sentence. But it is for us now to remember that the lofty pleading of the judge was also the true and personal conviction of the man. He was discharging his official duty, but he was urging not less the lesson of his own generous life, when he attributed the frequency of crimes to the denial of that best education which is given by the sympathy that should exist between high and low, by the active kindnesses and the gracious admonitions that ought to bind us more nearly to classes from which English habits of reserve keep us now too proudly aloof. He was speaking that which he knew, and his breath, were it to cease for ever during his grave utterance of that warning, could not expire in a strain more sweetly accordant with the whole life's music that had gone before. That such should be the end was the will of God; and never did robed and ermined judge, dying thus in open court in fulfilment of his duty, meet a death so like that of a hero. With Talfourd's name the memory of his last hour can never cease to live. It will remain on earth, and be a fruitful source of good; and there is a pause in sorrow when we think that it will be remem bered, too, in heaven.' HEROIC VIRTUE. THE DUTCHMAN AND HIS HORSE. CORNELIUS VOLTEMAD, a Dutchman, and an inhabitant of the Cape of Good Hope, had an intrepid philanthropy which impelled him to risk, and (as it unfortunately proved) to lose, his own life in consequence of heroic efforts to save the lives of others. This generous purpose in a great degree he effected in the year 1773, when a Dutch ship was driven on shore in a storm near Table Bay, not far from the South River fort. Returning from a ride, the state of the vessel, and the cries of the crew, strongly interested him in their behalf. Though unable to swim, he provided himself with a rope, and being mounted on a powerful horse remarkably muscular in its form, plunged with the noble animal into the sea, which rolled in waves sufficiently tremendous to daunt a man of common fortitude, This worthy man, with his spirited horse, approached the ship's side near enough to enable the sailors to lay hold of the end of a cord, which he threw out to them; by this method, and their grasping the horse's tail, he was happy enough, after returning several times, to convey fourteen persons on shore. But in the warmth of his benevolence, he appears not to have sufficiently attended to the prodigious and exhausting efforts of his horse, who in combating with the boisterous billows, and his accumulated burthens, was almost spent with fatigue, and debilitated by the quantity of sea-water, which, in its present agitated state, could not be prevented from rushing in great quantities down his throat. In swimming with a heavy load, the appearance of a horse is singular; his forehead and nostrils are the only parts to be seen; in this perilous state the least check in his mouth is generally considered as fatal; and it was supposed that some of the half-drowned sailors, in the ardour of selfpreservation, pulled the bridle inadvertently, for the noble creature, far superior to the majority of bipeds who harrass and torment his species, suddenly disappearing with his master, sunk, and rose no more. This affecting circumstance induced the Dutch East India Company to erect a monument to Voltemad's memory. They likewise ordered that such descendants or relations as he left should be speedily provided for. Before this intelligence reached the Cape, his nephew, a corporal in the service, had solicited to succeed him in a little employment he held in the menagerie, but being refused, retired in chagrin to a distant settlement, where he died, before news of the Director's recommendations could reach him. While we lament Voltemad's fate, and the ungrateful treatment his relation experienced from the people at the Cape, a circumstance arises in our minds, which tends to render this misfortune still more aggravating. In his bold and successful attempt to reach the ship, if this benevolent man, instead of embarrassing himself with a hazardous burthen fatal to them all, had only brought the end of a long rope with him on shore, it might have been fixed to a cable, which with proper help might have been dragged on shore, and the whole ship's company saved without involving their benefactor and a noble animal in destruction. HEROISM OF A MAID-SERVANT. CATHERINE VASSENT, the daughter of a French peasant, exhibited at the age of seventeen, and in the humble capacity of a menial, a proof of intrepid, persevering sympathy, which ranks her with the noblest of her sex. A common sewer of considerable depth having been opened at Noyon for the purpose of repair, four men passing by, late in the evening, unfortunately fell in, no precautions having been taken to prevent so probable an accident. It was almost midnight before their situation was known, and besides the difficulty of procuring assistance at that unseasonable hour, every one present was intimidated from exposing himself to similar danger, by attempting to rescue these unfortunate wretches, who appeared already in a state of suffocation from the mephitic vapour. Fearless or ignorant of danger, and irresistibly impelled by the cries of their wives and children, who surrounded the spot, Catherine Vassent, a servant of the town, insisted on being lowered without delay into the noxious opening, and fastening a cord with which she had furnished herself previcus to her descent, round two of their bodies, assisted by those above, she restored them to life and their families; but, in descending a second time, her breath began to fail, and after effectually securing a cord to the body of a third man, she had sufficient presence of mind enough, in a fainting condition, to fix the rope firmly to her own hair, which hung in long and luxuriant curls round a full but well-formed neck. Her neighbours, who felt no inclination to imitate her heroism, had willingly contributed such assistance as they could afford compatible with safety, and in pulling up as they thought the third man's body, were equally concerned and surprised to see the almost lifeless body of Catherine suspended by her hair, and swinging on the same cord. Fresh air, with eau-de-vie, soon restored this excellent girl; and I know not whether most to admire her generous fortitude in a third time exploring the pestilential cavern, which had almost proved fatal to her, or to execrate the dastardly meanness and selfish cowardice of the by-standers, for not sharing the glorious danger. In consequence of the delay produced by her in disposition, the fourth man was drawn up a lifeless and rrecoverable corpse. Such conduct did not pass unnoticed; a procession of the Corporation, and a solemn Te Deum were celebrated on the occasion; Catherine received the public thanks of the Duke of Orleans, the Bishop of Noyon, the town magistrates, and an emblematic medal, with considerable pecuniary contributions, and a civic crown: to these were added the congratu lations of her own heart, that inestimable reward of a benevolent mind. THE FACES OF RACES. MALAYAN RACE. IMPORTANT as are the races which have occupied our attention in the three preceding chapters, including the Caucasian, the Mongolian, and the Ethiopian races of the human family, the race on which we are now about to offer some remarks equally deserves our attention. The Malayan' race forms an interesting portion of mankind, interesting from the vast amount of the world's surface it occupies, and its immense numbers. The race, with its trifling modi fications, comprise the chief portion of the inhabitants of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, and the adjacent Asiatic islands, of the Molucca, Ladrone, Philippine, Marian, Pelew, and Caroline groups of islands; of a large part of New Holland, Van Dieman's Land, New Guinea, and New Zealand; of the Sandwich Islands, Friendly Islands, Society Islands, and of all the other islands of the South Sea; and of a large portion of the inhabitants of Madagascar and California. These islands, &c., comprehend a considerable portion of the globe, and a few remarks appertaining to the millions of beings who people them, must be interesting to our intelligent readers. And we hope all the readers of the FAVORITE are intelligent. The peculiar characteristics of the Malayan race are-brown colour, from a light tawny to a deep bronze; black hair, which is more or less curled, and very abundant; the eyelids are drawn obliquely upward at the outer angles; the head rather narrow, with square skull, and low forehead; the bones of the face are large and prominent, with a tendency to a peculiar prolongation of the upper jaw bone; full nose and broad towards the apex; and large mouth. The Malay complexion, according to Dr. Pickering, is very uniform, |