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-lmtetattur itrortttrtttatt. now or A9$l?MBL,¥;.' A O ‘CONDl:‘.N.SE.D REPORT.

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I"R.U\tC':IlE luGll'l‘ ll0N._ EARL Gitt:Y—tti.’tHwt..tY in the air. . '

One of these Despstches was on the subject oféertain Poea, al- leged to~have been Illegilly taken by Mr. Hitvlltirtd-as Private Se- cretttr . ' '

After this Despatch had been read, the Hon. Mr; COLES ob- served; with reference to it, that Earl (trey appeared ioitiiiik, that as Mr. Haviland had acted as Private Secretaily. and had_‘,' In thirt capacity. a right, in his (Earl Grey's) opinion. to the Fees on Mar- riage Licenses; and its the law. with respect to the Pee: on Mirt- riage Bonds, was not. perh so lea , have been; it was not altogether uiijustifinbla in It In (Mr. llavitsnil)

r»-fused to pay them; and that Ilis Lordship thought. the question whether Mr. Ilaviliiiid had any right to take each ees,- tvus arts between himself and the persons who paid them, and not between him and the Public Treasury, and th:it such l"ei-s could not, under any circumstances, ave claimed for the Public '|'reaeurei_'. But with respect to the Feast mi Tavern, Peilliirs‘, and I"erry l.I- cenctis, Ilia Lordaliip thinks, that the question. whether Mr. Ila- vilastd ltad atiy right to take them, ttiid in which right he took them, was subject to more doubt than that regarding Mririiuge |.icsnrti-s; and iiilvisi-s the Assettibly to allow the aubject to drop. an In rt-at aiitititied with having put tin end for the future. to what they regnid as an abuse. It is now, coutinited the h-morable member, for Ilte Iloiise tnili-cide, whether any further steps shall be taken in the business, or not. is lttive so for done our duty In prnsecutiiig the enquirv; but I agree with what seems to be t 9 opinion of I-Eur Grey, that its tlte Govt-raitii-nl oftbe day and the Assembly did not ' ‘ or remedy the abuse of which we have complain- nil, no v-ttglit not now to exercise all the rigor which we riiuy have it I I out |Iit\Vt'l' to eiiiplov with respect to it. As to the Fees on M.iii't.igii llorida, lI\0|l»tI the Governmeiit actually recover them, they would have to be paid back to the iniliviiliiuls frottt whotii tlii-v were at first, taken; I am, therefore, of opinion, that we hail better allow that put nf ths business to rest its it ii. between Mr. llavilarid and the persoiia who paid those Fees. But, with respect to the Foes on ‘Yiivervi, Petllnrs. and Ferry I.icenne-i, I not clearly ofopinion, that they should biive been paid into the '|'rt.-asury. iind tlsiit Mr Ilatiliuid should be called a to to pay over to the 'I‘rett- aiirer tliesniiiiint ii.’ Fees. reliiiiied him for granting ssrh ceiices it Iiile iiciiiig mt tfoliinial Sr-eretsr . ' a ant-e ilue.froin him, on that account is, £I27 4 8, and I cannot think, he will object to pay it, if reqnimil in do so. Ilnt if IIIP lktuse are u opt‘- Ii-‘ll. IHII lbuzluiii is not worth niititng for, let» them say so. and there will he an-"sail of the hnaiin-is. The iiibjasi has been so often before the llttttsii, that IIIO'l'L' can IN‘ no Iwcessily to go further iiitii it t is quite plain. that the Sal try allowed. by law to the Co- Ioniiql Secretary, when .\Ir. l_|aitiiliitid ltielil that ttppoitiliiieiit. will. us now, in he In him (the Ciiliniitil Set-retarv) in lieu of all I"i:es taken iniiis tltlign, \\‘Itit'.Il,.Wl!fU.-,lllt9|'&l-IIIC. II! he will into. tho ub- Iic 'l'reusur_v; and I at eoiisslpsi-utly, whatever amount i-fsnith ‘eel his been retained by. him, no hit pat. ' ti Tlirwtgluiut the whole of the eiiqiiirv. I iliil no ii_ior«tbnug,I ltulipvy, it IOJDfl‘|I|y duty to do; and now, I viish for no 0|lI_t9l d wing may be for and riinsoniihls. I-‘.nr Grey, rscoititiieotlr us to allow tbqsitlijirct to drop; nnil whether the ‘l'pllIl‘l|l.l,I-‘C, Irtii deuter- niiiin to iroi-ei-.d fiittlier in the Itll~Il_l|t'rItI or nut I shall nirquip.-pice in their lli-oi-iioii, snti-fied with biréittfi ilorie Giltiti, I tliiuigltt-,, ui_v duty. , Mr. FRASER said. the subji-ct had been a very disargtrtrnble unis. 6;-st and last. It had, howev r. been taken up, .n't0|iV91 of public ditty; and it was tiecessary , tlitit it should be finally! tlt'POQOI-l afi some way or other. it rid ltutl-it wua-Iru.er*"5I'0tl 14".“ to do with the liiiainesii in the biiuintiing; but he, not _ en so muted. to it, its it ltad been alleged he bad: {And IN! WM,-I30! '|'“‘?5 ispiisi-d to have any thing topic Io,do vtitlt-i,l,. It wullltl Well. he thought, for thi-iie who had no llI|lt‘II to sit on the suhji-rt fur- tttei-Iy. as Well as those who hail assisted in driwing the llteport, to ' ' eseiit views of tltebiisiiuzea , V. , 3, . , Iltm. ll r. I't)I'I". s..‘id. he was one of.tIta..anliirtitnpt,e,,iniliyliilwth who signed llttt lli-port. For the share he liiiil but in it. his \‘It‘Wl biil hriert grossly iiii-rirpresutilril. and he lizid lit-on aulijei-Ii-d to it great deal ofallirriii; hu|.'ltnd‘Iio diriseii to rittttlltttnt |l“"'0 “ll” a-titiili-d him oti that account, wpuld, be. II|3Ilt3V<,‘tI. IIIIVQ liiiil <IIlll6 to congratulate tliieinsielvt-.. upon in the result. Iigirl ‘(,iIey,lI-I_v'_tt|ti't‘It. ' is npitiioit. Ihtit it will tiow 2 bit! I0 HIIOW 0.“ 'J'5_‘?l. 10

drop-,_lint my opinion is. that if we lmlitivc. there is 'a‘ny,,llIl-It: ]l_lI|ly’

d e to the Gt-veiiiuirnt fft_|'tfl|.b.l_t‘. Ilnvilnntl, it ii, 0|fl_.tllI|,Y l0 lithe, meiisuri-s to compel him to refup it. . ' ,_ , '_ The Hon. the Sl'I’-2.¥\Kv R. was of opinion, that the Assembly‘ having for seven years failed in point out up lP|tI't!'4I‘ll|. the oiii_is: aiotis tiiadi- by .\Ir. ll.iviI.iiid iii the filling up oftlire Blue Biioks. the,’ presitiit lliinse liiid had no right to tax him ontltait iiccplrnti 5 .ll8 also or tied, that the l~‘i-.e Art of [M3, WIIlCIJ'“'lII| tint ri-pi-at 9 . 743-, cllgllldreltlllla I"eesi-f the Private Se rirtar ' a l iiiiiintiiinieil, that it was tpiite clear, that if .\Ir. lliiiilnnd pripipred t3_Cl'ldill| iilucipnents to he laid liefi-re the tioteriior lor,li'ts signature, his ()lr.' '‘ was iantiili-d to his Fees for It iviiig done. so. rig! Ned. llliil ll htid been argued by some, that, because Mr. ,lIii_vi tiitd ,had aid into the 'l'riiasury. certain l-‘ei-s whii-h he bail for iierly, r Itiiriet , It. was a proof that he was not entitled to them, and that it ought. therelore, to pin in the b.l.iiici~ retuitiod; but. if ltditlie llon. the Spealtor), thought he ought ttiit to have so aid in aui-.li' l"i-es, his having dpne so would not alter his (the hon. the Speaki-r,‘s_) 'i>p'ppinn concerning them: rind neither, he said. ought it to alter this opinion with I't.'I|rt‘Cl to them of any one around the '-liable. Earl rey, he retmirlii-d. did not appear to think, that any For-s hiid bei-ii ille- gally niluin by Mr. Ilnvilnnd. and be (But Grey) rscoiiinieitilcd the Assembly to allow the subject to drop, ainl he (I is hon. the peiiker) was inclined to think. lltttl Iltii wise.-t course wollltl IN; to act in iuisuiinras of Ills l.oidsliip‘s rectiiotiti-iiilationI Him. 7 Col-‘Rs "19 wished for not iiiig uiiri-nsonable Mr. Iliiviliiiid knew th¢,I.iw_ as wt-ll as any one-: vlte illr. lliivilaitd) re- tiiiiio-d tltafeiis on Marriage l.ii:i-nci-s. lint piiitl lltI|C'?-,0ll_,'rl|Vl’l'|| ‘4ltftlltf,Qfl|l|ll4| the 'I'reasu- , iiftsrtbs sulijci-t had, I)t‘t'l| taken up by Auoinlily. It was quits clesr,.i|i I by t l w. the Few! trail on :ll lLi'r‘:‘sncas 1:I|:il|I in’ the ofios n the Colonial Se0Wl*')l -. “.’°'fl to it ‘ into t e 'reaanr .- , , . nll.Mf.AWARBUK'l'1’yN- The Iris} is not much changed: andl might now. with-propriety, In fag for many tli.ings_ ivbtcli l_do, if .\lr. Iluvilsadiivsa. ' «limit In d ' ; but I do put. liituui, that svltayleit isqslta _iiarI. that Ir\y_ pas retained by Mr. II'aviIiind,slIoalil ave been :||tI inititliq I'alilio'.’l‘rpiisis‘r ,'l‘to‘l_ltoIIId now he cal ed upon to pay I ii-.ir iiitioultt over to the |_num-gr; I wt“ ilii-ro|'orel'iIre move a Ittisolutiiiii tn tbitt elfect. ' i ' 'l‘Iie followin1_ is the Resolution which was then sttbinittetl by the on lWiirburton ‘ ’ "

-.'wi.'.m. on House iif'Aiisembly in in an Seltlbn, risaimsa '

Ilia I-lasollntieii, tbs l.iaut»-mint tlovi-.rririr.’onvt|te' saltjdistlilf ci.-rttilti Ir... liitdiswd iiy lbs in. c..i.mi..i !‘.tecfi'tiIr_Vi'l"’,l*'l\llf’ , cnpttrify of l"iivii"te Secretary : wlibytlasfllivi Ilxcelltrncy aided‘ the Adeiiitily‘s Aitdrsal‘to_'tter Mi_i'i-st "s>Priiiclpal tliecr-~hit-y’ or State for the CltIltnM.’M ltd Is,‘ Rltprtrt of II Bpreiial “ Vtrdmlttefi of the lions: of Aces ' t, tiigetlii-r with Mr. IIiivilaiid‘a answer kb¢;'to_ in N g ' to obtain VIII‘ I.ortIship'a opi- anon on madame : n whereas In .x lli-ncyllte Lieutenant Qa- «imi-,tii|l irlb-forstps ll-it-U_ .ni.t_i, darin the pmoni ssi.im..i viii...-ieii ii dlvssdilt ttf'f|lk"Iht‘.tnteitc ' an an ht l_loii. tbs Bog-.r_sIar pf Sttits_for the Colonies, whtfi tls Lords tip has-given esxrdss in teltltd "!"3' ‘ the qui-siiou cats at i_s~r‘ obi his t I" ' nraalilhsv

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"House of Aiisetiilily deems it inexpedient, at this period, to ta‘ - any iit'i-,ps with the view of enforcing the refunding of Fees exacted

r and ex lclt an it might '

"ltlll t|flCl\Q 00 .I IOIIIIVB III ‘Vt!!! _IEI

' of all social or er, pe

' land . however. had‘... _Iiiylie“_r}o iquenbes pf the suspicion!‘ ahrl hiitred

be settled between Mr. Ilaviland and the parties who paid those ‘Fees, who might contest the chitin of the former to those Fees, if

It were an itnproper one; and that as respects t e Fees on 'l‘uvern, Pedliir, and Perry Licences. Ilis l.ordsh'ip considers Mr. Hiivil.-uid‘s claim to them much more doubtful than his clniiii to Ih I‘ on Marriage Licences, but recouiniends the Assembly to allow the euhji-.r:t to drop. and to rest satisfied with having put an end. for llle fuliffl. '0 What they regard as an abuse: wlierear tho

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lt'p‘iin Marriage Bonds and Licences, the right of the late Colonial Secrettiry to which is, at oust, open to doubt and uncertainty; but that inasiiiiti-h as the abolition nfan abuse is no justification of an ttllbgoil exactiiin of Fees ‘lhr Tavern, Pedlar, and Petr I.iccnces, tllb absence of any right to which, on the part of Mr. Invininil, is in the ‘opinion of the House of Asst.-tnbly, unqueiitionnble; Resolve-l therefore, That the House be recommended to address the Govern- ment of this Colony, requestin them to to e the necessary pro- ceedings to recover frniit Mr. I aviliind. the sum of One hundred ttrtd 'I'Wenty-seven Pounds, Four Shillings, and Five pence, being the amount of Fees illegally retained by him for granting Tavern, Pedlnr, alid I-‘erry I.iceni-es." ‘

.\Ir. LAIRD seconded Ilia Resolution, and in doing so. observed, that Mr. Iltivihind. by paying into the 'I‘reasury the Fees on Ta- vern, Pedlar, mid Ferry Licences, after his attention lllItI been cal- led to tho snliject. by the proceedings of the Assembly with refer- ence to them, had acknowledged, thit he had taken. what he was not entitled to; and no one, therefore. could question the propriety of his hi-lug called upon to pay w iutever amount of them he might have retaiiiuil, into the Public 'l'rt*asury.

It ihiiuly iiidiciitt-is, that the Bond given by the 'l'uvcrn- keeper ahal be left with the Colonial Secretary, that he may grant The words of the Act are. “ And such Bond, with tho

Certificate hercinbi~l'oie inentioiii-d, shall be lell. with the Colonial '

Secret.-try lit the time of obtaining the Licence." It cli.-nrly points out. that the duty is to be performed by the Colonial‘. Secretary; and theri-for fore. it is evident, that the I"ee should be paid into the Public ' ‘re.-isury. There can hit no dmibt concerning it : i new were room I'nr doubt, it would be right that Mr. llzivilitnd should have the ‘benefit of it. I myself have no doubt. as to tie ille- gality ofhis retention, ns I’riv;iti.- St-cretnr , ofthe other Fees which have been claimed by the Ilouso for the flublic Treasury; for uni-

tlier Governor lluntley nor Governor Cnnipbell had it Private Se- , Mr. glluvilnud may have thought, that he was t‘ll- '

cretnry. Still titli-d to those Fees, h .canse the previous Colonial Secretary. Mr. Collins. received that as Private Secretnr . But it must be re- iricrnhored. that the law was changed In Mr. IIrivllund's time, and although he may have thought himsclfeittitleil to those Fees, the law. I think’, would deteriiiine otherwise. The lionorablo menibter thi-n proposed amending the Resolution by the oiiiission nfthe word " illi-gnl|y,"'rib:rerviiig, that lhe expression was too strong. and that he was very fur ram wishing, that any undue censure should be conveyed‘ liv the loo tinge of the Rrosolutioti.

lllr. l.AI|tI'l ob‘ .ti-i tn the pm seil llll!?n'IIl|€I'lI., that if the I-‘er-s were not ille ally taken, the ffituso could have no claim to tlieitt ‘ ‘ ‘

fhfrvtttlilttt hi‘ the Ilon. Mr. mi.I-ts, the iiisminim was then amended by adding at the end, " while acting as Colouiul Secre- tii " ‘ '

rv.

'I'lie House having been resumed, the fort-going Resolution was reported 2 tltttl. when the lion. the S|'l-XAKER. was about to put the itestioo thereon.-— ‘ '- —

M . PAIJIBR rose and said: In one «rt sftlte Ilesoltttibn'thore is it iiiisrecitnl. i not it misstatement of and Grey's words.’ ' n the Resolution it is said, " that sit respects the Peel on 'l‘nvervt, Peillur, and Ferry Licences, Ilia I-.ordsiliip’cniisiilers' Mr. I‘Isviltind‘e claiir. to them much more doubtful than his cliiiin to the Fees on Marriage Licencivs ;" but Ilia I.otI‘Itrhlpr:‘y:I “ may be subject to more doubt ;” rind I niiive.’tltiri the exact we‘ in be inserted. " -2 V ~

This iiiotioh-inst v with no opposition, and"the Resolution was IIIIIQIICHI ac ing y. ' " ' '

Mr. I’Al.\lER then moved It further amendment to the said Its- solution, by leaving out all alter the words "abuse" at the end of the third prirsgritph. and substituting the following : ‘

" Resolved therefore, 'I"tiat' it is inexpedient for this House to take no further proceedings respecting the right to the Fees in question, unless in such a niriiini-r its to obtain it judicial decision thereupon in the Supreme Court of Judicature in this ii an " ' ' The lleusetlividi-il on the motion of ittiiieiiilinfit 2

Vs I’iiluiier ltI‘Aul:i , Moiilegoino-ry. and Ilaviland.

Nays: ‘“ttl|ItlO‘l. Messrs. \Vh:!ltitI. Juitliiie, Colon, I’ope, tttiil Wiirl.urton, Messrs. Fraser. Clark, Mooney, Benton, l\l‘Ni.-ill, and

.titid.'

8o‘it pits-ed in the negative. _ .

"I‘he question being then put. that the said Resolution, as amend- ed, be agreed to, the House again div" :

- Yeas—lI —Na i--4. ‘ ' So it was carried in the riliirmative. and Resolved accordingly.

Hun. Colmiial Secretary. Mr. I-‘raster, and ' were then appointed ii Ciititmittse to prepare and report this draft of an Address to His Excellency the Lieutenant tiovernor, pursuant to the eiril ,ltt-sitlutiiin.

"l'lii.- ll-iii. COLONIAII SF.CllI'.'l'AllV_. from the Committee iipprittited Ill prepare and rii-.ort the draft til an Address to llni l:.x- rirllenfy the .ieutenntit (iiivorniir, pursuant to the Ilesulntion adopted ‘ by the House yesterday. on the sibject of‘ certain Dus- pntclies. plt!lll‘ltlI‘tI to l_tP House on the sevetit of I'i-hruary last, fire-ii.-iiti-il to the House the draft of llll Address, as prepiirevl by the

‘Coirtiiilttee, which-wits agrtied to by the House, atid is as follows ' To Ilia r:,mr1.'..cy, Sffr .‘Ilt‘.raruli>r Baunermitn, Knight, Li'ctt- 1.‘.

l¢Ii_i1riI.(i7uv'eriior, _

MAI’. rr rittnist: voua EICELLENCY;

The Ilouse of Asseinlilv having had under their consideration. it Deepitr-h from rhiykighi '|Iononibli- Earl Grey. IIt'l’ \ aji-iit_v‘s late I‘riiicipal Srcri-turv of State for the Uiiloiiies, diiteil. Downing .\‘I:,i.-at, 2|»! Novetnber, I8.'t|.-ulntittit to certain l'r:i-ii t:ii;i-it and retaliiwl hv .\lr. Iltttiltind, the late l'i-loniul Siitvrtetairy , as l‘ri\';itc “-- F'ei-s—-hiive ori niniiiie tIPIiItll:IlIl\tI.-' come in tbs '(tt)ttcl the said Pitt-s were illegally retained, and have, Ilt ci‘ti;-.'.-«pti:..r_',i,-, felt it their duty to adopt it li-solutioii—u copy of t\'l|ll‘ll Is l|Cl‘t!t'-‘llll nnnr-xi‘-il—ilt-slriiig 'h’:tt'tlte' ricci-s-.try proi-in-illiigs be tnlceii by your I".xci-llenr'y‘s titivi-hillteiit. to recover roin Mr. I avtlnud the soup of £127 4:. 55d , being llll‘ nriioiitit ufu cerliiiii description of l‘t:t:!I nieiitiooa in the said Iliiiiitltttinttj '

The lilmlu "r :Auen,p|' , thirreflrre, respectfully request.‘ that

‘Your Excelleiicy will‘ci'nhe blstfncltioti.-rto be given In compliance . V‘ .

with thewitliiit misntio I run iitiim. Orilrreri, 'l‘ltst the min. Ciiiiiiiiiirbs who prepared the Address, be a Committee to wait"on "Hit Etcallency wiilt the nine. ., * n-, ,n , » ‘ I . I‘ It . ., Q .NGI:‘. IDDGII, .' ,_ _ ‘ i ' ."msY, April 2. The thin. the SPEAKER having inked. whether any new busi- ness wa -to be‘ hr n In before the llouse this Session, ‘ Ilonfalr. C'Ol.'i-lig rose and said, he believed there were no new mm. to in; introilucctlt liui in. bud b-en rt‘ "9". "‘- '° “ring in n

_ liillto preve it the foriiinliiin of Secret Sofie in ‘In the Cultiity, on

[pg mum] t my one am-b_Soriety, under this 'nt_It|lc of an rung: lodge‘. eiilter ' as tilreiftly organised in Ch:irfott§ll,‘Wll. or was iflllthl to he so, an The but too, well-founded ap[ifehenplttii,_Ihiit such it Sui-‘iely ‘were piariiiillcd to organ ii lIlt‘Ir,'Ilfl. opertitidtf would very rnnteriiilly.p0'itnt the ionlidi.-uce tihji-h iiiilividuill_prirtlnlts_ of our comnninit .HI’|t\V9I‘hlI|II8|’fl_! happily reprised n ettclt other,’ if it did ’ " i ' it

'arid friendly {iiliitiiipefixis lit‘. 'lietn-pen, F I ll _ friend'ir,i the gencrttl,ise‘ll'- to ng of lbefliilbny‘, viould Huber‘: d'i.-- aire to see rpetunle .' t yviis well known what terloiiafevl sV_hnd pfociledcdfriiiit tbs tolqrtitiott of such societies III.‘ other 'l3tintttne_a; where their operation bi .tqo fri- uently, struck at the very rnot " p ‘ iii‘ ,,'a d con di-rice; wlieie their prtti-endings hail not only priilrnk ' feelip I of flelcrinitted hostllity, but had oc- cmion. rollisionsa Vztlfllfil cs, which had fri- uently terminated in bloi shi-il and mar er ‘ he cotiiiiiunity of "nice iird a- bitppily known nothing of the evils produced by the coriIii:t_ w igti appear tiijbe ii'tgt_iirnl com-is

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_lItd osxysd in all It ies in which the orgaaiaation and op_srltloIts‘-' e'lab‘Io- max tolerated; and lie kpg,,_,IQ.IrO'llf”"_V‘9‘Il.¢‘m,I‘t,!‘y‘l tis

Ilon Mr. Ctll.I".S. The Act I find is more explicit than I thought _

tad irit6?i’bitlnn' lit ‘the tioithil ‘ ' which every iriis ‘

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known by actual experience among us. We now live happily to- gether, urtder it representative constitution and form of giivi.-riitnent. the operations pf which, make no l)lIi.'lIy'lVB or unjust distinctions with respect to ciiniitry. creed, or sect; but, in and under ‘which, this in- terests of all are duly repriiieiiteil and cared for; and. concluded the ltonorxible member, there is, I trust, ton ttiuch feeling uiiiougst us, to allow this most desirable state of moist hair

iuoiiy and contidence to be interrupted or disturbed, b the fornic- tioti ofsuclrii Society mi that to which I have pnrticuftirly alluded: but, slmuld ll unfortunately be otherwise, and tin ‘Oran c Lorlge be proved to be actually in existence urtiongst us, I pledge myself as l itiembcr of the Government, to be prepared, against the open- In; of next Legislative Session. to bring in a Bill for the elfectanl suppri-..-stun ofull such Secret Societies. as may it existence in the Colony, and for the prevention of their organization for the fa- are.

rniaiiigiiei t:;..,;n.if.s.;..... .

(Front the London Times, Jlpril 7.)

PAITICULAIII or TH! Wtitzcix or nu: Bat-rtstt Sumn- [“RlGA‘I‘B BlltllNIllAlI.—I.s0t!I or 454 Ltvtzs!

Another terrible disaster has happened at sea. At 2 o'clock, in "to lltornlng of the 26th February, Her Majesty’: steaniier. the Blrkettlteitd. was wrecked between two and three miles from the shore of Southern Africa. 'I‘he exact spot at which the calamity j httpponed, wns Point Danger. UIT this point she struck upon a reef ofattnkcn rocks. The aliip was iitciiiiiiiig elght and it half knota at the time The writer was smooth and the sky serene, but the speed itt which the vessel was passing tlirou h the water pruvi-il hcr dcstructiuii. The rock penetrated through ficr bottom jn-it nft the fort-Ittiist. and in twenty minutes’ time, there were ll fcvi Ilitat. tng spare and a few miserable creatures clinging to them, and this was all that reioairied of the Ilirkciiltcud —Q/'63:! person who hm] left‘ Simon‘: Bay in the gallant ship but a_/‘cw hours before, only I84 reinrrirt to tell the mic. Jt‘o It.-sa limit -154 BriglI'shmcit have come to so lamentable an rad.

' 'I'hi-rc is no mystery about tl.o calnniity. “'0 are not left. as in the case of the Atiizizon. to conjecture the origin of disasti-r. Just I \tI.ll£II. II£|pp(.'lN‘|I to the Orion olfthe Sci-ltislt coast, or to the Great Liverpool otf Fitiiitcrre. has happened now. Captain Siilmond, the oliicer in coriiimtiid, anxious to shorten the run to Algoa ‘ny 1 touch .-is possible, and more than was prudent, Iiu-_vgied the shore V too closely. Four hundred and ti ty-four person II£t\i! lost their lives ' II‘I cnrtsi-iptonco of his tenierily. As soon as the vessel struck upon ll"! NPR". llltl rush of water was so great, that the ‘men on the ; lower troop deck wi-ro ilroitttctl in their ltiiritttiocks. 'l‘ tcirs was . lllc ltzippii.-r fate; at least, they were spared the terrible agony of the next ttvvnly minutes. At least, tho manner ofilcslli was Itkii painful than with the others, who were first crusliinl licimalli tho alliiig spars tinrl funui.-l, and Il|t.'tl swept away to be deviiiirird by the sliarks. tvliu were prowling round the wreck. Froiii tho invi- ritcnt the ship struck, ull iippi.-are to have been done that liiiiuzin ¢HI.lr:igt.- iir coolness could ulli-ct. This siililicrs were Iiithlcri-II on the ttfti-r-di:ck. The imtinct of discipliiie tins stronger t.'V('I| than tlic instinct of lift.-. The flltlll fell into place ufcoiilly as on the arado gt-riunil. They tvcrietnld-o!I'inIo relic s. and sciit——smtic to the cltaiii-punips, sortie to the patlillia-box bo:iIs.—C:ipt. \\'right, of the niriizty-first rcgimcitt, who surtivizs to relate the dii:.'ti.lfitl acetic. tells us:'—

‘ luvcry man did as ho was directed, and there was not. a cry 0!‘ mttrtpur ainong them, until the vessel made her final plunge. I could nnt’nnme any individual olliccr, who did more tlian aiiuilier. ,./Ill ret-i'£re.i Métr onlri-ii. and hail them mrrml out. as if the IIll'Il were tmbrtrli‘I'ug instrarl of gain; lo (lie bottom ; there was only Mi! dt'fl'crence_—(/tat I iirrer raw tiny emburkafion ronzludcil with ‘art Ifllle noise or roa['iu'ian.“‘ ‘ '