THE JEANNETTE EXPE DITION.

Story of Sufferings in Arctic Megions. fFBOM THE "NEW YORK HEItALD."] New York, March, 20. THE first official report from Engineer Ueo. Melville, of the Jcannette Arctic Expedi tion, was received at the Navy Department this morning, which, with the enclosures, covered twelve pages of foolscup closely written. The reports dated Yakutsk, Siberia, January 6, ISS2, and says :— SIR,—I have the honour to report my arrival at this place on the 30th of Decem ber, 18S1, and would respectfully submit the following report of events subsequent to the dispersion of the three boats of the Jeanette on the nieht of September 12, ISBI, during a heavy north-east gale and when only fifty miles nonh-east of Boukin —our destination. The events prior to that date are mentioned in the record of Lieu tenant Da Long, United States Navy.copies of which are herewith enclosed. lv accor dance with the orders of Lieutenant De long, under date of August 5, 1881, pro ceeded to the Lena River; made land on September lfl, found there three natives on Seiitcmber 19, and reached a settlement called Bukoil1 on September 20. The ice was making in the rives and the natives informed me that -we could not proceed south until the sledding season commenced which would be.in about fifteen days. On the next day 1 made an effort to get up the river with three native pilots, but after grounding very often the pilots insisted on returning, and the coudit'on of the party did not warrant me in advancing, for most of us were very much exhausted, W'-'tc suffering from frozen feet and legs and lack of food, the majority being unable to w»lk. The natives gave us quarters and a limited quantity offish and decayed geese. AN EXILE'S DISCOVERY. On October S a Russian exile named Koosmach GiiymayetF discovered us acci dentally. He gave us salt and all the food ]iis scanty supplied allowed, and agreed to co to Belun to inform tho commandant of that place of onr prtsence and obtain food and transportation. Ho started on October 15 and was to have returned in live days, but he did not return until October 29, ■when he brought a small supply of f»od and reported that the commandant would be at Bukofl on November 1 with deer aud sleds to carry the whole party to Belun. On his way back on October 26, Koosmach met two of the first cutter's crew at Kumonk Suaka,. and they gave him the torief note. I immediately started with dog sleds for 8.-lun, hoping to intercept the commandant on the way ; but. he had rein deer, and travelled by a different; route. Master John W. Danenhower, having re covered the use of hi* eyes, was placed in charge of my party with orders to follow me t'i Belnu as «oon as transportation could he obtained I arrived at Belun at 5 p.m., November 2, and found the two men in a very exhausted condition. From them I learned the following particulars of -what transpired subsequent to October 1, the date of the latest of Lieutenant De Long's records. THE STORY OF NOROS AND NINDERJIAN. The party (De Long's) crossed the Lena to the west bank on October 1 at a sum mer hunting lodge called Usterda. The toes of seaman H. H. Erickson having been amputated he was placed upon an improv ised sled, which was hauled by h:s comrades, several of whom were hardly able to walk owing to frozen feet and legs.' They pro ceeded south slowly for two days and crossed a small branch of the Lena, which they had to wade. On October <J they stopped at a small hut, where Erickson died the next day and was buried in the Lena. IN A DtPLORABLE CONDITION. By this time they were in a deplorable condition, having eaten their last dog meat and being on an allowance of three ounces of alcohol per man per day. They pro ceeded south until October 9, when Lieu tenant De Long decided to Bend two men ahead to seek relief. THE FOKLORN HOPE. The feet of Nindcrman and Noros were ■better than those of trie others, and tbey •were sapplifd with their blankets and Remington rifle (forty rounds of ammuni tion) and sixT ounces of alcohol, which was a per capita division of thn whole stock of the latter. They were ordered to proceed south on the west bank of the Lena and to send relief if found, being told that the others would follow their footsteps. "When the two men started the party was at a halt On the north bank of a large WPS'ern hranc'i of the Lena. The two men ascended that branch about five miles tCmake a crossing, and then travelled south-east to a hutknown by the two crosses and situated on the Lena bank. After fourteen days of in tense differing and slow progress they reached Bulcour and were found by three natives, who supplied them with food and transported them to Belun by deer sleds, arriving at that place October 27. UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THEM. The commandant of Belun took good care of them, but was unable to understand them. He gave them material and they wrote a long dispatch addressed to the American Minister at St. Petersburg, which fcbe commandant took with him to Bukoff. Mr Danenhower immediately sent it to me by special courier, together with an order from the commandant to a sub boTdinate at Belun to furnish me with an outfit and appointingßanoulok as a rendez vous, at which place I met him and the remainder of my party on November 5. STARTS TO SEARCH FOR DE LONG. Had consultation with commandant : ordered Mr Danenhower to proceed south with all the party except James H. Bartlett, first class fireman, who was to remain at Belun to communicate with me, and I started nor'h on that evening, November 5, to the relief of Lieutenant De Long, having ■with me two natives and two dog trains •with provisions for ten day". Stopped at Kunaclc, Surka, November 5. Travelled fifty verpts November 6 and reached Bnl coar. Found two dest-rted houses and traces of the two men, Ninderman and Noros. Weather bound November 7; travelled sixty-five versts on November 8 ; examined small hut where the two men had slept and where a numher of sleds were BtOWCdi Slept in fnow bank that night. November 9, travelled eighty-five versts, visitin" the huts at tho two crosses, the Shoal at Astolira and reaching Mortral after midnight, FIRST TRACES. The next morning I found in the hut a ■waist belt that had been made on board the Jeannette, and there were good indications that one or two of Lientenant De Long's party had slept in the hut. 'On November 10, our provisions running short, I decided to go to Upper Belun, a distance of 120 versts to the north-west, to renew them. Beached Upper Belun about midnight on

the lHli, having stopped at the deserted hunting station of Oath Conti on the 11th, and also having visited eight huts on the route. Considerable stale fish and deer meat were found at Cath Conta, hut no signs of it or the huts having bten visited by De Long's party. DE LONG'S RECORDS BROUGHT IN. On my arrival at Upper Bclnn the natives brought in Lieutenant De Long's record, dated October 1, and I learned that others had been found. I sent to a neighbourine village for them, and the next morning re cords dated September 22 and 2(3, with a Winchester rifle, were brought to me. On November 12 were wcither bound. The only provisions to be obtained were deer meat and fish, there being a scarcity of the latter, the natives having to send 250 versts for their own snppy. AGAIN ON THE TUAIL. On November 13 I obtained four days' supply of iish, and with fresh dog teams and natives started for Bullock, a hut in which record No 2 and the Winchester rifle were found. Slept ihere that night, found both huts filled with snow. On No vember 14 I followed the east bank of the Lena to the coast. Followed tuc coast for about three miles to the east and found the cache that had been made by Lieutenant De Long on September 111, ISSI. I made a thorough search and gathered up every thing. The sleighs being too heavily laden to carry it, I .searched for the boat both east and west of the cache for a distance of five miles each way and to a distance of one mile and a half oil' shore and saw no sign of it. The ice was very much broken and was shoved up in masses to within twenty-live feet of the cache. I returned about midnight to Ballock, and to Upper Belun the next day, November 15, during a heavy storm. Was obliged to wait there two days to rest and feed the doga. OBLIGED TO GIVE VV SEARCH. On November 17 I left Upper Belun with fish for ten days' food, and three dog teams driven by three natives. I visited the place at whicti De Long's party crossed the Lena and traced the party to Sixterancck, from which place I wished to search for the hut in wuicli Erickson died, but there was a storm raging and the natives insisted- on returning to either Belun or Upper Belun. because there was a lack ot food and the dogs refused to work. We had only raw frozen Ji.sh to cat, so I deter mined to return to Belun, and arrived there November 27 in a nearly exhausted condi tion—feet, hands, legs and face badly frost bitten—having been ten days in a continu ous sto:m, remaining two nights and one day in one hole in a snow bank without shelter of any kind. WHERE DE LONG'S PARTY ARE. From my knowledge of the country and from the evidence of Noros and Nindcrman, I am convinced that Lieutenant De Lon« and party are somewhere to the westward of Lena and between Sixterancel and Bnl cour, which ace separated by an cxicnt of about one hundred and fifty versts of a barren and desolate region, devoid of sub sistence. To search that region a largo force will be required, with proper authority from the Russian officials. I therefore came to this place to communicate with tho United States and immediately, with the aid of the authorities, to organise searching parties. In the meantime the commandant of Belun is searching with nil the force his small town aiFords. The Governor of this province has sent a general order through out tho entire region, fram the Lena to Kolyma, to search for and render assistance to both parlies that are missing. I am now completing my arrangements and will start north in a few days. The Governor Gene ral^ D. Tascheriuieff, is rendering every assistance in his power. DE LONG DESCRIDES THE LANDING. " " Arctic Exploring steamer Jrannctte,) " Lena Delta, Monday, Sept. ID, 1812. )" • ■ The following named fourteen persons belonging to the Jcannette, which was sunk by the ice on June 12, ISSI. in latitude north 77 deg. 15 mm., longitude 155 dog., landed here on the evening of the 17th inst., and will proceed on foot this afternoon t" try to reach a settlement on the Lena River. " GEORGE W. DE LONG, . "Lieutenant Commanding. 1. Lieutenant DE LOXG 8. 11. H. ERICKSON 2. Surgeon AMBLER 9. H. H.vKOCH 3. Mr. COLLINS 10. 0. W'BOYD 4. W.F.C.NINDERMANII. W. LKE 5. A. GAHTZ 12. N. IVORSEN 0. AH SAM 13. L. P. NOROS 1. ALEXY ,11. A. DRESSLER " Whoever finds this paper is requested to forward it to the Secretary of the Navy, with a note of the time and place at which found." (Copies of the above in six languages followed. A record was left about one-half mile north of the southern end of Simontki Island, buried under a stake. The thirty three persons composing the oilicera and Crew of the Jcannette left that island in three boats on the morning of the 12th instant (one week aso). That same night we were separated in a gale of wind and have seen nothing of them since. Orders had been giveu, in the event of such an accident, for .each boat to make the best of its way to a settlement on the Lena River, before waiting for anybody. My boat made the land on the morning of the 16th instant, and I suppose we are at the Lena Delta, I have had no chance to get sight for position since I left Simoutki Island. After trying for two days to get in shore without grounding, or to reach one of the river mouths, I abandoned my boat and waded one and a half miles, carrying our provisions and outfit with us. We must now try, with God's help, to walk to a settlement, which I believe to be ninety iive miles distant. VTe are all well : have four days' provisions, arms and ammuni tion, and are carrying with us only ship's book and papers, and blankets, teats and some medicines ; threfore our chance of getting through seems good. "GEORGE W. DE LONG, " Lieutenant United States Navy, "Commanding. COPY OF RECORD NO. 2. This was found in a hut by a Yakut hunter and given to me at Upper Belun. MOVING SOUTHWARD. '• At a hut. Lena Delta. ) . " About twelve miles head of Delta, \ "Monday, Sept. 20, 18S1. ) "Fourteen of the officers and men of the United States Arctic steamer Jeaiinctto reached this pkee last evening, and are proceeding to the southward this morning. A more complete record will be found in a tinder case hung up in a hut fifteen miles further up the right bank of the larger stream. " GEORGE W. DE LONG, "Lieutenant Commanding." COPY OF RECORD NO. 3. This record was found in a hut by a Yakut hunter and given to me at Upper Belum: — ANOTHER STORY OF THE LOSS AND LANDING. "Arctic Exploring Steamer Jcannette) " At a Hut on the Lena Delta, ( " Believed to be Near Tcholhogoje f " Thursday, Z2no; WC September, 1881./

The following named persons, tonrteen of the otliccrs and crew of the Jennnettc, reached this place yesterday afternoon on foot fibm the Arctic Ocean. "Geo. AY. De Long, \ " Commander of Expedition, I "Lieutenant of U.S. Navy. [Here follow the names.] "The Jcannctto. was crushed and sunk by' the ice on the 12th ot June, ISSj, in lati tude 77 deg. 15 mm. north, longitude 155 deg., after having drifted twenty-two mouths iv the tremenMous pack ice of this ocean. Tho entire thirty-three persons composing her otlicers and crew dragged three bouts and provisions over the ice to latitude 76 deg. 38 mm. north, longitude 150 deg. 30 mm. east, where we landed upon a new isbicd—liennet Island on the 28th July. Prom thence we proceeded southward in bouts, sometimes dragging over ice until tlie 10th of September we reached Simoutki Island at ninety miles northeast of this Delta. We sailed from there in company on the 12th of Septem ber, but that same night we were sep irated in a gale of wind, and I have seen nothing since of the two oth-r boa's or their people. "My boat having weathered the gale made the land on ttie morning of the IGth inst., and after trying to get in shore for two days, and beinss prevented by shoal water, we abandoned the bout and waded to the bt-ach, carrying our ami", pro visions aud records, at about twelve miles to the north and east of this place. We hae all suffered somewhat from colil, wet and exposure •and three of our men were badly lamed, but having only four days provisions left, reduced lations, we were forced to procceil to the southward. On Monday, September li), we left v pile of our effects near the beach, erecting a >ong pole where will be found everything valuable—chronometer, (-hip's log books for two years, tents, &c,, which we were absolutely uiiiible to (.'any. It took us forty-eight hours to make these twehc miles owing to our di-ableil men. and thefC two huts seemed to me a good place to slop while 1 pushed forward the surgeon and Linderman to get relief for us. But last night we shot two reindeer which gave us abundance of food for the present, and we have seen so many more tuat anxiety for the future is relieved. As scon as our three sick men can walk we shall resume our march for a settlement on the Leva River. "Saturday, Sept. 24, S a.m. " Our three lame [men being now able to walk, we are about to resume our journey, wiih two days' rations'.deer meat and two days' ratioua pemmican and three pounds tea. " Geo W. De Long. " Lieutenant Commanding." CORY OF KECOKD NO. I. Found in a hut by .a Yokut hunter and given to me at Upper Belun. THE LAST JiKCOni). "Saturday, Oct. 1, 1881. •'Fourteen of the ollicers ami men of the United States Arctic steamer Jeannette reached this hut on. Wednesday, Septem ber, 2S, ana having been forced to wait for the river to freeze over, arc proceeding to cross to the west wide this a.m. on their i'ournoy to reach some settlement on the iena River." "We have two days' provisions, but having been (orluuato enough thus far to get gnie in our pressing needs we have no fear for the future. ' " Our party are all well except one man. Erickson, whose toes have been amputated in consequence of frost bite. Other records will be found in several huts on the east side of this river, along which we have come from the northward. ■'George W. Dk Long, " Lieut. U.S.N., com. expedition." a letter from I,'ouis j. kohos. of de long's boat party-his fears as to theib fate. Fall River, Mass-, March 20, 1882. The following letter was received in this city on Saturday niuhtfrom Louis J. Noros, one ot the two men on the Jcanotte who last saw Cap'ain De Long alive. Noros was ir. De Long's boat: — " Yakutsk, Siberia, Jan. 7, 1882. "Dear Father, —I stud you a few lines to let you know that I. am alive mid well. Our ship was broken up on June IS, and left thirty-three men on the ice hundreds of miles from civilisation. We travelled SOO or 900 mile, some 300 or 400 of which we sailed'in small boats, and landed on the northern coast of Siberia. One of onr boats landed on the east coast. The other we know nothing about There worn ciibt men iv the boat that is missing. We had fourteen men. Some of the men had their feet frozen. Mine were frozen. One man died after we got on shore. We travelled about two week, short of food. Then the captain decided to send Nindcrman and myself on ahead to look for assistance. Wo walked 120 miles without anything to eat; for six days we had not a mouthful of food. We were most starved when found by the natives. The capt.in and ten men I fear have died from starvation and cold. Three men—Engineer Melville, William Ninder man and Bartlett- will remain here this summer to search for their remains and for the ship's papers. The rest of u«- there are ten men—will proceed to the United States as soon as possible. AYe have been travelling now for over "a month on sleds drawn by reindeer, and thin is the first place of any account we have come to.

Mixed Marriage Licenses.

MARRIAGES are doubtless made in heaven; we have the assurance for it in many a line ; but it would still appear that they arc open to the charge of occasional mistake, and that it is just as well, in celebrating them in this lower sp'icre. to see that all tho preliminaries are F.atisfaetoiily settled. Such care, at any rate, would have avoided the very painful results which attach at this moment to a mi'Uial ceremony tli»t lately tok place at Verona. In-thiit town, for some reason or other, the official intrusted by the Sindnco to isMic licenses for marriage mixed up the names o£ the applican's in such sort tint when the day .arrived for uniting a number, of yovug couples, the wrong people found themselves named in the document, and ha-l to choose between taking the partners selected for them, or postponing their marriage together for some time, with th" obvious chance of never get'ing married at all. With much reluc tance on the part o£ s>onie, and, grevious to relate, joy on tli« part, of others, tho cere mony was allowed to proceed, a number of people wbo until then had been strangers to one another being declared respectively man .and wife in true Italian form. It is satis factory to know, however, that in the opi nion of the Sindaca of the town this was not a matter of ninch importance, it being certain in that gentleman's opinion, that thus mated they would experience qnito as few disappointments or quarrels as they would had they each chosen their own mates for life, while by promptly a»reein« to ac cept the official arrangement they had saved the State representatives much trouble and not wasted the time of its clerks in prepa rirg fresh licenses in return for the fees.

Chinatown Horrors.

Eably Mojininc; Visit by the Polio:. One of the San Francisco journals gives the follow ing graphic description of a visit paid by the police to the Chinese quarter of that town : — Yestcnlay morning shortly nft»r one o'clock, Sergeant Harmon, accompanied by a posse of his nieu, lc!t the Old City Hull for the purpose of discovering individuals whoweregoil ty of violating thoPuro Airlaw. They wended their way to a large three-story and basement brick structure on the north side of Jacksonstrcet, below Stockton, which they had been informed was iilled with Chinese sleepers. The upper stories are reached by a narrow (light, of stairs, the steps of which sire covered with dirt half an inch thick, while the walls of the Staircase and the ceiling are covered with smoke and soot from numerous open fires and Chinese tallow candles burned in the hallways as ofrerinjis to the heathen gods. The basement, which is ten feet wide, is approached by a rickety, not over-secure, sUiir, which leads to a narrow private alley running the entire length of the house, and from which entrance is obtained into the basement rooms. One of the iirst rooms at which the Sergeant knocked at was one in the basement nearest the flt:cct. Not receiving any response to repeated knocks, the Sergeant used his No, lObrogms instead of akuockcr, and brought into requisition the only Chiucse word wiih which lie is acquainted, that was, " Tlimo nah," which means "open" After a number of vigorouskicks, sufficient to.aronse a few sleepy Mongolians on the opposite side of the alley, and cunso them to open the doors of their rooms ajar, and peer out, and " liimonah " had Leon repeated time and again, fomconein the room exclaimed in a voice indicating clearly that the owner thereof had been awakened from a sound sleep. " Wnssn raatta?" " Open the door, and be quick about it!" said the .Sergeant. A CIUXKSE i.oixaxG. "All light," came the response, which \va» followed by the turning of a key in the Ln-k, the drawing of a spring catch and the shooting back ot several bolts, and the swinging npeu of the door. As the Sergeant und his men filed into the room, an elilerly Chinaman, with wrinkled feature, short gray queue, and attired in buggy panta'oons and not over-clean white blouse, stood holding thedoor with one hand, while with the other he rubbed his eyes, and as the last ollicer crossed the tluchold he muttered in a tone fall of astooisliment, " Nee cliun mut y<-ah see coon ?" " What's all that gibberish?" nsked the Sergeant, gazing the while at the speaker. •'Him say, ' Wnssa mnttn, wha fuah ?' " volunteered a young Celestial who had followed the ; officers, moved by a curiosity to learn the object of the early niornim; raid. The room in whicll the ollir.crs found \ themselves measured ten feet in height with a depth of thirteen feet and a width of fifteen, and contained KW>O cubic feet of space, or within fifty feet of the amount re quired in a room to be occupied by four sleepers. Rnnecd around three sides if the room are wide shelves below, are spread pieces of matting, and above this is a plat form across the width of the room. On I his as on the shelves below are spread pieces of matting and wooden blocks which Chi nese use as h.-ad rest or pillows. The atmosphere of this room was heavy, th ■ stench of opium was detected the moment the door was opened, and breathing whs difficult to those who are unused.toinhaling the air of a Chinese lodging place. Prior to the advent of the ofliccrs tins atmosphere wrs inhaled and exhaled by seven adult Mongolians, who were sleeping on the shelves and platform described. The sleepers, who were more or less stupid from the effects of the poisonous drngjtho Chinese love so well, were after some difficulty aroused and made ti dress themselves, the Sergeant having concluded to arrest them, as there were three more in the room than the law allows. They were then marched to the Central Station under escort of two policeman, ADISOUSTINfi SIGHT. The Sergeant then tried the doors all along tike alley, and one near the rear of the basement yielded to the touch. As it was pushed back, a sight win presented to view which if it had been seen by those ardent supporters of Chinese who live ea>t of the Rocky Mountains, and whose only knowledge of the Chinese and their.habits is based upon the rose-coloured pictures pre sented by the paid agent 3of the coolie importers, itwonld}bavc«lonemore to change their opinions on the subject than all tho arguments that could be made by the ablest Senator or Kepresentative from the Pacific Coast in the course o£ :i month. The room into which this door opened is not more than three feet wide, and on each side are two rows of wide shelves, one above the other. These run along a depth of eighteen feet. The height of the room is not more than ten feet.. Between the rows of shelves is a narrow passaue which leads to a small room, not more than live by twelve, which is divided by a rude partition extending about two feet and a half from the rear wall. Iv one-halt of this is an open fire place, constructed in the rudest possible manner, and on which the occupants ot the room, or the majority of them do their cooking The fire-place has no chimney, and the smoke arising from the few bits of kindling with which the Chinese cookthoir rice <uul boil their tea escapes as it may until it reaches the front door. In its pas sage it floats to the1 ceilicg and walls, , begriming them with foot, which renders the place almost as black as if painted with coal tar. Immediately adjoining this open fire-place, and fully open, is a closet, from which a lses a stench that is almost unbear able. The shelves on the side of tie room to which allusion has already been made arc concealed fiom view by cunains, or, more properly speaking, pieces of dirty soot-covered cloth, extending from ceiling to floor, and have been, for want of a better name, termed "OPIUM COACHES," Yet it is difficult to understand why ajfew boards, clumsily nailed t"gcther, and covered with maitins: once of a light straw colour, but now soiled and almost unrGCOg* nisable from the amount of of accumulated dirt an incrustation of mud, soot and dust,, should be termed a couch. Behind these filthy hangings were'diseovcrcd ten China men, each alongside of an opium lay-out and pipe, some smoking, oth rs stretched out ot full length on their backs, stupid from tho intoxication produced by opium, with their mouths agape. Soinc wove utterly unconscious, but their eyes -wide oprn, as well as their mouths, and their sunken pallid cheeks cave them the ap pearance of corpses The atmosphere in this room, as in the ont previously visited by the officers, was impregnated with the fnmes of opium, but was far more dense and rendered breathing still more difficult, The poisonous exhalation coming from various socurces, when breathed by the officers, who but a short time before had been inhaling p;ire air. made'some of them sick, and caused them to leave the filthy den. But in additiori to what has a'ready been described, there was one scene which was still more icvolting. Adjoining the

entrance, sat on ;i high stool a wrinkled Chinaman, not less than fifty years of ngo. He was attired in a suit of Chinese clothing —greasy and filthy. The arrival of the officers did not seem to disconcert him, for he never moved from the position in which lie was until he was forcibly removed from his seat. He was seated at a small, narrow table, the top of which was a< dirty as the rest of the articles around him. On this he had before him a howl, in which there was a mixture of rice, lights, and greens, which b? was conveying to his moutli by means of iv couple of chopsticks. Directly in front of. this was a small coal oil lamp and an open lire in n coal oil can, the blaze of each cast ing a faint light to enable Mm to' see what lie wa* doing. About twenty inches from and directly in front of liim *aa v candle box on end, and on this was burning punk, tallow candles and a lamp filled with ntit. oil. It whs one of those altars which arc to bo found in almost every Chinese house, but it differed from any ever seen by the writer in this, that it was inhabited by insects. On the sides, top and back, were hundreds of cockroach**, from the size of a pin head to an inch and a-half in length, and innumerable black beetles, runningup and down from side to side, as if exetfiiaJng in the warmth of the burning oil. Every now and then a few of the 1-rgor and bolder roaches left the shrine of Confucius and wandered to the place where the old man sat, and some were so bold thnfthey walked up the sides of the bowl outjof which he was talking his after-midnight meal and inser ted their antennic in his tood. The-e pests did not appear to annoy him, for he did notjdislnrb them except when they advanced a little ioo far in thii bowl; then he removed them with his chop sticks and continued \m meal. Tlis whole gang was arrested and ti'.ken to the Central Station.

Tennyson's New Poem.

SIjUIIiTED AT AND SQUIISBED. Tar. poet laureate's latest patriotic poem, "Hands all Round," which the author wishes to bo sung in the colonies on ibo Queen's Birthday, was scarcely dry from the press before thu satirists fell remorse lossly on it with their confounded parodies, while, at tho fame time, it was assailed from the batteries of the cold, wator brigade, who launched out their uncompromising protests against the lesson to "liquor up," which the poem inculcates. ■We learn from the " European Mail," of the 24th March, that at a mooting, held at the Temperance Hall, Manchester, the other night, under the auspices of the City Lodge of Good Templars, the following resolution was unanimously agrood to : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the heathen custom of drinking toasts tends to popularise the erroneous idea that men cannot meet and enjoy thorn-elves on festive occasions without the use of intoxicating drinks, and regrets tbat the poet laureate (Tennyson) should, in his latest so-called patriotic son", attempt to immortalise a system so closely associated with the beverage that produces drunkenness, vice, crime, pauperism, and everything that LdUSCB a blush of shame to mount the check of all true patriotic lovers o£ England and her noMa institutions That O copy of this resolution bn forwarded to the local Press and Mr Tennyson, and that Messrs K. Hunter, K. I>. SSholton, and K. Cottam, be a committee to prepare a memorial to Her Must Gracious Majesty tho Queen, asking her, as patron of. the Chinch of England Temperance Society, to use every proper influence with ihclcaders of fashionable society against the evil custom of drinking toasts at their various social and philanthropic meetings, as in the opinion of her memorialists the custom perpetuates a system hurtful to all, and decidedly dangerous to a W;;e portion (.■£ Her Majesty's most loyal subjects." The laureate, if lie pleases to answer the remons trance made to him by the (iood Templars, can at least urge that he does not in his Jingo song presume to dictate what they ought to drink; and that he is quite ready to admit that the tonat he gives in his song may be as much honoured 'by a glass of pump water as by one of neat brandy. So much for the teetotallers, now for the satirists. The " Daily News" publishes the follow ing adaptation of the song for the special vise of the devotees of .Jingoism, entitled DRINKS ALL ItOUXD. A health to Jingo first, and then A health to shell, a health to shot; Tho man who lmtts not other men I deem no perfect patriot 1 To all who hold old Kngland mad We drink : to all who'd tax her Cood ! We pledge the man who hates the Rad ! We drink to Hurtle Frc re and Froudo ! Drinks all round ! Here's to Jingo, king 2nd crowned! To tho great cause o£ 'Jingo, drin'i, my boys. And the great mime of Jingo round and round. To all the Companies that long To rob. as folk robbeil .years aao ; To all that wield the double thong. From Queensland round lo Borneo! To all that under Indian skies. Call Aryan man " a blasted nigger," To all rapacious enterprise ; To rigour everywhere, and vigour !— Drinks all round. Here's to Jingo, King and crowned! To the Krcat name of Jingo, drink, my boys, And every fillilmstcr round mid round! To all out1 statesmen while they see An outlet new for British trade. Where British fabrics still may be With British size all overvveighed; Wherever gin and guns »ro sold We've scooped the artless nigger in ; Where men give ivory and gold, We give them measles, tracts, and gin ! JDrinks all round ! Here's to Jingo, King and crowned! To the great name of Jingo, drink, my boys. And to Adulteration, round and round. "Vanity Fair" says-.—Through a most extraordinary mistake the new national sang has been ascribed to Mr Alfred Tenny. son, whereas, in reality, it was written by Mr Gladstone. Nor is this all. In the version published the most extraordinary and unwarrantable liber.'ies liavc^been taken with the original text of the song, which r.s written by Mr Gladstone, reads as fol. lows :— HANDS ALL BOUND. First sink pur Queen, tins solemn night Then drink to Russia in the East That man's the bust cosmopolite Who loves his i.ative country least! May Faction s oak forever live With larger life, and never fail: That mun's the true Conservative *»™ e;«> S'lK and put in gaol. Tongues nil Sound! God the Tory hopo con- To the Rroat cause of Clotnre drink my friends And the great name of. Gladstone round and round. To all tho loyal hearts who lon X To keep our Liberal faction whole Who only see expense and wrong- ' In England of tho southern uolu! To •■ ussia under Indian skies. Saving us millions for her realm ! To Cauada.thi Yankee's prize," And statesman who will drop Ihc helm I ' lianas nil bound ! God the colonists confound In the. great namo o£ chenpnesj drink, ray friends, ' * Tho loss of all our colonies round and round. To all our statesmen, so they bo True followers of my sole desire ! To both our Houses, may they see Themselves despised in town aid shire! We failed wherever men could fail • v\ c cringed to many a mighty state. Pray U-od our smallness may avail To crush all hopes of keeping great Hands off all round! God the Patriot's hopo confound! " To the great cause of Caucus drink, my friends. And the small name of Englandroundand rou ad

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