Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-28

Cases Of piracy perpctually occurring and even
barbarian barks anchor in our inner without the
least notice being taken Of them. I, the EN-
consider" SC. Here his Majesty looks back on tho
past, and has rather dismal forsbodngs for the fu-
lure, arising from such unseem!y appearance of
things; but the shadows Of night are Obscuring his
paper, and the translator is weary of his subject,
and erefore leaves the rest to The imagination OF
the reader After advising and threatening his ma
val servants, the Emperor adds % DO not hereafter
say that you were not early warned"
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE CRY OF ADELAIDE,
sourH AUSTRALIA The following is an extract of
letter from gentleman connected with Glasgow,
who went out in the Glensuilly, from CLYDE. The
letter is dated Port Adelaide, 10Th September, 1889
" We arrived here in less than four months after
very pleasant passage. | have seen the whole OF
the city Of Adelaide, and believe IT to be q mere
bubble pecuation that will soon find its place. The
climate is good, but from the Port (seven mileO
up TO the city, is almost nothing but ssnd Advise
nobody to come here. Hundreds are here already,
rueng the dav they came, and two vessels with pas
sengefs have left with disgust for New Zealand.
Journeymen joiners and wrights are making los.
day; bullock. drivers 42s. a week, with two glasses
Of grog day. Every thing that requires manual la
Dor is objectionable, as also provisions. You pay
dozen for oranges. Indeed, the whole system may
be deuominated plucking from one another Meal
and potatoes Cd ID per Id, the quartern loaf
3D. had to pay los. to be landed. l walked up to
Adelaide but the omnibus is S.; Is. Sd for sand
witch, IS cd. for bottle of ale, and IS Tor a bed,
with full supply of fieas; 1901 for pair OF mid
ding horses In TACT, IL was caiieu tue I-ahu VI
EXtorton,' it would be well named."-Greenock
Adcer tiser.
Posr OFFICE RETURSs.-The Post Office returns
to the order Of the House of Commons, exhibit the
working of the present compared with the former
system. The first table shows the amount Of post
age collected in the London district during the four
penny rate, viz: from the 9Th of December, 1899 to
the 9th of January, 1910, compared with the
pondng period of 1888 8, far regards the Gene
raj Post Office, and gives EST 300 Is 3D. as the to-
tai amount of the period in question in 1889, and
f3s 6S2 5s Id that Of the similar period in 1882
40. OF the former ofthese sums. E36H IS. was re-
ceived from government departments; OF the latter
sum CESS e92 5s I'D the sum of fl 3l6 Is. was re-
ceived from government departments
The second liable gives the total amount Of the
postage collie cted in the London district durng the
penny rate from the 10Th of January the 18th OF
February, 1910, as far regards the General Post
Office, with the amount in the corresponding period
of 1889. This gives E69.O00 As Sd. for the period
Of 1882 of which "a GA IFS Id. was received from
government departments, and f40,527 Is "a for
$780, Of which ES5S lis. Id has been received from
government departments, and Ell,OA Us, Cd re-
mains due. -
The return OF the amount Of postage for the Lon
don district post during the fourpenny rate gives
flO 1872 Ids. Sd. as the sum collected from the 9th
De cember 1885, to the 9Th of January, lo40, while
the amount collected in sim lar period IN 1852
was El2 953 l9s I'd The return Of postage for JAM
uary 10 to February 3D. 1910 during the penny rate)
for the London district post, gives ElO S6o los,
while the amount for similar period IN 1889 was
fI3,7I4 los.
A fourth account in which both general and dis
trct post letters are included gives the following