themselves without restraint. Accordim.dv.it has been decreed that in their rural rambles they are always to bo accompanied and watched by a host of natives, guards, interpreters, with a rabble ot relatives and connections, whom the unlucky Dutchmen are condemned toeniertalu at their own ex pense; so that it becomes a more costly luxury to tako a stroll than for us lo enjoy a steam voyage to Constantinople. MB. WEBSTER'S INSTRUCTIONS TO THE AMERI CAN COMMODORE. After a perusal of the foregoing, ihe reader will be prepared to appreciate the object of the American expedition, and the letter of instructions in regard to It, The force and pertinency of that passage in Mr. Wkb stkr's letter, in regard to interference with Ihe relig ion of Japan, will bo particularly apparent. And it will also be seen, that Ihe President aud the great statesman at the head of his Cabinet, instead of send ing out a " Filibustering fleet," as has been charged, and instead of occupying thoughts In electioneering expedients, hive kept their eyes steadily upon the great onward movements of the world, and are intend ing lo exhibit ihe American stars and stripes on the iohospiuible shores of Japan, and to complete the Inst link in thechaiu of Oceanic steam navigation. This moveiupul, If al successful as that organized by Mr. Wirstkr, when before in Ihe State Department, for China, will accomplish more for the country and for the world than twenty such expeditions as that under taken by the unfortunate Sir John Franklin : Instruction te Cnmmodare Aallrk Dkfahtmknt or Statx, ? Waihington, Juue 10, lhTil. J Commod ro John II. A u lick t Sir: The moment is noar when the Inst link in tho chaiu of oceanic ateam navigation ii to be formed From China and the East Indies, to Egypt, thence through the Mediterranean and the Atlantic ocean to Engluud 1 thence again to our happy shores, and oilier pans of this great continent ; from our own ports to the soiithcrmust part of the Isthmus that connects the two western comments, nd irom lis Pacific coast, north aud southward, as far as civilization has spread, the steamers oi omer nations and ot our own carry intelligence, ihe weulth of the world, and thousands ol travelers. It is the President'! opinion that steps should be tn- ken at once to enable our enterprising merchants to .supply me last nuk in thnt ureal chaiu which unites all nations of (he world, by tlie early establishment id' a line ot steamers irom Cniiioruia to China. In older to facilitate thii enterprise, it ia desirable that we should obtain from the Emperor of Japan permission to purchase intra his subjects the necessary supphe of coal which our steamers, in their out and inwar oynges,may require. The welt known loulousy with which the Japanese Empire has, for tho two last cen turies, rejected all overtures from other nations to opou its porta U) their vessels, emburrasses all new attempt to ch moo ihe exclusive policy of that country. The interests of commerce, and even those of human liy, demand, however, ttiat we should make niioiln appeal to the sovereign of thnt country, in asking him to sell lo tair steamers, not ihe manufactures of his nr- ti rnns or the results of the toil of his husbandmen, but a gift of Providence, deposited by Ihe Creator of nil tilings in mo uepiua oi ine Japanese isiunus ior ute benefit of the human Inmily. By the President's direction, I now transmit tt yon a letter to Ihe Emperor of Japan, (with an open copy,) which you are to carry to Jeddo, his capital, in your ling ship, accompanied by as many ol the vesels of the squadron under your command as may convenient, bo employed in ibis service. A Chinese iratistaitou Ibis loiter will be furnished to you by the II idled Stnl Legation at Canton, nud lent to your anchorage at tlong hong or Macao. At one of the In iter plnces you will probably mee witu a national vessel, deinchcd by the Commodore the squadron in the Pacific, (as you will perceive I the enclosed copy of a correspondence between ibii nnd the navy Department,) to carry to you a uuuin d shipwrecked Japanese mariners, who were some tune ago picked up at sen by the barque, Auckland These men you will take wilh ynu to Jeddo. and do liver llicin over to the kIHcimb of the Emperor, giving them ihrough your interpreter the assurance that the Americaiittnveriiineui will never tail to treat with kind ness any of the natives of Japan whom misfortune may bring to our shores; and that it expects similar treatment of such of its own citizens as may be driven on tlie coasts of .In pun. The letter of ihe President lo tho Emperor of Japan you will deliver to such of his trgh officers ns he may aptoint for (he purpose of receiving it. To them you win explain me uinin oujeci ui your visit. Mineral coal is so abundant in Japan that the Gov ernment of that country nn havo no nna,nliU olt- and ) jectiou to supplying our steamers at fair price with yea - i)mi groat necessary of commerce. Due of the eastern ports of Nipbon would be the most desirable place for the purpose. Should, however, the Government of Japan pertitt in following out Ut tyttem of exclutivenett, you might perhitpt induct them to content to the tramportalion of the coal by their own vettelt to a neighboring itfand, eaty of ae- , eett where the tteamert could tuppiy their wantt, avoiding thut the neeettity of an intercourse with any large number of the people of the country. It is considered important that you should avail yourself of every occasion to impress on those Japanese officers with whom yon will he brought in cnumct, that the Government of the United States does not posse" any power over the religion of its ownciiizeus aud that there is, therefore, no cause to apprehend that it will interfere with the religion of other countries.The President, although fully aware of the great re luctance hitherto shown by the Japanese Government lo enter into treaty stipulations with any foreign nationa feeling which it is sincerely wished that you may be able to overcome has thought it proper, in anticipation of this latter favorable contingency, to invest you with full power to negotiate and sign a treaty of amity nnd commerce between the United Slates and the Empire of Japan. I transmit, herewith, the act of the President, clothing you with ihtt power; as also copies of the treaty between the United States and China with Siam and Muscat, which may, to a certain extent, be of use to you as precedents. It is important that ynu should secure to our vessels the right to enter one or more of the ports of Japan, and there to dispose of theircargoea either by sale or hy bartery, without being subject to ex iravagant port charges i and even more important is it that the Government of Japan should bind itself to pro tect American tailort and property wktch may be on their t floret. 1 bo second article ot our treaty wjin muscat, and the fifth article of the treaty wilh Siam, embruce these objects. ttvery treaty has to be subjected to the Senate ior ratification, as you are aware. In consideration of the great distance between the two countries, and unforeseen difficulties, h would be prudent, should you succeed in effecting tho object proposed, to fix the period tor the exchange ol iho rutincations at three years. 1 am, sir, respectlully.your obedient servant, DANIEL WER8TER. NOTE FROM THiTdUTCH MINISTER. Note Vkkualk. It is a matter of public notoriety that foreign vessels are excluded from Japan by tho Government of that empire. It was, nevertheless, determined in 1812 that, if such vesst ls should be cast upon the shores of Japan by storms, or coiue there in want of provisions, with a view of asking for such commodities, water, or wood for fuel, those articles should bo granted to them on request. for lear, however, lest tins determination, prompted it lias been by feelings ot humanity, should give e to any false interpretation, the Government ol Ja pan has solicited that of the Netherlands to inform the other Powers that the above-mentioned resolution does not infringe upon or otherwise imply any modification whatever of tlie system of separation and exclusion which wus adopted mure than two centuries as" by the Japanese Government, and since Ihe establishment of which the prohibition against allowing any loreign vet i in explore tho Japau.se coast has been constantly force. Tho Dutch Government has made no difficulty of complying with this request, especially as tho Gov ernment oi japan has nootuer moans ol making a communication of this nature; and, in pursuance of in structions from thu Cabinet of the Hague, the Lega tion of the Netherlands has the honor to communicate the above-mentioned facts to ttie Hon. Secretary of State of the United. States, for tho iuformutiuu of his Government, AntiL, :10, IS'il. ARREST OF COL. FREMONT IN LONDON. We find iho following among the proceedings of ihe Senate. It seems to us that the treatment of Col. Fre mont is extraordinary ; and we also infer from tho remarks of Senator Gwin, that our Congress hat neglected its duly hy not providing meant to settle the el.ima nnon wlorh his arreit is fo"---' liultl this matter will now receive prompt attemiont Washington, April 28. Mr. Gwin asked the Senate take up a bill creating a board of commissioners for tho examination and payment of cluims against the United States, growing out ol toe conquest or junior- n. He stated at his reasons for doing so, (hat he had this morning reeoived letters Irom Col. rreinont, dated Condon. April 14, siating Ihat on tbeeveuing of the 8in instant lie was arrested by a parly of rude officers aud locked up for -4 hours, at the suit of unknown parties, for liabilities anion tiling tn $70,000, growing out of Ihe mihmry oiorations in California. Uol. rreinont states ihat he has reason to tieiieve tnat this suit will be followed by others, wilh a view to ox- tort this tun from him. PARTICULARS OF Co.. PRVMONt'i ARRKST. Mr. Gwin said, I will briefly state thu reasons which induce me lo make this motion at this time. By the mail this nioruu g I received a letter from Col. J. C. remont, Into ot tint body, dated London, April Utti, which ho siatet that on the evening ol the sin tost., he was stepping into a carriage with hit family to visita friend, he w arrested by a pnrty of Bow street olhcors ot alow order, rude and insolent; thai they were accompanied ly a solicitor's clerk of the tame character. No time was allowed him to collect information, or have intercourse with tit friends. He was simply informed that he was arreted on the suit of unknown parties for tho sum of $..0,0 00 ; that he subsequently ascertained that he was arrested on liabilities conuect- ml wilh the military otieritions in California during 1840 and '47. That he was confined under lock and ey for twenty-four hours, Hid subjected to the most exorbitant extortions. He also says that he shall be compelled tn maintuin nn expensive law suit employ solicitors and able counsel, rm! go through all the anxiety, delay and incidental exoeuset of the law, or iay f .lO.lMMI. tie further says tnat he lint reason to believe that this suit will be followed by many others for large amounts beyond hit ability to give security, thus permanently endangering hit personal security. I have reasou to believe thai inn wtioje proceeding was (mutual, and such as could not hae happened to nn Englishman of character J and Ihat il Is considered hy American citizens resident in i.onuos, conversant with ttie circumstances, not oniy au ouitnge on uoi. Fremont, hut disgraceful lo our Government. I am requested by Col. Fremont to bring the suhjsct to the notice ol Congress, anu in doing so i maae inn appeal to the Setmlo to lake up the bill 1 have indicaUd, and act upon it. The subject of these claimt was thoroughly examined hy the Senate three years ago, and a bill reported hy Mr. Cass was passed providing for the creation of a bonrd to examine these claims and appro priating 9700,000 for their payment, Ihe bdllailed in the Houso owing to difficulties about our territorial ncqiitsitioni, which obstructed moat of the legislation at the close of thnt session. Mr. Gwin arcued earnestly that these claims should be settled. The bill wa then taken up." . EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. The imports into the United 8la.es fur the fiscal year ending in IR'iO, wero f 178,138,318 Tim domestic exports during the same pe riod, were 1.1C !4i,f12 $I1,I!)2,4(HI The exports above included domestic gold and sil ver coin tn ihe amount of f 016,670. So that alter sending oil' more than two millions of dollars of our own coin, tho country wot still left in debt for imports more than forty-one millions of dollnrt. Our imports for the year ending In 1851 n mounted to $21(1,224,932 Our exports during Iho same period were l!l(i,G89,718 19,535,2M The Inst year's exports Included eighteen million sixty-nine thousand live hundred and eighty dollnrt of gold and silver com, leaving tho balance of Ihe year still against us over nineteen millions and a half. It appears that during the last two fiscal yeara we Im ported, that is bought over and above what we sold $80,843,879 That during those (wo years we have paid ott, by sending gold aud silver coin, of this sum $00,116,259 Balance against us yet standing.... $ti0,727,t)20 How long will it take this country to get rich at this rate f ASIATIC COMMERCE, Wim.iam Danbv, the distinguished itniist and ceo. grapber, writes to the Notional Intelligencer that the permanent route of coinmercn between western Eu rope mid eastern Asia is mentally opening over North America, nnd helore A. ). I!MU opens, this route will bear on ils suifaco tho commerce of iho world." Traps with Ca NAM.. K Wll.liliiutnli riirr.minfiitiit of tin. .liHirnnl if Omnium:,' .ny. Iho tmttrtivf char-nctor ,il llio ntw llrjti.li ministry tin. elicttumKt'd our CiuirMli.it, lu'iiilitinr. li, bi'linn ilral Homo ilitlemiiti,! 'I"'y "I" iniin.Kl nn briiEul.lnll., f,.r the pnrpiwa nf Hiii8 tlii'tn an mlvmitiiRn in llrili.li niaiket. Mr. Ilinck., lately Um limpc-inr (inm.rnl, hn, puns lo Kiislniiil f"r Hi" ,itri,o.n i.l i.Mniiiu.u tlw .dilution of iirh nii"i.nr. Tlii, tnr.'tli.T with nihrr ii.on.iin'. nf ili.rrimilintion piiii.t Ainrrtcnn runimriw, would vi iy tli-nilvntilngnnn. to n,,r init.n.,1., nnd the in. Ii ivH. ul nil I'arlii'n. The prnventivu of mrli tilihernl Ingi.l.itioii, on their pnrl, i. in n.l".t n lilirrnl .yitnn on our., .nil t-nlnhliph rctirnt'ity ot trmle with lite North Anirricnti Urili.li poHai.,inn., Pmf, M""" n-ceived Irom Ihe King ol Wurtem-hnrg inli'lhci lice Hint hi.ay.tetn of magnetic telegraph bud bueu adopted io (Jertuany.