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Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara to ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly . Bythe Rev . Joseph Wolff , D . D ., L . L . D . J . W . Parker . That this enterprising traveller could only ascertain the dreadful fate of those whose lives he hoped to have bi-en the instrument , under Providence , of saving , does not detract from the nobleness of the motive by which he was actuatednor from the sublimity of the principle involved
, in such motive . He risked his own life in the attempt , and returned home to spend the remainder of his days in the peaceful labour of diffusing the results of his experience for the benefit of mankind . The narrative ranges over the years 1843 , 4-5 , during which the journey from Southampton to Bokhara , and his return home by Constantinople and Gibraltar to Southampton , are detailed with much interest and precision , It would exceed our limits to attempt a description of the various
charac ' ers of this eventful drama , among whom , that of Abdool Samut Khan , the instigator of the murder of the two British officers , appears most prominent by its infamy ; nor can we enter into the daily perils to which Dr . Wolff' was exposed . The profits of the publication are devoted to building a parsonage-house for the living to which he has been presented , and to relieve the poor ; thus every purchaser becomes a means in aid . Dr . Wolff has , since his return , entered into the bonds of Freemasonry , and has addressed the Fraternity by circular on the necessity of their uniting to assist their fellow-subjects suffering in Ireland by famine .
China ; Political , Commercial , and Social , SjC SjC . By R . Montgomery Martin , late Her Majesty ' s Treasurer for the Colonial , Consular , and Diplomatic services in China ; and a Member of Her Majesty ' s Legislative Council at Hong Kong . Madden . Lord Macartney , and other diplomatists , his predecessors and successors , have certainly given us occasional glimpses of this singular and wondrous empire , but what information resulted was scarcely of any
value , unless indeed that we find that few and rare as were the marvellous relations , they were of actual occurrence . But Mr . Martin has given us China as it was , and as it is ; and in his close statistical examination of that great empire , he boldly ancl fearlessly explains where the British statistics are at fault , and at the same time as clearly developes the great commercial subjects involved in the question , the favourable consideration of which by our Government would place China as one of the most prominent obiects for the employment of the vast resources of the
British empire as a colonial agency , such as perhaps has never been yet approached . As Colonial Treasurer to Hong Kong , Mr . Martin had abundant opportunities of judging independently , and he has given proofs of his patriotism by the sacrifice of a splendid income , that he might place immediately before his Government not merely the consequences of the mistake in deciding on Hong Kong instead of Chusan , but in pointing out the best course now to be pursued . The penalty that too often attends true patriotism has been exacted from Mr .
Martin . The Government accept his experience , but refuse him as yet the opportunity of proving its value and its truth . Surely the present premier will do better justice , for where can our rulers learn wisdom but from the experience of such able men as Mr . Montgomery Martin ? Should the Government remain regardless to the great claims of the author upon its attention , it will incur a fearful responsibility , for Mr .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Literary Notices.
Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara to ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly . Bythe Rev . Joseph Wolff , D . D ., L . L . D . J . W . Parker . That this enterprising traveller could only ascertain the dreadful fate of those whose lives he hoped to have bi-en the instrument , under Providence , of saving , does not detract from the nobleness of the motive by which he was actuatednor from the sublimity of the principle involved
, in such motive . He risked his own life in the attempt , and returned home to spend the remainder of his days in the peaceful labour of diffusing the results of his experience for the benefit of mankind . The narrative ranges over the years 1843 , 4-5 , during which the journey from Southampton to Bokhara , and his return home by Constantinople and Gibraltar to Southampton , are detailed with much interest and precision , It would exceed our limits to attempt a description of the various
charac ' ers of this eventful drama , among whom , that of Abdool Samut Khan , the instigator of the murder of the two British officers , appears most prominent by its infamy ; nor can we enter into the daily perils to which Dr . Wolff' was exposed . The profits of the publication are devoted to building a parsonage-house for the living to which he has been presented , and to relieve the poor ; thus every purchaser becomes a means in aid . Dr . Wolff has , since his return , entered into the bonds of Freemasonry , and has addressed the Fraternity by circular on the necessity of their uniting to assist their fellow-subjects suffering in Ireland by famine .
China ; Political , Commercial , and Social , SjC SjC . By R . Montgomery Martin , late Her Majesty ' s Treasurer for the Colonial , Consular , and Diplomatic services in China ; and a Member of Her Majesty ' s Legislative Council at Hong Kong . Madden . Lord Macartney , and other diplomatists , his predecessors and successors , have certainly given us occasional glimpses of this singular and wondrous empire , but what information resulted was scarcely of any
value , unless indeed that we find that few and rare as were the marvellous relations , they were of actual occurrence . But Mr . Martin has given us China as it was , and as it is ; and in his close statistical examination of that great empire , he boldly ancl fearlessly explains where the British statistics are at fault , and at the same time as clearly developes the great commercial subjects involved in the question , the favourable consideration of which by our Government would place China as one of the most prominent obiects for the employment of the vast resources of the
British empire as a colonial agency , such as perhaps has never been yet approached . As Colonial Treasurer to Hong Kong , Mr . Martin had abundant opportunities of judging independently , and he has given proofs of his patriotism by the sacrifice of a splendid income , that he might place immediately before his Government not merely the consequences of the mistake in deciding on Hong Kong instead of Chusan , but in pointing out the best course now to be pursued . The penalty that too often attends true patriotism has been exacted from Mr .
Martin . The Government accept his experience , but refuse him as yet the opportunity of proving its value and its truth . Surely the present premier will do better justice , for where can our rulers learn wisdom but from the experience of such able men as Mr . Montgomery Martin ? Should the Government remain regardless to the great claims of the author upon its attention , it will incur a fearful responsibility , for Mr .