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repair, and which he had subsequently pawned. As, on ex-
amination of the duplicates, almost all the articles were found
to have been pawned in London, the prisoner was transferred
to the City for the further investigation of the charges against
him.

The first case entered into was that of Mr. Morris Hart, of
6, Haydon-square, who said that he had entrusted a silver
watch to the prisoner to be cleaned. It was the one produced
by the pawnbroker, who, it appeared, had advanced 20s. upon
it. He (the prisoner) could not tell the market value of the
watch, but it was one above all value to him, as it had been
bequeathed to him by hie father. The pawnbroker said that it
was worth about 31.
The prisoner, who seemed to feel his melancholy situation,
said nothing in answer to the charge, and was in this case fined
twenty shillings, together with the value of the watch, or in
default of payment to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in
Bridewell for three months ; he was informed at the same time
that the magistrate had authority, if he saw fit to exercise it, to
order the prisoner to be whipped at the expiration of his term
of imprisonment. The investigation of the other charges
against the prisoner was adjourned until Wednesday next, in
consequence of the absence of witnesses, until which day he
was remanded.
A sturdy fellow, named Marriott, one of the cadger tribe,
was placed at he bar, charged under the following
circumstances:— It appeared that Messrs. Christie,
the extensive hatters in Gracechurch-street, were
about to transfer one of their workmen from their
establishment at Manchester to London; but, being ap-
prehensive that from the simplicity of the man he
might meet with some mishap on his arrival in London,
they had taken the precaution to furnish him with implicit
directions in writing as to the course he was to adopt on his
reaching the great metropolis. He arrived, as he stated, by
the Parliamentary, train, at Euston-square, and found himself,
about twelve o'clock at night, at the Spread Eagle, nearly
opposite his employer's house, and was walking off with his
luggage, when the prisoner came up and insisted on carrying
one of his trunks, which the complainant declined ; but, being
strongly pressed in the politest terms by the prisoner, he at
length reluctantly for a moment relinquished possession of the
trunk, the prisoner observing that he was well acquainted with
the firm ; instead, however, of conveying the property to its
destination, the prisoner immediately started off towards
Thames-street, where the countryman, perceiving that the
name did not correspond with that of the street to which he
had been directed, called on the prisoner to halt, and taking
the trunk from him retraced his steps, and at length reached
his master's whither the prisoner followed him and demanded
ninepence, as the price of his politeness, and declaring that he
would have that sum or seize the box as a security for it.
Fortunately at this moment one of Messrs. Christle's porters,
who had been directed to await the arrival of the complainant
at the door of their house, came forward and gave the prisoner
into the care of a policeman, when he modestly reduced his
claim to twopence for showing the gentleman his way.
Sir C. MAnsHALL—What induced you, prisoner, to take
this poor fellow so much out of his road ? Prisoner--I
thought the gentleman might like to look at the monument, as
he was a stranger in London.
Sir C. MARSHALL—Yes, you thought that the com-
plainant was a stranger, and that it would therefore be an
act of kindness on your part to lighten him of his trunk;
but as it is my opinion that you intended to steal it, I
shall send you to Bridewell as a rogue and vagabond for one
month.
A short, resolute-looking man, dressed like a sailor, was
charged by Mr. Gedye, a victualler, of Bucklersbury, with
using threatening language to him in his house on Sunday
evening.
Mr. Gedye stated that the prisoner came into his house
and asked for money; not considering him a proper object,
he declined giving the prisoner anything, bird desired him to
withdraw, when the prisoner refused, and he was obliged to
turn him out. On this the prisoner was very abusive, and
said that he hoped soon to see his ( Mr. Gedye'a) house in
the same condition as the place he had lately come from,
that is to say, in flames. The prisoner had previously stated
that he was born at, and had recently left Pittsburgh, in
the United States, in which a most destructive fire had taken
place.
Sir C. MARSHALL said that such conduct on the part of the
prisoner was inexcusable, as in every case where a native of the
United States needed and had a just claim to assistance, the
American Consul was sure to interfere with the utmost promp-
titude and humanity. Sir Chapman Marshall said that he
therefore considered it his duty to send the prisoner to Bride-
well for one month.

the part of the magistrate to mitigate the amount if the
Customs chose to prefer informations. With respect to quanti-
ties under 61b., the magistrate had a jurisdiction independent
of the Board of Customs, and generally imposed a fine propor-
tionate to the amount of duty sought to be evaded. This,
however, did not extend to tobacco seized on board ship; for
however small the quantity, the vessel was de facto liable to deten-
tion, and every person on board could be proceeded against in a
Customs' information for the 1001., penalty, without any power
of mitigation on the part of the magistrate. This provision
was found productive of great inconvenience, in-
asmuch as several offences against the excise laws must either

go wholly unpunished, or else put the machinery of the Board
of Customs into action, and scarcely a week passed at this Court
without the presence of some person from the office of the soli-
tor of Customs to support informations involving the heavy pe-
nalties which were subsequently remitted on application to the
board. In fact, it was a sort of child's play, which nearly pa-
ralyzed the law for any effective purpose. The 57th section of
the new Act is intended to remedy this defect by authorising
the magistrate to proceed to the conviction of smugglers in
this and other cases, without an order from the Board of Cus-
toms, in cases where smuggled tobacco does not exceed 6lbs.,
and smuggled spirits are not above one gallon, the right of the
Customs, however, to proceed by way of information, if they
choose so to do, still being retained. It was under this section
Spink was brought up yesterday by an officer of Customs,
named James Robertson, who proved the case. He found the
tobacco under the caboose, and the prisoner, admitting it to
be his, was taken into custody. The duty on the tobacco
would amount to 2/. 45.5 d.

Mr. BRODERIP having observed that this was the first con-
viction under the Act, fined the defendant 21. 10E., which was
shortly afterwards paid.

IV.4iVDSWORTIL

ABUSING A DYING Max..—Atice Donner, an old woman
who vends firewood about Battersea and Wandsworth, was
brought before Mr. Paynter on the following extraordinary
charge :

Police-constable Langton, 36 V, stated that on Saturday
evening, about six o'clock, he received information that the
prisoner's husband, who had been ailing for some time, was
then lying on his death-bed in a house in Ten-houses-lane,
Battersea, and that the prisoner was pouring out the foulest
abuse upon him as he lay in that awful state. Dr. Connor
told him that she was prolonging his life, for if she had let
him alone he would have died two hours before. Witness
found the prisoner doing what had exactly been stated to
him, and he dragged her out of the house, and entreated
of her to be more quiet. He left her, as he thought, in a
more tranquil state, but on his return she was as violent as
ever, and making use of the most horrible language, but
this was outside the door. He then took her into custody.
The old man was still alive, but in an hour afterwards died.
The prisoner said the old man had been eighteen years on
her hands, and she had worked for him night and day. She
was not scolding him, but a drunken Irish nurse that had been
sent into the house by the neighbours.
Sergeant Payne, 11 V, proved that the prisoner was a most
foul-mouthed woman, and had been repeatedly convicted.
_.Mr. PAYNTER said he could scarcely have believed that a
woman could have acted in such a manner to her dying hus-
band, and if such a solemn scene as that would not prevent
her making use of bad language, all he could say would be of
no avail. He should fine the prisoner 205., or commit her for
fourteen days in default.
The prisoner was committed.
PECULATION.— William Tlvimaa, a tun-man, who has
been twenty years in the employ of Messrs. Young and Bain-
bridge, the brewers at Wandsworth, was charged with the fol-
lowing felony :
Police-constable Daley, 127 R, having been informed
that the prisoner on several Sunday mornings past had
been in the habit of taking a new birch broom from the
brewery to his home in the Almonry-yard, he watched on
the previous morning, and at seven o'clock saw the prisoner
leave the premises with a new broom, and go towards his own
home. He stopped him, and asked what he was going to do
with it, and he said to sweep a hog-stye, after which he in-
tended to take it back. The prisoner was then taken into cus-
tody, and upon being searched at the station, two large lumps
of coal were found concealed in the breast of his flannel jacket,
he had coal and wood in each pocket, and even his hat was
half full of small lumps of coal. The prisoner said it was a bad
job, and could not the constable let him off that once?
The manager of the brewery said there was no doubt about
the coal, wood, and birch broom being the properly of the firm,
but he could not swear to them, and Messrs. Young and Bain-
bridge would be satisfied with a summary conviction, which
would alone be a great punishment, as the prisoner would never
be employed again by that firm.
Mr. PAYNTER ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of 205., or
be committed for fourteen days.

TRIAL OF JOHN REAS THOMP—
SON, STOREKEEPER AT THE CAPE OF
GOOD HOPE, FOR EMBEZZLING THE SUM
OF 10,9201 10s. si.
CAPE TOWN, MAT 3, 1845.—The Court being formed,
at ten o'clock, A M., the prisoner John Reas Thompson,
late naval storekeeper and agent victualler at Simon's
Town, Cape of Good Hope, was placed at the bar,
charged with having embezzled the sum of 10,9201., the
property of the Queen. He was dressed in a suit of
mourning, and looked extremely agitated and unwell.
Some of the jury were challenged ; and the indictment
being read, the prisoner in a weak and tremulous voice
pleaded "Not Guilty."
The Attorney. General opened the case, stating the
facts as they appeared in evidence, and the law of the
case, and then called
Thomas Collings, chief clerk in the Imprest-office,
Somerset House. London. This gentleman's evidence
was remarkably well given, and showed that he was
thoroughly conversant with the different matters in-
troduced fbr his elucidation. He stared that, having ar-
rived in Simon's Bay on the 9th of February last, under
directions from the Lord Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty, he proceeded immediately to Green Point, near
Cape Town, and there on the same night arrested
the prisoner, who shortly afterwards was conveyed to
Simon's Town, to be present during an investigation
into the state of his cash account, which Captain Chas.
Eden, of H.M.S. Winchester, and Mr. Collings had been
ordered to commence. The result of this inquiry
proved that the prisoner had taken up large sums of
money from the Commissariat, unauthorised by the Ad-
miral, and had omitted to debit himself with the same ;
that two requisitions for money, duly approved by the
Commander-in-Chief had never been used, but were
found in Mr. Thompson's own office during the examin-
ation of his accounts ; that fictitious entries had been
made, evidently (as it would seem) for the purpose of
deceiving the:Admiral, when that officer should comae to
inspect the balance of cash on hand ; that the prisoner
had sworn, before a justice of the peace to the truth
and correctness of his accounts, knowing that he him-
self had falsified them, and that they were perfectly
incorrect ; that Mr. Thompson had kept back five quar-
ters' accounts (which should have been sent to England),
doubtless with the view of delaying as long as possible
the detection that would inevitably occur when the total
amount of disbursements came to be compared with the
total of receipts, as shown by Mr. Deputy Commissary-
General Palmer's accounts, the amount of the deficiency
amounting to 10,9201. 10s. sd.
The next witness called by the Attorney. General was
Captain Charles Eden, of her Majesty's ship Winches-
ter, who merely corroborated what had been said by
Mr. Collings.
Mr. Deputy Commissary-General Palmer proved the
fact of his having from time to time made certain ad-
vances to the prisoner, whose receipts for the several
amounts thus advanced were exhibited in court.
This terminated the evidence for the prosecution.
The defendant's Counsel now endeavoured to make it
appear (and the attempt was indeed an unfortunate one)
that the fact of his client having appropriated to his own
private purposes nearly eleven thousand pounds of the
public money, as clearly demonstrated by the strongest
possible evidence. was ascribable to a sort of general
confusion in the dockyard offices, and the want of clerical
assistance.
The Attorney-General ably and most eloquen!ly ad-
dressed the jury on behalf the prosecution ; but in an
account like this it is impossible to do credit to his re-
marks, but the substance of them was as follows :—He
called the jury's attention to the strength and clearness
of the evidence afforded by Mr. Thomas Collings and
Mr. Deputy General Palmer, and spoke of the fradu-
lent intention with which the prisoner had evidently
made fictitious entries in the accounts, omitting to debit
himself with very large amounts actually received from
the Commissariat, and charging himself with some few
much smaller amounts which he had never obtained.
Mr. Porter refuted the idea of supposing that the want
of proper clerical assistance (if any such existed) could
destroy the proof that Thomson had embezzled 10,0001.
He (the Attorney-General) complimented very hand-
somely Captain Eden and Mr. Thomas Collings on their
indefatigable exertions during the investigation into the
cash accounts. He said Captain Eden was an ornament
to his profession ; and that Mr. Collings bad, after the
most laborious exertions, produced an abstract of the
p irticulars concerning every procurable cheque bearing
Thompson's signature, that had passed through the Cape
of Good Hope Bank since 1841, when he first kept an
account there.
The jury, after a deliberation of about ten minutes,
returned with a verdict of " Guilty ;" and on the 14th of
May he was brought up to receive judgment, and after
disposing of a motion of arrest of judgment on some
alleged informality in the indictment, the Court sen-
tenced him to be transported to Van Dieman's Land for
a term of fourteen years, and until so transported, that
he be confined and kept to hard labour in the gaol of
Cape Town, or such other place as the Governor shall
direct—the whole period of such imprisonment and
transportation not to exceed fourteen years.
The African Journal says :—" Although the result
in
dividual,
it this trial has been most unfortunate to one
it does not entirely withdraw the censure from others,
or Higher Powers,' whose business it was (or should
have been, Oh ! most lamentable fact that it was not)
to examine and look over the accounts of the suborde
nates, and thus by check and tally, at short intervals,
have removed the possibility both of error and temp-
tation,"

John Reas Thompson is about 43 years of age, having
light air, sandy whiskers, and blue eyes, regular fea.
tures, and sharp nose ; and in height is about sft. 6tn.
He• is of gentlemanly appearance, and mild and good
address. He usually wore a white hat, and a variety of
dresses, rarely two days alike. He is said to be liberal-
hearted, intelligent, and convivial. H
He was born in
Scotland, in 1802, and received his education partly at
Yarrow. his father (the late Sir John Reas Thomp-
son, Knight), was originally a clerk in humble circum-
stances, at Leith, and by dint of industry, perseverance,
and zeal, became a Commissioner of the late Navy Board.
On the abolition of that appointment, the Lords of
the Admiralty, to mark their sense of Sir John's dis.
tinguished servict s, bestowed on his son the joint ap-
pointment of Naval Storekeeper and Agent Victualler
at Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, where he arrived
ia 1829, to enjoy a salary of 7001. per annum, free
house, &c.
Thompson's habits were always those of extravagance.
His intimacy with persons of immoral character, for
whom, even as a married man, he kept up separate esta-
blishments at an enormous expense, plunged him into a
vortex of pecuniary difficulty. He played so well the
part of an accomplished, bland, warm-hearted gentle-
man, that he won the favour and esteem of every Admi-
ral under whom he had served, as well as Captain
Charles Eden, of her Majesty's ship Winchester, his in-
timate friend and companion, who remained by him up
to the moment that his guilt was proved—not believing
it possible that Thompson would have acted any other 1
than an honourable part.

When judgment was passed he (Thompson) wore a
blue military cloak, the collar being raised, and but a
small portion of the face was visible ; yet sufficient to
indicate how the sword had worn the scabbard, and to
show the force of mind upon matter. Much sympathy
and good feeling is afloat in behalf of his family, and for
the man there is every pity and sorrow, but for the error
there is not the shadow of an excuse; and it will be
some time ere the elements of Simon's Town are quieted
after so extraordinary a disturbance.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals—General Hewitt, Hart, from New South Wales,
in the Downs, sailed April 26 ; Allen Waddell, from Van
Dieman's Land, at Gravesend, sailed from Hobart Town,
Mav 4 ; Dawson, Carder, from Van Dieman's Land, off
Falmouth, sailed from Launceston, April 16; Coromandel,
Fraser, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed March 12, St.
Helena, June 17 ; Persian, Edington, from Madras, in the
Downs, sailed, April 18; Commodore, Crowell, from Bengal,
at Liverpool, sailed March 23 ; Amity,- Hodges, from
Zanzebar, in the St. Katherine Dock, sailed from St.
Helena, June 18 ; Java, Parker, from Singapore, off Ply-
mouth, sailed March 29, St. Helena,June 22; Mary Somer-
ville, Johnstone, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed March
12, St. Helena, June 27; Ingleborough, Rae, from Bengal, at
Liverpool, sailed March 15, Cape, Jane 15, St. Helena, June
30 ; Champion, Cochrane, from Bombay, at Liverpool,
sailed April 6, St. Helena, June 29.
Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales—Caledonia, April
12, from London ; Castlereagh, 18th, from London and Cape
Union ; Grainger, 18th, from Launceston ; Sir John Byng,
25th, from Manilla; Parkfield, Whiteside, from Port Philip,
of the port.
Departures from Sydney7Kestrel, April 13, to Norfolk
Island and Singapore ; Coringa packet, 14th, to Ceylon,
and put back 19th, from stress of weather; Star of China,
Tinlev, to Port Nicholson; Fame, 20th, and Australian, 21st,
to South Seas ; Palestine, Sun, and Autumnus, 26th, to
London.

Arrival at Adelaide—lsabella, April 5, from London.
Arrivals at Hobart Town—Anna Maria, April, from Lon-
don ; Sir George Seymour, from Port Philip.
Departure from Hobart Town—Fanny, Andrews, April 16,
to London.

Arrival at Launceston—Heroine, Coltish, April 5, from
Port Philip.
Departure from Port Philip—Branken Moor, April 10, fur
London.

Arrival at llong-Kong---India, Sutherland, from the Clyde.

THE ARMY.
SECOND FIRE AT QUEBEC.
GENERAL ORDER.

Horse Guards, Aug.l3, 1845.
The Commander-in-Chief has received from Lieut.-
General the Earl of Cathcart, Commander of the forces
in North America, the annexed reports of the conduct of
Major-General Sir James Hope, and of the officers and
troops at Quebec, upon the occasion of a second confla-
gration, which, unfortunately, occurred in that city on
the night of the 28th of June. He has laid these reports
before her Majesty, and lie is happy in having another
opportunity of expressing his approbation of th conduct
of Major-General Sir James Hope, and of the officers
and troops at Quebec.
He particularly notices the report made of the conduct
of Captain Boxer, of the Royal Navy ; Lieut.-Colonel
Walker, Captain Warburton, and Lieutenant Shake-
spear, of the Royal Artillery ; Lieut.-Colonel Ward, of
the Raps( Engineers ; Lieut.-Colonel Thorp, of the
89th Regiment ; Major Watson, of the 14th Regiment ;
Lieut.-Colonel Pritchard, Assistant Adjutant- General,
Captain Ingall, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-
General, and Captain Hope, Aide-de-Camp to Major-
General Sir James Hope ; and he draws the attention
of the army at large to the fresh display, in this transac-
tion, of all the good qualities of British officers and sol •
diers—cool deliberation and judgment in the direction of
the measures to be adopted; energy in the superintend.
ence of their execution; and the zeal, activity, intre-
pidity, and pers-vering labour of all to attain the object
in view—that of arresting the progress of the misfor-
tune, anti saving the lives and property of her Majesty's
subjects.
By command of Field Marshal the Duke of Welling-
ton, Commander-in Chief,
JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-General.
The great length of the documents referred to in the
above general order compels us to be content with a
mere précis of their contents.
1. A letter from Lieut.-General the Earl of Cathcart
to Lord Fitzroy Somerset, announcing the second fire at
Quebec, by which 1,200 houses, forming the whole of St.
John's and the greater part of the suburb of St. Louis were
destroyed; enclosing an official report of the catastrophe,
and specially pointing out the valuable assistance ren-
dered by several officers named in the Major-General's
letter, as also the admirable conduct of the officers, non-
commissioned officers, and privates of the garrison in
general.
2. Major-General Hope's official report of the fire to
Lord Cathcart, on the night of the 28th of June, differs
in no essential degree from the one we have already
published. We must, therefore, confine ourselves
to the compliment paid by the Major-General to the
troops :—" The spot where the houses were latterly
blown up was at the point where the St. John's suburbs
extend beyond the St. Louis; and owing to thoses houses
being rapidly blown up, and by the utmost exertion of
the troops in clearing a space, a great part of the St.
Louis suburb, the %%hole of thapton- terrace, consisting
of villas, and the gentlemen's seats on each side of the
St. Louis-road, were saved. I wish it had fallen to my
lot to report to your Excellency the services of the officers
and men employed during the progress of both the
late lamentable events, on occasions more honourable
and more congenial to their profession ; but it would
indeed be unjust if I did not mention the names of Cap-
tain Boxer, of the royal navy, whose exertions during
the whole night, and particularly at the end of the fire,
in directing the spaces to be cleared, were of the greatest
service; of Lieutenant Colonel Walker, commanding
the Royal Artillery ; of Major Watson, commanding
the 14th Regiment ; of Lieutenant-Colonel Thorp, com-
manding the 89th Regiment. And I have also to state
that I received every assistance from the suggestions
and activity of Lieut.-Colonel Ward and the officers of
the Royal Engineers ; of Lieut.-Colonel Pritchard,
Assistant Adjutant-General; of Captain Ingall, Deputy
Assistant Quartermaster-General ; of Town Major
Knight, and of my aide-de-camp, Captain Hope. The
conduct of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and
men, as I expressed on the occasion of the former
conflagration, exceeds anything I can say in their
praise. Thou4,h this dreadful misfortune occurred in the
night, when the men were frequentiy scattered in various
directions, they were quickly assembled at the sound of
the bugle, and never relaxed fur an instant in their ex-
erLions ; and I tun happy to add that bat one person was
killed, one man's leg broken, and three or four contused,
by the severalexplosions that took place, and that no
pains were spared to get the people out of the way.
There have been no casualties amongst the troops.
3. Letter from Lord Cathcart to Lord Fitzroy Somer-
set, of the 10th July, enclosing the resolution passed by
the Mayor and Corporation of Quebec, conveying their
thanks to Major-General Sir James Hope and the gar-
rison under his orders.

4. A general order, dated " Head-quarters, Mont-
real," conveying thiT approbation and an expression of
admiration of the Governor-General of the praiseworthy
conduct of the troops, and complimenting Major-Gene-
ral Hope on the judicious measur, s he had adopted.
5. Thanks of the. Mayor of Quebec t..) Major General
Hope.
6, 7. Letter and resolution of the Mayor and Corpora-
tioa of Quebec, conveying their thanks to the troops.
GENERAL ORDER.
" Horse Guards, August 6, 1845.
" It having been represented to the Commander•in-
Chief that the coloured stripes in the sash or girdle at
present worn by sergeants of infantry are liable to fade
or become unsightly when exposed to wet, or to the in-
fluence of the sun in hot climates, his Grace has been
pleased to direct that the sergeant's sash be henceforth
manufactured of the national crimson colour throughout,
uniformly for the whole army (including Rifle Corps),
and that the breadth be reduced to two and a half
inches. A pattern has accordingly been sealed and
lodged at the office of Military Boards for the regulation
of future supplies.
" By command of F. M. the Duke of Wellington, Com-
mander-in-Chief.

"JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-General."

THE CLAIMS of the PENINSULAR
OFFICERS.
(From the Naval and Militiry Gazette.)
We call the attention, most strongly, of all war officers
to the annexed petition which has been drawn up in their
favour, to be presented to her Majesty. We urgently
press on them that it is a duty they owe to their own
honour, and that of their brethren in arms, not to allow
indolence, indifference, or ill-grounded fears to interfere
with the groat object in View; and that they will come
forward to sign this petition, less with a view cf gaining
a trifling distinction so long withheld, than as proof how
much they remain alive to the honour and renown of the
profession of arms.
We boldly appeal to the sense of the public at large,
whether there is anything in the substance of the peti-
tion that can in the least degree be construed into
want of respect to authority ; and ask whether the
prayer it contains is not modest in form and just in
principle.

TO TTIE
QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
May it please your 'Majesty,
The officers of the United Service, survivors of the
late war, who served in action with the enemy but bear
no honourary mark of such service, dutifully approach
your Majesty with a humble memorial, praying your
Majesty's grace for themselves and their subordinate
brethren in arms, who remain alike undistinguished.
They respectfully solicit your Majesty's gracious
consideration of their peculiar case, standing, as they
do, alone in mortifying exclusion from those honours
extended both to their former chiefs and their present
juniors. That they served well and suffered much,
sparing neither thoir enrrgies nor their blood to win
distinction, is attested by records known to your Ma-
jesty, and has been acknowledged on the part of the
nation by the repeated thanks of its representatives in
Parliament.

They have appealed to the mediation of the Houses c•f
Lords and Commons, in order that their prayer might
be laid before your Majesty ; in deference to the sense
of the former noble body, as implied in the comments of
their distinguished leader, the petitioners now most
humbly, but with renovated hope, venture to carry their
appeal to the feet of their Royal Mistress—the fountain
aiiite of honour and of goodness.
Deign, then, Most Gracious Madam, to listen to the
petition of a class of your Majesty's subjects, who to the
proofs of devotedness to the service of their S.ivereign
and country, given in days when England was grateful
under the emotions of victory, are ready, should occa-
sion arise, to add the sacrifice of their lives in the same
noble cause. -

May God preserve your Majesty in health and glory,
is the prayer of your Majesty's most dutiful subjects and
petitioners..
The petition, which lies at our office and_at the office