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all cases, with the extreme severity of its infliction ? If
the punishment of death be diaproportioned to the crime
of Forgery at all, it is not witlr reference to any classifi-
cation or species of that crime, but to the crime altoge-
ther ; and, therefore, if the extreme penalty be repealed
in the lesser degrees, it should be repealed in Coto.
So far, however, is the projected bill from decreasing
the severity of the statute hook,—as far as that severity
has not been rendered inoperative by its excess,—that
Mr. Pam. has actually added to the number of cases in
which the infliction of death is henceforth to be awarded,'
and, in doing so, he has also enhanced the certainty of
that infliction. The provisions, by which the old enact-
ments
are to be superseded, may indeed afford additional
protection to the affluent,—to those who have property
vested in the funds, or in foreign securities,—to com-
mercial men, whose signatures may be forged, or whose
money may be fraudulently obtained from them by forged
acceptances, and their credit consequently injured ; but
they present a thousand facilities to the perpetration of
the crime which they are intended to guard against, and
leave the poorer classes as much exposed as ever to the
ruin which such fraudulent and felonious practices may
bring upon them. But there are some curious anomalies
in the penal and mitigatory clauses which, we dare say,
have hitherto escaped the notice of the legislator him-
self. We find, for instance, that " all fraudulent at-
tempts to obtain money " are punishable with death ;
yet " all forgeries of receipts for money and goods,—all
attempts to defraud by forged orders,"—which are essen-
tially " fraudulent attempts to obtain money," are " ex-
cepted from the punishment of death." Again, we find
" all forgeries of the notes of the Bank of England, in
fact, all documents representing money," are punishable
with death ; whilst " all fabrications of Bank paper,
that is, the paper on which notes are stamped,"—al-
though the fabrication of that very paper, " the paper
on which notes are stamped," must be an indispensable in-
gredient to the successful perpetration of the forgeries of
Bank Notes—are excepted from the punishment of death.
They are either wilfully ignorant, or profit little by expe-
rience of the times in which they live, who tell us that
" death is made to overlook the forger at every attempt to
invade property where the fraud and mischief are neces-
sarily trivial or limited, as well as in the commission of
enormous acts of plunder, which ruin families, destroy
commercial confidence, or shake the credit of great estab-
lishments :" and yet would persuade us that in the cases
which Mr. PEEL, has selected for the exercise of a mer-
ciful spirit, he has done more than the " sanguinary and
ferocious" spirit of the old enactments had done before
—in rendering the law itself a dead letter.

CITY, TWELVK O'CLOCK.

The express from Paris is of little interest, and has had no effect
on the funds, which opened at the same price they left of at on
Saturday, 92111 for the Account, and for Money 92j, with little or
nothing doing as yet. The foreign market is in the same state as
that of the British, quite inanimate.
Livairoor., Maims 3.—The import this week of Cotton is
6,283 bags, and the sales are again large, reaching 10,930 bags,
at the very highest prices of last week, and all sold to consumers.
In Sugar, the transactions this week are confined to 400 hhds. at
former rates ; 300 bags of East India have been disposed of at 295.
In bond ; in foreign nothing has been done. With a limited sup-
ply of Grain for last Tuesday's market, we have had little doing
in the Corn market.

Quebec Papers to the 28th of July, and Montreal to the 2d of
March, have been received at the North and South American Coffee
House. Sir James Hempt sent a message to the House of Assem.
bly stating, that the Receiver-Geaeral of the Province had con-
structed, at his own expense, a fire-proof vault for the safety of the
' public monies, and it would be reasonable to reimburse him for the
expense, which amounted to £227 Os. 6d.
The Montreal Papers, from Halifax, of the bib of July, state,
that it will be seen by a despatch from Sir George Murray, that he
is prepared to advise his Majesty to commute the demand for quit
rents in the Province of New Brunswick, for a permanent grant of
1,500 pounds.

Accounts from Quebec state, that the Committee of the Lower
House, to whom was referred his Excellency's message with regard
to the New Custom House at Quebec, have reported favourable, and
appropriated 6,000 pounds for the purpose.

Quzazcz, Fzz. 20.—This day the House of Assembly went up
to the Castle with their Address to his Majesty, founded on the
Resolutions lately published against the Militia Ordinances s his
Excellency was pleased to answer as follows:—A 4 I shall not fail to
transmit your petition to the King, for the purpose of being laid at
the foot of the Throne. I must, however, observe on the present
occasion, that his Majesty's Courts of Justice in this province,
having determined that the Ordinances in question are laws in
force, my duty necessarily require me to governed by such judi.
cial decision until a new Act shall be passed by the Provincial Par.
'lament, for the regulation of the Militia, a measure which I sin.
cerely hope will be effected in the course of the present Session.
On return to the House, his Excellency's answer to the Address
having been read, Mr. Nelson gave notice that he would, on an
early day, move the House to consider the same.—. House adjourned
to Four o'clock.

Accounts from Madrid 24th March state that, the government
have received the impoetadons and exportations at Savannah for
the year 183 p, they amount to 24-262402 piastres, and in 1821,
they win 211.4MM-11111 piastres. The accounts from the interior of
Spain are very unfavourable—the wine is almost destroyed in Anda-
lusia by the late fruit.

BALF.PAST ONE.

We do not hear that the Lisbon mails have brought any political
news of importance. It is rather singular that the papers do not
give the amnesty ; it is said they first wait for the sanction of the
English and French governments. It is reported that the Quarter's
Revenue is not so Wearable as was expected.
The Consol market, which was rather stationary in the first part
of the morning, has taken a tuns and improved, from 924 4 for the
account, to 03i, and for next account 93. Consols are now 924 f ;
this being the first day the books are opened at thetank for persons
who wish to dissent in the reduction of the new 4 per cents, but up
to the present hour we have not heard of any persons having made
their appearance. The badness in the_ Foreign market bas be*
admitted, pa:titularly in Greek bonds, which have got up Spa
cent, owing to aB4 Exchange report, that Prince Leopold has
set of for Grieco. Roil bowls have improved 1 per cent. Spanish
hoods has also got up.

Captain Felix Smith, of the Quick's Bays, is shortly
hale the hymnal altar Madras. the amiable and nom.
olf Sir Ilugh Amy, Bart. of Domes,
neer
IRIAN STAN? %Prin.—The Waterford Chamber f
COMM* men to 'addict aseheet the prepased advance of stamp
Duties in Inland. This obnoxious too will income the duty on
bile of lading AO per ant. seedy' swops SO end 100 per cent. bond
stamp mod lets es of attorney 166 to Ile per cot.

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