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At the Concert at the The

Pr 4711.

The Duke of York took his accustomed daily airing yrs-
terday in the Parks, &c. Sir Henry Torrens, Adjutant-
Grrt.ral, transactud business wish the Royal PrAte raw-
day morning, at the residence of the Duke of Rutland, to
Arling,on-st:ert.

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ratty on Wedt,(sday,

Marrhi )rtga or smis.
la his I,cuse in Pon,

•relay, for Lord Pre.

ivcd it BI:hoir Cale,

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et. from Vino', lift,

ler •illa at Richmond,

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vv. ANfortl,
for PAris.

este niay at his hogs*

rrnni Donrnittr.
tett her Xca t at W,ck.

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from Norfolk ; Mina
I:iptain IVyndham
Ihs. Bailey have 1.61

nu-Baron and Cr,
Phi. tel.; Dak:
an Catltenhatn.
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FESTITAL.

Dreamy. Ocr. 4.

reit enrnmeireed this
o "Dittur," which
iinslysis. Mr. Bra.
Toon," where he

'e, tht same coni:
led an exes:ntion or
line in particular,
," he Inunnieti user

trims= with the in.
ourtray. lie made
of singing " Total
gave as much effect
is agreeable conwatv.
re Jonathan." In the
Lich stamped with all
las never been very
I not insist upon its
J:.sa" (death of
', in which we were
(most all who beard
r its chanties. A
, of " The Loral '
re consider its eon-
enmity. or the pre• '
na rover yet cape.
ksble feature la this
lips of ":Tis done ;"
had conveyed in his
'sure at the death of
the subject deserved,
Ye sepulchres, give
matic expreisfat'of
mention this fact, as
Inert stupidity of his
whatever power he
t least in his linen- t
Boeotian intellect—rt.'
tem." \;irs Travis,
1 recoveied from her
voice, and executed
rith Messieurs Kny.
o leave Nib far
be-
Hence. The " Tod
red and immornd (as
Aura Sacred Drains
ling very inspreaive4
Caradori, entided,"
sting !" Two lines off,

beau!).
en it 14 litles,"

a softened melody of•.
Ire, and few buthir
my executed " The
" eradicably in point
as far as action was
e are well .acquainted
t) always recrai....lxl
has pocket; why, or
that mule llt, a!r•ne
If and his col.science.
rillvd his audience as
v." Of this sublime .
agh the gamut of the
remorse, tt ildtrness,
lartin who has vewed
eak in terms of com-
ver, did justice to the
f his yoke, in the si
ter, angels, thro' th
;elegies of this noble
such divine harmony
nce was electrical.

cat, in two acts, tv

sere delighted to find
:give Rifling—was in
1' lost something in
as afterwards dotty to
five voices, " Theo
Miss Bacon (who,
Velluti) sung a duct
,yerbeer's " Croci.ito
instances. reminded
i also. If this yGung,
crs, and lees to those
e by the experiment,
a secondary original
f., hidverer, she Ws
Ai ;" sn mush an,
: among the audio:co
It fur the vocal ;
:ert was equally well
, delighted us with a
['hallo:llns claims to
lad not Lindley Cou-
to leave the corAtiun
tole, we n:sy say of
his shepherds, "e!
in the following glee.

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kt: ti :
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lake

mil. miss.
w•p ;
u.mquemr.
r•ars of pole*

LETTER TH IC FIFTH being written to prevent their being opened before they come to my
ibetide.
FllOll " Arc the Commissioner to understand dint the subjects of all
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF STAMPS, I routine letters are, or ought to be, decided open by the Board?—
TO i Yee, certainly.
TILE RIGHT 110 N. T. WALLACE. " Do you recollect several suggestions, of different kinds, that
-...M111•••—. I have been presented to the Berard from the Comptroller in Scotland,
four Parliamentary s relative to the Stamp De ! relutive to the arrangement of the office in tat country, to which
?ironed, embodying, as rryt
do, Such a mass of culpable no attention has hem paid ?—I will not tinderocke to answer th-t
imputation, had several peculiar advantages towards for- titration; brat this I will undertake to answer -that if it deserved
pro- attention
" hjd
it'stablalt.
warding the effect they were purposely ea!eulated to
' .e It i 143 been stateil to the Commissionera, that on the e
dace on the public mind. The eleventh sectionof the Act runt of the office in I ilasgorr, for the assay of plate, the Comp
troller
under Welt the Commission of Revenue Inquiry was OP- intimated to the Board, that the duty might lie paid by the assay.
rimed, requires that the Reports of the proceedings shall toaster to the head distributor in Edinburgh, instead of to the die.
be iemie to the Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, , trihutor in Glasgow, whereby the poundage might be saved, but
a ~' - . thlt to this no attention was Paid Red he received no answer ?—1
i.f , b r Ida &Pre his silliest?, aryl hoth Houses al I d 7 loam nr
' ,cannot, at this moment, speak' ,th.;lteiricti.lra,ylifearitscatel am an
aware of the charactertoof 't
eilloin oar month after Me first meeting of Parliament." ! p,,,,,,.e,iy
What in the bitten of this special provision of the Act ? . should consider it deserviog of very little attention,p unless. it ap.
Why ofivitnisly thin, that ample time might be given to peat it to iiii ao from the nature of
examine the conttints of such Repor•s, anti to deliberate on " Generally speaking, if you had opened such a letter, should
Oil em,ceive, whether coming from Mr. Pewter, or any of the
fora
in ticeelenti, that it desetred no attention, and therefore
the expediency a adopting such measures, whether in-
as the Commissioners of Inquiry • • •
should not bring it before the Board ertainlyP—Cnot. If that
such opportu- letter had arrived, i should have placed it before the S2eretary ;
Ilit:ieghriete here foleuntetleteriecommend. Was any
nity for deliberative examination as the Act requires se- I but when
Yalu ie to letteni that do not eleseive an answer, I allude
lushly given? No. Quite the reverse. These Reports to other inces.
" There were varimm other. suggestions made by Mr. Perrier,
on points which, as the (eminent:sues have understood, have nut
were actually carried into the !louse Or COMM. o.ns
received.
been provided for,. and to which no answer at all was given ; in
last day of the Session on which they could De
of
the
They were forthwith printed,—with the exception an • consequence of which, as he declared to this Board, he uaseil to
Append; .r. Vntaitiing the evidence,—with all possible de- wake any suggestions on the subject of the department, hecuuse
watch ; and no sooner were they printed than they found they rs:iever received any attention teare the Commissioners to con-
their war, wet from the press, to the Editors of the elif- te.saetriii.luet Board itself as a body ponsible for this omission ?
farm Miwning Papers, and extracts from them, with car• " r its
if
the particular letters I cannot answer that
question ; I am. not aware of any letters it l'ilelo have been received
on itubjtets rat imponence to the Revenue in Scutland, which did
r, sponding animadversions', were dispersed all over the
kingdom, while not a single copy was sent to the Board of nut receive an answer.
Stamps, or to any one Commissioner; while I had myself " The ttompuoiler alm suggesterl to the Board, that the adver.
on tt.e.filasgow, Aberdeen, arid Deunfrics news-
y procured pliet4epTree,litshoud-rd be paid to the head office immediately without
applied without success to the Printer, and only
going through the ban 1s of the sub.diteributors, as was. the case
a ropy at last, after an interval of ten days, by persossei et.-
picatinn at the Vote Office. with the other Country Newsnaper• of Scotland, whereby the per
All this ought not to hare been. It is one thing tt. meet tentage to the sub-dietributore would have been saved; but the
sot unfounded accusation, and to repel it; but it is another I Doted took no notice whatever of this suggeetion isnpos.
g s!ble tchtsati I can answer these question'', especially on oath, unleas
tenen jaed.
toteldooteeinnt7:hvieirnm.ly communicated to we, and I had been
—when the muse has been prejudged—to remove the strong
prejudices with which the public mind has been imbueel,
and to reverse the judgment pronounced by anticipatiou. ..
The questions refer to suneurions for the better conduct of the
Let the cause of this injustice originate where it may, my public businees, which have receive,' no answer ?—I cannot answer
coee.in is with its result. From whatever cause it arose, without looking into the matter ; but ee to Mr. Vender, or Mr.
Bremni r, both of whom are as bad Officer, an can be, and have
site inegularitv of the proceeding, as well as its injury, are
squandered away mare of the public money than was ever squan.
t'ee unto. deceit by any turn in their situation, I slew's have paid very little
Having said thus much,—] return, adverting to my last little attention to Muir views of what ntight be desirable. There
could itot be worse Officers; my Reports show what they have
Letter,—to the charges contained
iu your Reports. They
been ; ley oda surprise is, Mat both le and Mr. Bremner Late been
proceed thus:— towrineed is. rinee, for 1 know, that after the very first year in
In the came of our detailed examination in Sweland also,
!which I re urned Iron me inquiries i,11.1 the state of their offices,
which. as we have already stated, preceded that in Eneland, it
increased the revenue 60,004)1. on 400,01101., shooing pretty well
tatne is evidence before us that various representations, made 1
what Mr. Pender was es a Comptroller, and how the rrreivic wan
lir oaken there, with a view as wsll to the security as,
to the
looked after; ee se., in tact, taking inlcrest on the public 1110 M. g,
lee
collection of the Public Revenue, had not received the at.
tßr;i3,,..rtf.Ting his Clerks to do Mc same, us will appear by my
terton from the Chief Office to which they appeared entitled;
and our general inquiries, in that part of the Dnited Kingdom, “ ."
swished us, limit the superiettenderce, esercised by the Board in loM hen you received this last answer, instead of following
lontlen. over the collerion of this branch sif the S,ainp Revenue, tip the very important inquiries to which it naturally led,
son neither regular nor effeetnal. Under these circumstances, on you instantly changed the subject. and turned off to a dif-
ferent topic of inquiry. The frithful discharge of your
oar return to lonclon, we felt it our duty to postpo "coin hives.
limpets, for the purpose: of directing our attention to this depart. duty would have led to a very opposite course.
lent ; and as the. costs out of which a situation of thing% so •
Calling again to your memory the oath prescribed by the
serseently defective and unsatisfactory, had arisen, could scarcely
fail to affect the Conunisioners—and as we had reason to stippnee Act under which you were appointed, and in which you
teat ouch causes were, ii. a gr: et measure, to be traced to the " and your colleagues, respectively—bare sworn that you
state of the Board, it became necessary to give to Olaf examine- would—faithfully, impartially, and truly, according to
ti eis a character more personal. ns well as to Put to the aub°rdi• the hest of your skill and judgment, execute the several
este officers epiestiors more pointedly directed to the nifizial habits powers and trusts vested in you, I would now ask how,
sad candoet of theivauperiors, than, under other circumstances, we
elouil have thought advieable." with all the facts within your knowledise, to which I
shall now proceed to advert, and which I shall produce
Now, act us see what is intended that,—by this repro- in detail, you could, consistently with this oath, affirm
seuta,ien,—" his Majesty and both Houees of Parliament"
deliberately " to his Majesty anti bolt Houses of Par-
sheu:d he brought to believe ? Why, the impression
liainent," before whom your Reports are directed to be
meant to be conveyed is this—that the suggestions received
lahl, that " your general inquiries in Scollond satisfied
by the Commissioners of Stamps in England from their
yon, that the superintendence exercised by the Board in
Odierre in &oared, for the better management and security •
London, over the collection of this h-ancli of the Stomp
of the Public Revenue, were, in effect, thrown away upon
avenue, was neither regular nor 'petite/ ? And how,
Mein ;sad that the Stamp Department on that side of the
after having had the whole of that system of delinquency
Tweed was corn lof very meritorimis Officers, whose
in Scotland brotedn under your view, when conducting
good tier vices were lost to the Revenue by the culpable
your investigation in that quarter of tine kingdom, you
necefect of their superiors on this side of it. could stedfastly aver, that, "as the causes out of' whiclvi
It nill presently appear how far this side-wind enmpli-
situation of things so apparently defective and unsatisfac-
molt to these Officers was deserved. The Commissioners
tory hail arisen, could scarcely fail to alli•ct the Commis-
ova, in direct tern.e. that " their orneral ingairies is Ma!
'Anders ; and, as we have reason to suppose that such
part of the United Kinedoin iodised them that the super-
ceases were, in a meat measure, to hc traced to the stale of
iutemlince exercised b.; the Board in London was neither
Me Board, it became next necessary to give our examine-
regular nor effectual," and that this led them to give their
lion a character more personal," &c.
examinatioes " a character more personal than, untler
At the time that you were penning this statement it was
ether circumstances, they should have though' advisable."
Lauren to you that Mr. Bremner had been suspended by
Will it he believed that these Officers, whose praiseworthy
the Beard for his inveterate mismanegement ; and that
2'.'21 in b:haff of the Revenue is adverted to in terms so
through the medium of that influence, which is all-preva-
eutepliteeicary, are no other than Mr. Bremner, the Soli-
lent in Scotland, he had been restored to qfiee.
eitor of StaMps, and Mr. Pender, the Comptroller, whose
It was likewise within your knotetrebee that in order to
nialversation and chicanery formed the leading subject of , ,
give a colour of justice to Mr. Bremner's restoration, and
that correspondence with Mr. Bindley, which has already
to destroy, if possible, the credibility of Me Rcpt.! on which
appeared before the public? he had been suspended, a Cummissiun of Inquiry was, by
As no opportunity is omitted thronghout your Report to
means of' that game influence, nominated, consisting of Mr.
place these Officers in a favourable light, and to cast mall- Sykes, the Solicitor of Stamps, Mr. Campbell, Comptroller
led reflections, as well on me, personally, es on the Board
of the Legacy Duty, anti a person chosen in Scotland by
at which I have the honour to preside, I shall enter more
the lord Advocate, and a Mr. Forbes, then Sheriff of
minutely into a detail of facts necessary to show, that your
Perthshire. Mr. Campbell, who was too well acquainted
flattery of the one, and your aspersion 041 the other, are
with the disastrous mismanagement of the Board of the
equally undeserved. Stamp Revenue in Scotland, to permit his joining in any
In your examination of the Secretary, Mr. Reopen. your
fervourabk report of it, remained in London till that part
questions are so framed as to elicit the kind of answers to
of the inquiry was Stiialied, when he repelled to Eclat-
which they naturally kal, hut which. when received, were
burgh, to join his colleague S.
tr a very different complexion from those which previously With the contents of these Reports of Messrs. Sykes and
li d been expected. The following extract from his exa-
Forbes, together with my annotations upon them, as trans-
aim ation will open a sufficierst insight into the nature of
mined to the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury, you were
the applications frcm those Officers of tine Stamp Depart-
thot °uglily acquainted. These annotations will form the sub-
ment in Scotland, which are represented as having for their
ject of the letters which follow this. The public will bear
object " the security and better collection of the public re-
in mind that Mr. Sykes, as an excuse for the secrecy of his
Terme ;" and as, of 'course, deserving the most prompt and
movements in the exploded affair of the County Fire-office,
attentive regard. which forms the subject of tine third letter—" expressed
"Po you recoll-et, amongst the papers which have at various himself apprehensite that the object of the Inquiry would
fre.s been tees:Weil front Scotlend upon subjects relating to the
be defeated, by Air. Sedgwiek being put in possession of
!stamp Office, any recomnieneling count measures to be taken,
with a view to a more efficient collection of their rev" ue in Scot. the facts tan which the charge was founded. before the ne-
hied, and to the good order and discipline of the office P—There ceesary ate ps had been take n to retablielt the case ;" and in
h eve been applications. your Report, in order to enforce the imputation, and to fix
'• Do you recollect whether the Chairman has brought those let- it the more steeply, you add—" This impression, founded
I'm usd:r the consideration of the Bard, or whether, if he has
ou have yourself ever brought those ktter* under the in an arowal distrust of Me !lead qf Me !A par !men'. whilst
rat done it. y
consideration of the Brad?-With respect to nn order for the re. B appears to afford a striking instance, &c." In my next
eu.'..ai.oi If the (lice, Ido not recollect any circumstance of that Letter I shall relent to Parliament and to the Public the
reit arising, or any rectieruiendolitne tabling from the Ilead C .1. means of deciding how far this avowed distrust was autho-
noir, Brute Conirrollar ; but applications have been made from
yritsiticdeselin the
part of Mr. Sykes, and how far also you were
ter If .ad Dietribwor. es in a need hummer, fur fl "Wirt, which
Lat been tamed him; and the Chair tan WAS My viotent in his warranted—being, as you were, well apprised of
iipiimition to it ; he stated that it was not at all requisite that lie of the Report of Almon. Sikes and Forbes, and of my re-
read(' have another p titer, that he considered it a /Acid there. 'narks upon them—to reproach the Chief Board, in London,
sue :woad mq sanction it. as regardless of the interests of the Revenue, while you re-
- ean youaccount, in any other way than from those papers present the delinquent Officers in Scotland, as deserving
h"orie been thrown sunde, and nut brought under conshteration, html A.n In m ris lati nn their efforts made to improve it.
1.1. fact, eat many statements and suggestions that have been --------- for
made try the Comptroller in Scotland, have rot only not been con- That I may not protract my Letters to a longer period
nerd to, but have not ever received site smallest notice or answer ? than is absolutely necessary, I shall continue those which
—There have been such thine. eertatnly. - relate to the Reports of Messrs. Sykes and Forbes, without
" Rave you ever understood from i.t, 1, that he has been deterred interval, that I may bring the public exculpation, which
Men making any further suggestions lo consequence of the uniform
Repo:
your Rts have extorted from me, to an earlier close.
thatneglect his statements have received?—Ye; we had one letter
rawly to that purport from the snoop? roller. I subscribe myself, Sir,
" Arc there men, papers dust have been laid aside for considers. I Your most obedient Servant,
Lion by the Beard, and have not been considered?—Not a great I Stamp-Office, Somerset-house, JAMES SEDGWICK.
"me ; the chief of them are the references from the Treasury, Ott. 4, 1026.
which require a pod deal of consideration ; and tome applicetioes,
each as that of Ale. Hepburn, far not ridePtional porter; he has re-
ir.rated his application, and no notice has been taken of it; he has
endeareured to show the necessity even of a Mil J re ner, and the
Chairman says, • a parcel of nonsense, it shall not be seended to ;
it he idl a job.'
" Ilse that ever been brought ur.der the consideration of the
used ?—Yes.
"Are the Board all of the rime opinion that It iaa job i—No.
" When such a question as that occur', and is brought under
Y e comideration of the Board, describe what the proceeding is 3
Mr. Sedgwick nets his face agsiest the application cetirely ; that
deters taree or four' perhaps, of the Commissioners from giving
any sanction to it. One or two others may think alr. Hepburn is
better qualified to judge of the necessity of having this ..iditional
parser than Pity may be, and that he makes there aeilitional spoil.
!solemn only from the eternity of such a man being appointee ;
rt from the opposition thrownin die way by Sir. Sedgwick, the
amens etc salter Commas:onus do not sanction It ; and there-
fore it lies sub Wend°.
'this' ination, which it had no doubt been expected

The appointment of Dr. Brinkley to the vacant Irish
Bishopric is a circumstance which we are at a loss whether
most to approve or regret. Dr. Ihinkley has for many
years Ist Id unquestionably the second place among the
Astronomers of Europe. Ills lahours in that science have
been indefatigable ; and in the later years of his career he
has been (as our scientific trailers are well aware) engaged
in the arduous research respecting the parallax of the fixed
stars, which has eNcited in no common degree the attention
of Astronomers. In carrying on this keenly controverted
inquiry, Dr. Brinkley and the Astronomer Royal, it is well
known, have bee❑ Lung at issue, and upon the result of the
discussion between two such champions, and each furnished
with instruments decidedly superior to any others, the eyes
of all Europe have been fixed. Should Dr. Brinkley quit
the Dublin Observatory (though we do not know that he
will he wholly compelled to do so), who is there to appear
in his n! ? We fear, that though many of great talents

AMERICAN PAPERS.

We received last night Philadelphia and Washington
Papers to the 7th ult., from which we make the following
extracts:—

novER, N. lI.Auo. 251.

MACK EBEL.—SeVeral individuals nr ftonillet. in this town were
last week much injured by eating mackerel. Immediately after
eating them they were PeiVII with violent head-ache and dizeMese,
Rd° and tightnews of die breast, sickniss and burning at the sto-
mach, palpitatioti of the heart; the face, neck. brood, and arms
appearing red and pimpled, and very hat. like the disease called
the Nab. These disagreeable feelings continued with some through
a greater part of the day. A gentlemen informed me land others
may he as ignorant of the fact as I was) that there is a ipecies of
mackerel, which. at this season of the year are known to lie ;It:iv-m-
-ous, lie denominates them Bull's Eye 31aeherel, and describes
them an being of the middling size, very round, and their eyes.
large and scaly.
One of the greatest impositions ever known is now practising at
Kingston and the import% of the island of Jamaica. its will appear
by the billowing statement, which is the auitsittnee of a t:oneersa-
Dun that recently took place between the agent of a Captain of
an American vessel, the Receiver Germsl of the island, and the
Collector for the King. The i•landent have, for a long time past.
had the privilege of legislatime far themselves, and apptanting their
owl officers. The duties have heretofore been paid tai a Receiver
General appointed by themselves. Lately, the Government of
Em-land h ire given I/I den to the Collector to receiviaall the duties
which hetetttfute were paid to the Reindeer General : neither of
these officers will yield. The Receiver General is aupporied by
the islanders. lie requires the Americans entering to give hint
their registers, and alien they clear they are obliged to pay him
the duttea on their cargoes before he will give up their register, or
want them the iliflioent fort passes, without which they cannot go
nut. The Collector. on the other hand, will not permit a barrel to
he lag dad without n sfiecial permit front him, in order to obtain
which they are °bilged to pay him the ditties, not by bond. hut in
cash. What is this but downright robbery? The writer rticfillec•s
but a single instance of a Imiceetling resembling this, and that wes
at St. Jag.) de Cuba, where, immedintAv nea=r the apanintmen of
a new Collector. the (hates were doubled ; het, in dint ease, the
money paid was very soon returned.
OUTRAGE —William Lawrence, Eaq. a deputy sheriff af Rens-
selaer county.lwas stabbed in the shoulder on Cie 211111 instant, at
Ott-ambush village, by a person of the came of William Oliver.—
Mr. Lawrence was giving aid to a ctoistalile who was enacsvniiring
to get possession of sonic of Oliver's goods which had been levied
upon under a Justice's execution, when Oliva*, atter repeatedly
threatening the life of the officer, ran nut into the street, made seve-
ral passes at the constable with a shoe knife. which were warded tiff.
and then flaw at Lawrence and aimed a I low at his neck, which by
a sudden turn was received in his alinultier. Oliver then escaped to
the house of his father, James Oliver, ne.r by, who closed the door
and forbid any one entering ; hut as the citizens were not disposed
to stand on ceremany, they forced the door, and found the asaacain
concealed in a closet, a ill armed with the knife. He was taken,
atal is in gang at Troy to await his trial. The surgeon is of oplaion
that Mr. Lawrence, although in a critical situation from inward
bleeding, will recover.— Altatmy Argus.
INDIAN CON v r.tv T lON —We learn that a Coneantion of Due-
gates from the Indian tribes in the Swear of New Yotk, Michigan,
and atone of the Canadian tribes, fa in he held at lateenl, in the
Michigan terri,nry, on the Ist of December next, for the purpose of
adopting means and measures for the government of these un-
fortunate people. A President has already been appointed, and
some of the Representatives chosen. The Rev. Eleazer Wit.
HMV, minister at Green Bay, is IA preach the election tetnion.
We understand that it will he one of the objects of the Conven-
tion to draft a system of education for the Indian youth, in
the principles of the English language, and in practical hus-
bandry. Another object will be to prepare a code of laws, far
the security of civilized society. It is well known that their triaat
are in general of a summary nature, the injured party. in many in•
stances, constituting one of the Jury, and that trifling offences are
frequently punkin(' by a death of ignominy and torture. Their
struggles atter the benefits of civilization ought to be aided by us to
the utmost of oar power. We have taken from them all which
they held valuable : let us give them whatever we regard as va' u.
able, as a recompence.—Nowt York lop.
The good people of Washington, thee pital of the United States.
have taken up a coloured man belonging to New York; they have l'al•
primed him of his liberty by thrusting Wm, (luting the present warm
season, into a prison. and row advertise him for sale, in order to
pay his gaol feat. Why D.. Franklin's por Frenchman. with his
poker, et left far in the back ground by the officers of Witali•ngtot..
—Ne a York Paper.
A slip from the office of the Barton Patriot furnishes us with
advice* front Batavia to the Sill of .ipril. The Bragaura,
Sullivan, passed Arjeer out the Md of March, front this port for
Batavia.

BATAVIA, Anntt.6.
We addressed you per Telegraph clown to the 2d inst. giving all
the inlormation that we deemed interestit•.g, ',ince when but lit•le
has °centred, Some bold pirates have appeared oil Itenthang. and
the steam-host is after them. No event has transpired from the
Insurgents, and we believe their numbers and movements ate
generally exaggerated. The rebels do not discover energy or en-
terprise. and die Dutch are too weak to exhibit. Samsrang anti
Sottrabay are no doubt perfectly safe from the enemy. The distur-
bances apprehended in Cheribon have not broken out, and all ap-
pears quiet in Packalongang. We should not be surprised it a peace
i. brought 14(3011, and hope i• may be. Little or no huhiaess doing—
prices of almost every article nominal.
Ai' nit B.—We have nothing new to add.—Washington Paper.

Yesterday being, the anniversary of the opening of the
chapel belonging to the S.ehool for the Mind, at Liverpool.
Divine service was perform el, and a variety of sacred music
was sung by the pupils. After an excellent sermon, de- I
livered by the Rev. T. T. 'Freres, D.C.L, prebendary of I
Chester, a collection was made in aid of the funds of the
cha►ity, which amounted to 73/. M.—Lice-70d Pap, r.
It is said that a serious difference of opinion took place
between a Noble Diplomatist and the Captain of the frigate I
which was conveying him to the New World, in conse-
quence of the Peer appearing on the quarter-deck in his .
dressing-go wn,fer which indiscretion the K.C.11. ordered hint I
below. To those who know the irritability of temper under I
which the naval gentleman in question frequently labours
this circumstance will not appear at all improbable. Some
years ago, when he comtmended a sixty-four gun ship arnde
en flute, he was appointed to take out part of one of the
rtgitncn:s of Guards to the Peninsula. As usual, the heels
of the ofiiiters' boots were shod with iron. Now these said
iron be, gave high and mighty offence to the sea Cap-
tain, wha, in the (lead of night, when the officers, who had
doubtless tattled in a due quantutn of claret, had also
turned into their cots, ordered up the armourcr, and gave
him directions immediately to take off all the iron heels
from the //Why's of the sleeping Guardsmen, assigning, as
his reason for giving the order. that he would not have his
Majesty's decks tattooed ny any such assinine appendages.
The dl•may of the /ol.stet.r, as the armourer called them,
on the following morning, was indeed great; and if a n con-
ciliation had not by some means been effected, and the said
heels replaced, the nautical aggressor could hardly have got
, all hia (heels off his hands if he had fought till this time,
-end the ercumstance in question took place at least fifteen
years ago. His bravery is proverbial ; but his temper is as
combustible as his ship's tnagazine.
We have much satisfaction in observing that the ac-
counts from all the late distressed districts continue fa-
vourable,—and not only so, but that the improvement is
even more rapidly progressive; and not merely does the
demand for goods increase, but prices, and consequently
wages, are on the advance. We may therefore now in-
dulge a reasonable hope that our season of commercial
difficulty is over, though its effect( are too suougly
marked to he so soon eradicated.—Blockherm
At Loughborough Fair, on Saturday last, plain and co-
loured cheese sold much at the same prices as at Derby ;
and at Nottingham Fair. on Monday, prices were rather
higher, plain cheese 60s. to 70s. in general ; and coloured
68s. to 725. A few dairies Is. to 4s per cwt. more money.

At one annual fair on Thum Ity tail, the supply of
cheese was, as might be expected, from the long and severe
drought, considerably less than our usual average, per-
haps not more than two-thirds of that quantity, though the
deliveries at the warehouses amounted to nearly 3U4) tons ;
the demand, however, was not brisk, and prices may be said
to have rated for plain cheese from 635. to 68s. per cwt.,
coloured from 635. to 705., some few particular deities Is.
or 425. higher ; these prices, though probably full Ss. a cwt.
lower than were looked for both by the dairymen and the
factors, will, no doubt, very much enliven the trade, and
make the demand throughout the. season fully equal to the
supply ; nearly the whole was sold. At Chesterfield Fair
on the bill ult. prices were much the same as with us, but
not more than half the supply sold, the rest being taken
again. w to say that the arrange..

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