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ass articles of contraband. That more attention is
pt paid to this method of employing men and
weeekleiag the interests of the country has always been,
is
$$ smatter of surprise and regret. Were professional
sse official persons to unite with seal in forming such
s oss, we cannot conceive it difficult that an arras ga-
yest, is some such manner as the sea-fencible system,
sigbt be formed, by which fishing stations round the
Bast slight be established,n
t tho
at
indi wouviduals,ld afford a
aid sufficessen.
ient
oil satisfactory occupatio
ilsl benefit to the public at large.

The reports about the Coronation are reviving. The
ceremony, it is now said, will take place on Thursday,
the lith of June.
Tog KIN G's VISIT To IRELAND.--We have reason
t know, that Sir Benjamin Bloomfield's arrival in this
is expected about the latter end of tbe present
country
month, to superintend the preparations necessary for
his Majesty's reception at his Castle of Dublin.—(Cor-
suradeet)
'• The Marquess of
The Martina Mirror says,
Waterford has sent from London orders to prepare
urraghniore-honse for the reception of his Majesty."
The prince Regent yatch is undergoing a thorough
re,,air at Deptford..
Upwards of thirty farms in the County of Kent,
as,u mow to have been given up at Michaelmas last, by
e tenants, sea te.be still unoccupied, the landlords
not vet baying received a single offer even at greatly
T I rents.
On Saturday the despatches were closed at the East
Italia-house, end d livered to the pursers of the fol-
lowing ships, viz. :—Thomas Oreville, Cptain W.
Nanning ; Marquess of Wellington,n Captaina J. Men-
chard. for Madras and Bengal.
The Company's ships Marquess of Neatly and
Moira were et Prince of Wales Island on the 13th of
November, all well. They were under weigh for

China.
The Diet of Norway has recommended to the King
of Sweden the rejection of the request of the Ex-King,
to be allowed to be naturalized iu the former country.
SA‘IVI BANKL—According to the account lately
laid before the Ilimse of Commons, it appears that the
depoits in the Saving Banks have amounted to
3,726,793:., of which only 219,072/. had been paid

back.
At the meeting of the county of Lanark on Mon-
day, a letter was read front the Lord Advocate re-
gaoling the rlimion of the county respecting Mr.
Rill for extending to Scottish criminal
%vials the English privilege of challenging a certain
molter of theJniy, which hasalready beett introduced
into the Civil Jury Court. A motion was made that
tie county should petition against the Bill, and in-
struct the county tnembers to oppose it. On this the
previous question was moved. After considerable
digcussion, it 1V as resolved to request a delay in the
Bill which had ,owe so unexpectedly upon the meet-
ing, and a committee %v.'s appointed to consider the
subject, and report to the countr.
At Stewarton, early on Monday morning last, Mr.
Gan and a party of soldiers from Ayr, apprehended
John Dunlop, weaver. tie was one of the unfortunate
individuals connected with the Radical rebellion last
pert and in ermseqttence thereof, a true bill was found
againg him by the Brand Jury. The prisoner is a
widoner, and is possessed of sober and industrious
The fol'owing is an extract from a letter rteeived
la,t week by 41 gentleman in London, from a very
tlistinguisheil int:“idual at the Court of Madrid,
and will probably be interesting to our commercial

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EPILOGUE.

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TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.

Sta—A few days since there appeared in yonr pa-
per an universal Prologue to the present iniasain!de
"School" of Drama, which so excited my emulation,
that I Lave made an humble attempt to match it with
an Universal EPILOGUE. It is exactly what the actors
ought to say; what they remold say, if they could
venture to speak their minds freely—indeed, what they
do say, both on the stage and off, and what managers
say, by each successive " piece" —that they produce in
their delightful " Iteuvi.aes ! !I"
NOTE.—The present " School" of Epilogue is, front be-
ginning to end, the most gross attack upon the audience.
and upon the taste and judgment of the public, which the
author has feebly attempted to imitate, all through the fol-
lowing. as well is he has to imitate the style gild manner of
a modern Epilogue. iu the passages marked with invertei

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111173 COURT:

On Saturday, his Majesty beld a Court at bit Pals**,
in Pall-Nall, which was attended by the Lord President
of the Council, the Lori Privy Seal, the First Lord of
the Admiralty, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the
Muter of the Mint, the Lord Steward, the Judge Advo-
cate, the Treasurer of the Household.
His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which Sir Edw.
Paget was sworn in a Member, and took his seat at the
II Board accordingly.
A Proclamation was agreed upon respecting the coin-
age of Sovereigns.
Mr. Buller attended as ('lerk of the Council. His I
Nlajestv gave audiences to the Earl of Harrovrby, Vis-
count Melville, and Mr. Wellesley Pole.
The Judge Advocate laid before his Majesty some pro-
ceedings of Courts Martial, to take the King's commands
on them. The Court broke up about four o'clock.

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