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AMilikleAN B MN-DA:IIIES. IP'•om ;Ac Onibcc Vtizette.) The 'Newspapers 11,4 e lately attuoutieed the ifr 'ival, in "this''Cay '(4loebec) 'ot 'Colonel Boilchetie, British •Chhithis:ithf&s 'for - eitatalkbihg the boundary `tine "het*een the United States and the BritishProliiitte3Of New Briinswiek and E.,Ossersetnatis. This'Gentleinan 'was employed in direeting a British exploring 'party, actin r, conjointly. With an.Ainericin party. 'in prolonging a line due north froth the I;innutlary, established under the authority of a former Coin misii,nt at the 'source of the St. 'Ctoix. This pHisi,, g ahoitt three 'miles above the Great Fall of the St :joi), iihis prolonged, we • under .stand, to a hranCh 'of the Ristigonche RiVet, fall into tiie s ßAY of Chaleurs, and-here suspended, for the present ; although the Americans wished to continue it to the sources of the - waters which fall into the St. Lawrence. The operations upon which Colonel Bouchette Was employed, are Ihefely fur the itfurma• ion of the Commissioners, who will determi►►e, on the final rerit of the surveyors, what ought to be the bo►un►!ary, conformably to the second article of the Treaty of Peace of 1753. .In the mean time, we thick it our duty to csll the attention, of the puhlic.to a•s.ubject of so much iurert.st to. the British Empire, and to 0o:se pro vinces itt particular. It is only necessary to look into an A merican Alai), or, to .converse kith an American on the snbjeet, to know that they extend their preten sions to'a - .boundary cutting off from the British possessions an ,the waters of the. Sr. 30,.n River above the Great Falk,. and runuing up, within.: a few leagues of the Saint Lawrence, from Ma taste. to the SOIITCeS of the River du Sud, near Quebec.- .• - • The following is the attiele ►►f the Treaty on which they found s tension, so contr.sry to the state of *tonal and i►ernianent possession of these countries : - Aug. ii And that all di , putes .which might arise in future, on the subject of the boundaries of the. said United States, may he prevented, it is lierehy agrred and declared that the tollolNiniare and 511411 be their boundaries, From th e " north-,west angle of Nova Scotia, viz.: that an " g.le which is formed by a line drawn due north " from the source of St. Croix River to the high " lands !. along the said, high lands, %Thiel' divide " thoSe liver's that empty themselves into the River " St. Lawrence from those .‘vbieli tall into the At -9 'anti c Ocean, to the t iorti t . westernmost head of " COAttectielit river,". thence down along the mid tile of that iir e 'to the4sth degree ot.tiorth latitude, from thence by a. line due west on said latitude, until it strikes the rive? Irotpiois or Catattury ; thence along the middle of said rivir into Lake Ontario, thronJ, fb Middl,, of lak t , Dotil it strikes the coimnonication by water between that Pike and Lek . e ; thence along the middle of trail contmitilie.;;lloll into Lake Erie, through) the illicit& of said lake, until it arilves at the water communication bei %veer) that lakt! and Lakellu- Ton ; 'thence along'the - tuitidle of said water cOin• tiimgcatiou into Lake lint on , thence through the inicldle of said rake to the water .cotnnititiica t ion between that lake.and Lake Superior; thence throtigh Lake SUPerior, northward of the isles Royal and Phelipeadx, to the Long Lake,'thence through the middle of said Long Lake . , and the watek coriiinunjeatiOn between it and the Lake of the WoOdS ; 'thence. through the said lake to the Most ( nort tVeitern point thereof, and ft ont . .hence tin a . ane, west course 0, the River Mississippi ; thence by a line .to be drawn along the middle of the Itii , er Mississippi, .until it shall intersect the . nOrtheinmost 'part of the 3lst degree of north la titude, SOOth', by a line to be drawn due east froM 'thie determination of the Tine last mentioned, in the latitude of 31 degrees north of the equator to the middle of the river Apalachicola, or Cats honche'; thence along the middle thereof to its . omi - on with the Flint ricer;‘ thence sit eight to the head of St.,_Mary'a river ; . and ,thence down 41an.the middle of St. Mary's river to the At lantie,Ocean. " East, by aline to be drawn alotkg the middle of the river St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its 'source, and from its ‘.‘ sontce directly north to the aforessid highlands, g‘vvhieh . divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic `.` Ocean from those, which tall into the River St. Lawrence,; — comprehending all islands within twenty, leagues of, say part of the shore of the United , States, and : lying: between lines to be drawn due east, from the points where the itfote said.boundarics, hetween Nova Scotia on th e one part ; imr'East Flotilla on the other,'Thall re . sp, Ctively touch the Bay of Fundy and 'the A t . , laotic Ocean ; excep ing 'such islands its now are, ii)td het et atone have beer;, within the limits of the said province - of Nova Scotia. • The parts of this Aiticle which refer . to the boun tiAtiesfin 'question, iit're those whiCh we have pot inttrted conti3tts: If they jet„ ify s uch a . pre tension, we twist be 'prepared to submit to it ; it is a matte!' of cOtiverifion io nie byatlequate'autheiri 7 ties and each party is bound to hdhere, to it, iti:ithoot regarding . the consequences.- :But if these - pretensions are not justified by the letter or intentiOns the "Treaty, we might, - eipsalki, to he" prepared to 'resist them, as we would 'resist dis liOnour and - suhiti A ation. ' The boundary r.t the source of the . St. Ci•Oix is fixett correctly or nOt, it is now too late to call . i . nto . question. " Th e n o rth-w es t 'a ng l e o f I‘.lova'Scotia" (New BriMswick) is the Ptiint from whieli:the•b(otudary line between. Lower Canada: And the:United 'States waS'intended to :peaCeed;';' tut tlie'tiorth-west angleOf 'Nova: Scotia was . trot - known' at the time of making the Tr . eaty.._ pended on the of the bOundary'he; tiveeti: Canada and Acadia . (Nova Scotia); which 'was it; dispute . Canada Was eomfuered , by Great Britaiff.* 'The'framers the Treaty ae— oordicigly aerciininc .1 it by declaring that it should *be that angle s liirii is formed by, a line drawn. clue irlifth f roM the source of the St. Croix to theLighlitilili'." in ktitkiug — tif highlands, in a'river, theteareit Ito ant s are uni 'versally einderstood. Froth h point tinthese high'. • 'Nods; the'n; the northern boundar'y of tire. United . State: is tb counttehee:; And conclude tilong the said highlands Which 01 their pro •" lbngation) divide those rivers tharenipty Mein " Selves into rite River_ St. -Lawrence, ';rota those Whichfall,into the Atlantic Ocean, to the north " westernmost bead of Conoecticnt river." No rr words, it 4eins to us, Could with greaterCertaioty 'have pointed' 'Out the tont tnenc", men! of the 'northern boundary line, than those us'*d by the framers of the Treaty-, taking these words in their usual acceptation. -As 'to the part of the eastern :boundary, described in the fast part the,,abo‘r'c article dui) still trodetermined, it is the same with the litre giVeU to determine the north-eaSteru 'angle of Nova Scotia iii the first part, "fi•ont the source of the St. Croix-, directly nurth,, to the aforesaid highlabds." It is probably, however, on the description of this part of the boundary, that the Americans have founded their claims to anorthern boiindary pro ceeding from a point on the highlands at the sources of thu rivers which tall into. the St. Law. .1-etca. In referring to the " aforesaid highlands"' (the highlaods due north nearest the source of,the St. Croix), it adds, " which divide tire rivers " that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from dios'e " that fall into the liver St. Lawrenee." Now, in point of fact, the highlands nearest the Saint Croix, doe north, do mtot divide " the titers that " tall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those that " fall into the Saint Lawrence;" they divide, at that noirt, the rivers that fad into the Atlantic, from those that tall into the liver. St. John and the Bay of Fundy ; but they are a prolongation of the highlands which di% ide the waters of the St. Lawrence from those falling immediately into the Atlantic ; they answer the nearest to the de scription of the "Meaty, of a ny highlands which can be found on the line tine north of the Saint Croix ; the second range of highlands due north of that river divides the wateri which fall into the St. jo.n, flout those that fall into the Cliff of St. Lawrence ; the third, those that fall into the Bay of Chaleurs, from those that fall into the River St—Lawrence: Is the Bay. of Faintly distinguished in this very article of the Treaty trom the Atlantic, the Atlantic Ocean meant by the Treaty ? Is the Bay of Chtdeurs or the Gulf of St. Lawrence the Atlantic Ocean ? Would any loan, dramapg up 'th e simpl e st deed, he guilty of such inaccuracy. )• If the Anaeritans will prolong their line due . [total) ► front the source of the Saint Croix, till they flint highlands ilivirlittk the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those that tall into the St. Lawrence, they must cross that river, and pro ceed to the sources of the waters which empty into the Athintia Ocean somewhere near the en.: t; ance of Davis's Straits ! for on the whole line due north the St. Croix., they are the first that ~ p a rt literally answer this of the description. ~ But leaving the narro west interpretation tit the words of the Treaty,„ if we conic to the hitinttioo of its framer,, we find, as they state it theiosi.ilves, they were cal efol to avoid disinites : they clintre ;or houndicries the heiOu. of land between die• territories occupied by the different ik rees of latitude, the channels of known rivets and lakes, The iieat est highland due ton tit of the St. Croix is the heighth 'of land between the Bri tish and Aniericati possessions iU that quarter : the saute kind of boundary is adhered to throtigh out, to the north west ertunost branch of the Con nectictit river. The intention'was, no doubt, to give 0; each party throughont that part of the boundary, the heads of the waters emptying in their respective term itories. Every other arrange. , meat would have been contrary to the state of ptisseision it the thee, and unnecessarily have giveh rise to future diMeohies. ('l'o be continued.). *Vide Metnoires sm. les -de l'Acadie:. put/Nailed at Ainsterdam, 1758. , . GERMAN PAPERS. .ANT'S FRP, Dec. 19 . .-- , The prices of corn have rather risen than fallen at our maiket to-day. It is inconceivable how the high prices can be kept tip, after so abundant a harvest as the last. Hap pily POtatOes are abundant and cheap, Othei-Wise we might tee a renewal of the distresses which af flicted the peep,' during last winter. • HAGUR, DEC. 17. SECOND CHAMBER OF THE STATES-GENERAL, DEC. 16 A Message from his Majesty was read, accom 'PanYing a I'rojet of a Law, ;o the following ef fect ;—That till the result of the deliberation of the'Statps-General on the Laws. of Finance, Which form the Budget of "the year 1818, 'he Ordi nances of the 23c11 December, 1816, on the taxes, imposts, and public re yen ties, may'be maintitined in tnfl vigour after the 31st, of DeeeMber, 1817, and . o long as,they shall not 'be teplaced byot her imposts, to be fixed 1 3 y 'law, in order to avoid any st,!:oatin9 iu the public service.—The Chamber fcrred , the affair to the Sections, with the in itation tas take into consideration with the greatest . attivitya . HAGUE, Dec. 20.—Private letters from Mita - via - , dated the 16th of August, state, that the Goyer nor had freighted the ship Industry for'the litea . hlands„ Where,`"icct'lr'tling to the lat'escat -1 counts, every thing Was tranytil. The discussions tvbiCh have t l akett'Place in 'the Second Chamber of the Staies4eneral, on the projet of Ole law' relative' to the freedom of •the . tea trade, and which ended with the adoption Of the . liropos law, have 'given rise to 'a . siagot.ar . remark ;'it is,. that thebephties-of j the Northern, Provinces,. who most strongly defended' the mo-; nopolyof, the tea trade, maintained a directly eon-4 teary opinion respeciing the frredoin of tite tradi, iu atelast - Session of th 9 States-General." HAGUE, DEC. 21. SITTING OF THE 20TH DECEMBER. - The COilinfittee of •Petiiio9s reported by M Aleivbrede, those of - A.P4srs:Goyet*oct Can-• Chtii3-Letnalre, complaining of 'knelt* been " . or cleretl'hy . # Police Officer, at. Brortels, to goit 0)4 kingdom; and the Committee proposed that the . r. . , Petit ;Otis oh Ole' tab a fur Ilte in spection of the Menthirs. - - M. Itiosie;r'fortitallif tieclarea tlil3, And c4:l,lett oil 'the Assembly to proteetl islltrietliatetir 111 diSciSs this important snbject. . • 1.11. ‘CA iibscrv'-, that I chi's tvoll 1 11 c e viating• trom' the orcit'r established by' the'Aii: setithly iti I.elzard, to p,ctitions, twl . that debates might ariie whith tb p'assions might prevail. M. iii•rnpr prOobied to refer these petitions to the exiiininatiob' bf the'SeetitYns; accarling ,to its regitlations, decided that this proposal_ should be taken into emiSidetatkii ifi another'Sittin ±. The rept:rt of the'Cenfral Section' was reads tontaining...observatiofis on the seciitid ,projet •of a law 'relative tt) the Tax on htheritaiices, the clisciiisios) of Whii!h is fixed foi• Alooday next. The same Colittnitfee - then made 'a -report on the temporary law relative to the finances,•to prevent any ipterrription in the levying of the public re venue', after January I', 1818. was-opposed siMie . Merrificrs, and defended by the Minister of Finance, who sheaved the necessity of it it was put to the vote, and carried by 83 votes to 5. )WI3ELi; DEC. 22 — 4 . The last lettets ffonti Itome,say, " The Concordat with the hint of tfteNctherhoolsis ou the point of being- signed." rAlanlifeuil, Marquis d'Orvaidt,has.addiessed 'th e Fee'oeh and other JOUrnals; a justificatory account of the affair for which.he has been already tried before several Tribunals. This piece is dared flow the prison of the Tour de Notre Dame, at Dimity, the 12th tilt. cause came on be fore the Tribimal iii 'hardly, on the 18th of thiS mouth, and is to be continued in several succeed - ing sittings. People are curious to know the Bement:* that *ill be passed in this singular af% ; fair. Nr. Alattbrenil says: " You remember, that at the time of thesolenth Sitting of l7th April, 1817,1 declared (after three, Years silence, which l'hed observed, for powerful considerations, itrthe midst of dangers, sufferings, and tortures, impossible to be b,elieved) what W ts . the object of the high secret mission which : was intrusted to' Me, fOr the execution of which ten unlimited orders Wete delivered to me in 1814, signed by French, Russian', and Prussian Mini sters, Generals, 'and Counsellors. rainy lie Added (Mild; will explain why an absurd and Odious laW-suit has been instituted against. me), that the modifications which I made in the•hloody desires' of the trailms who wanted to shed the blood of their ancient master,:caused the execution of their dark projects to fail. I am ready to justify myself for these modi fieations.,,in the eyes of all Frenchmen, " call this process the affair of Maubreuil ? Why persist in taking a parl ''for the whole, the instrument for the guilty, the agent for the principal ? " The plain rides of good sense are su ffi cient to site'''• that thii a flair its inuch less toy affair than that of the Talleyrands, the SackenS, the Droken hatisens, the D'Anigles : the BOurrienues, the Da ponts, &c. 4c. and of the whole Provincial Go veruinent of 1814. 1 '.vas only their unhappy in 4triithtnt. . " As to the part of the mission, the sad episode which relates to Westphaliau chests, lt,is.in every respect nnich )e3i . my affair than that of Vdtaauri, Vitro:leS, &c. etc. (who have all kept the chests), tit,nt it is mine, who have kepr neither a crown,piect nor f a : diamond I %slt) am ruined .and exhausted, in, consequence of a persecution which ihir'ffig a series a font years presenti the picture or all the c h a gri n s, 0 1- all the losses, of all the misfortunes which can oppress humanity.. I have taken, it is true, but I took fOr others When I might have' taken for inyself. I hatra riOtt to clO so." The Tribunal at Douay will doubtless do jus tice to the means of, defence which M. Maubteuil may adduce. AANIBURGII, Supreme Court for the tour tree towns will soon he established. The Members of the Committee employed in arrang: tug it were M. Schutei, Senator for Hamburgh ; Dr. Gutschow, for Lubedi ; Dr. Meyer, Bret:ten: M. de,Malishert, for Frankfort, did not attend, M. Burgliardt,t he HanoveriAn Custom•honse officer, h'as, by his unnecessary rigour, impeded the freedom At mercantile navigation. He ordered, three days ago, a Captain from Leith not to un fold ; but the Captain afterwards got a higher order to do so. Private Wtters froin Pimisia, Which deserve cre dit, state, that they are arming with great activity in that co►intry. Soldiers absent on leave are re called, and every thing denotes, at least, a readi ness for war. 'I,ANDEitS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Dec. 19.—The Duke of Wellinkton hat to-day (the 19th) appealed_ to the Court of Cassation akainit the decision of the High Cottrt, gi'ven yesterday„ which declares not receivable the /Appeal which he has made against M.Debirsscher. The Court of Cassation will therefore have to decide whether •an drode of the First instance, who has acted for one party, cannot, without a special poser of attorney, appeal from the sen tence paz;sed. The debates which took place y'es terday on IhiS question, and•which were very aui matt d, will be renewed. The Comm! .of M. Debussehrr maintained, that article 202 of the Cade of tint) . grants . , the faculty of appill only to the civil party, and not to tipiess he has a The COunscl of the Duke of NVel . - lington ecide:ii.fnted, to:prove, that an avoue, ing.the reptesentatiV e of hi s client, can vaiicily perlMin, 'till lie is * dliave'iwctl,. all the 'acts'Of his Alfnisti'y ; ant: that, ris r elie 'net of'appeal must be tnatle at the . offiee of.the Register of the First the' lit§taet'of this init,ince, 'a'nd :ittriblites 'of the avoite.:, who . has . charac!er fiefol'e that This rea- smitng wris S'll:orted by7quothlg tl:e 117 Th at tick of the Code knit ruction, Which declares, that appeals' in ..- Cii§sa•i l ion May' be InAt'e cutter 4 5 . Elie party, or by an AggntinvesLed witiLspfchil•pOWers, or by an ur dire. •Ill'is'i . 6 . l)tiOn: was father poricd by the anti:Ol'it'y r Of :sevisrid list übui§htstl. Jaw-writers and p'retl6llg.iledhiiotis. The Advocate-General mopported the opinion, of the Gentlemen who pleaded for the Duke of I'Vellioit'44,, • of the Court o f , r're.nce ? ' idyiy totifoi-nithi 'Co aifeci.Ce 11';.•,dc I: r y .1 0 ! a unitith befote. The-sAine deCree, ,said voicate•Generai, tu . n.,t be given .; esoilot — hat'e t‘'vo Weight's and twO The tronh adtnit gal the objection. witi , recei-ved ) as. we stated YeO 5..--;-the persons heinn . gini to the Diet; wh'o . annoitueed themselves up to thy.' before the- opening. — of the :Diet , Anti ceived i•ll'etOkett of coosiited of . 46q . heads of 'noble families, 50 priests, 5: csri~et~ s HMI tiertsan't4 'The !.. , ,featest number tn. them hate • Unnle , I FO. nobles.; 70 p res r4 JOS citizens, . and '259-n.easants. lint as the dolt bles receive no indemnity for their expenses ? 10) which reason ninSt nit them' do not ap main peer, ma foundations and towns do nit send - the firtl nunil ber of deputies that they have a right US sendJ and, particularly in the country, where several disl trios unite 10 choose one deputy, th e num b er - if eettefally - mttch . stnaller: Nd person can sit lit ibe Diet ;unless he-be-25- years of age, of , the 1.411.4 theran or, reformed tOigion. 3 and,no bankrupt de:; dar ed . by a judicial sentence uttwoi:thy of the con fitienee of his fellow . -eitizims, or' who' Hat beet! punished for any infamous crime. ST, PETERSEURGH, DEC. I!:—The winter 144 now conimenced here with its mild severity. 'I lie, Neva is covered with such thick ice that sledgee and waggons pass corer it: At CroliStailt thure have-arrived in all; this year, .I,7o4 , ship§. W 7 ,SAit',DEC.IO —lt seems- to be certain that, his Majesty the VAinperor will review, in the month of April; the army under the continand: of' General Bennigsen.. This witty will he assenthlot in two. camps; the first corps in the neighbour-, hood of Odessa, the second in 4Lie neiglibutirhaoil of CaMinece. ISAXoNv, DEO. 10 s7tlid in some Jou rnals, that a great number of mercantile housed have left Lei;csig, is unfonntled„.as not' one house of consequence-has removed its business front that city. It is only true• that. the trade in c o lo n ial articles has been mostly transferred front to AltetibtiOgh, &c. This is chiefly caused dreadful roads about 14!ipsig, that to aesclett: ,only excepted. In every other direction,: roads after rain are nearly impassable, and tr y& dangerous. It is often necessary to put ten' or twelve horses to- a Vvaon. POLICE INTELLIGENCE', BOW..STRRET.—For some montlis tii..St a num ber of hotels, coffee-h'ou'ses, and priva: - e boast-s have been robbed of silver spoons awl various ar ticles of plate, by persons gaining admittance by false pretences. Among th e h o u ses that have been robbed is the Veru latw Clnh-hoim s e in Litt being the house occupied by the late Lord Kenyon. The club is. composed of 450 members, coosisting, of the. Judges, the leading gentletnen in the law, and OthetS of respectabilit7, who ttecptently dine together. It seems titat the" outer door was kepi const a ntly () p en , amid 0, 0 inns r 400 r in the passa;:e was only closed. with c sirriut ; a glass is In the floor throng!, wlH . o.h it is supposed the tobhe'rs looked to take - sl . (ltailt - ave; when spoons , w,ere left by' the wai.ers in ihe sage, to slip in and ma with (h ill ,. If the roliber WAS discovered In the pa , 4sa g e, life ingoi te d, for some of the members, and thus escaped. , —; The house having been repeatedly rubbed, A:I -the otteer,, was employed to discovm r robbers ; tri;ceil out one of the F:!; , :ois lo long in g to the club to haVe been sold at A.lr. Aldridge's shnp,a pawn-broker's, it, Or.Atige•si.ivet bury, who gave a very written (1, , -eriptioo of the num of whom he . had purchased the spoon. On Wednesday evening, the 'time the tretnlytts of the chit) were at dinner, a matt was tOuttaip the passage folly answering ihe description given by Mr. Aldridge, ,nho inquired for Air. Sergeant Best, who is'a member of the cltal2 : he was de-' twined and brought to the office, and underwent an examination before Mr. kitcKs. lie ,iiket genteel appearance and manners. He gave his name Thomas lio6inson. Mr. Aldrike attended and produced aie spoon purchased of the tirisoner. The spoon having the head or Lord Chancellor Bacon on it, and under it " Verulam," the Magistrate asked him holy he could purchase it of the prisoner. , Mr. Aldridge replied, that be used all due prec•antinti, by quits— tiouing the prisoner as to its" hying his property, When the prisoner answered,.with a great deal of composure and confidence, arat - the question ‘stai nnnecessaryrobim, asthe.arnis on it were his fa•+ n►ily's--that he was a cle,cayeil Gentleman and irs diißculties, or he shoOhl nor sell the spoon. The - appearance and rummers of the prisoner were Such as were calculated to ittipose with such a repre-' sentation. Mr. Harris, the Steward of the Club; amended; and produced . a spoon belonging 'to the Club - , [Ai correspond with the spoon sold by the prisoner to AIL Aldridge. The prisoner, on tieing called, upon for his defence, declined making anytlef:?nce' to the charge, or giving any account o f himself. Adkins produced two pair of spectacles, one, very handsome with -small glasses, the`other com.; mon with largeglasses. He is supposed to have worn them as-suited-his purpose, for a disguise. The prisoner refused to tell his residence - . He . was committed for further examination. SWINDLING.-;—Wednesday C. H. Bowen, latelyt . of Poplar-row, WalWorth, was again hyottgitt , -up. to Union 'Hull, charged with defrauding Fk - ye c rat tradesmen Under the pretence of having !marled' an heiress, and in default of pAying tt fine 0k 51. he was committed to the House of Correction for threenionths' hard labour. On the 23c1 inst. at Tapluiv, Bucks, Mrs. George f3i•ppel, of a son.. DIED. On Monday last, of copsniiption, in the, 21st. year of. her age, 'Aliss Anna'Aiy,.of Itrixtna*-hil!, surrey. iii theith Inst. in hiv 47th Vear,- MiAtobert Girl iai,'St 4- cretaly to the Society fur the Poor, anal the British Institu tion. LONDON • : Printed hv .7. IL vf • No. , 20, iOreat 01`r006.1 pby. iv. SCH.IPP:.:, of No. 7, South Alolton-srreort StN Othee, N0.,112, Strand ; where Adreiticemcnts, ()rim Letters, &c. (post-paid) must be addressed. I