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. . The investigation ,'-which has taken place at the trea- sury' respecting‘the frauds which have been practised in ’exchequer bills has wholly occupied the attention, and created the greatest sensation, in the money-market. 'The first suspicion that arose was that forgery had been committed, from the factof its being discovered that there were bills in circulation of the same number and date. Thissuspicion was set at rest, it was thought, by an ex- planation which was made by the subordinate officer of the treasury, who accounted for the duplicates being in circulation from the fact that, out of a grant of £1 1',- 000,000yof Exchequer bills made in June, 1840, 158 bills. being numberi‘SAlB to 8,560, remained unissued until March, 1841, "when a new grant came forward of $10,751,550, , for the public service. All these were issued on the exchange of bills which took place on the

_ 15th ,of March, and were numbered from 1 to 8,694; and at the same time with this issue was issued the 15S bills above-mentioned, the residueofthe grant of 1840, which were’also dated the 15th of March. Consequent- ly, to that extent there were duplicate bills, asrto date and number, introduced into the circulation. As these marks are alone usually referred to by holders ofexche~ quer‘bills, the different wording 'of the body of the bill, rqlative to the grant to which each belonged, wholly

observation.

,7 , ,Tbewhole of this explanation was set aside on Mon- ‘1 - oweven, - ' Athe fact, that not two, but three sets bearing t J ' same number and date, and also of life~grant, were in circulation. It was then im-

mediately suspected that they had got into circulation

~through mismanagementof the exchequer bill business of the Treasury itself, it being known that some loose- ness" had existed in this department, in the manner in which the pignature was fixed to the bill, Lord Montca- gle having allowed several persons to sign his name. From the facilities thus given, some supposed that the noble lord's name has been obtained surreptitiously to the fraudulent issue.

On Tuesday, suspicion having pointed towards the senior clerk in the ofiice for making out and issuing exchequer bills, he was taken into custody, and examined at the home-office befor Sir R. Peel, the Chancellor of the Exch, ~ét', Sir James 'Graham,‘and Lord Monteagle, at wh‘ gfixamination he is supposed ‘to have made a full confession of the frauds committed, but the extent of which he says he does not know him- self. not knowing ifthe bills surreptitiously issued are to the a nt ofone, tWo, or. three hundred thousand pounds. *‘His position gave him every facility for the, fraud, since it was a part of his duty to insert the-numbers and dates upon the bills, which are conse- quently upon the proper paper, and are in every respect "genuine. except as to the signature, and the improper use which has been made of them. There are, it is true, three different persons who have had to perform the duty ofsigning the bills, but this arises from the act, that the officer, who is under the comptroller-gene- .. ' I, has been once changed; but it is the custom only to

extend the power in question to the immediate deputy of the chief of the department. Various persons were on Thursday searched under a warrant from the secre- tary of state, and several individuals connected with the stock exchange had‘ notice to attend for an examina- tion.’ ' '

It is believed that the senior clerk has acted through the agency of confederates in the city who have made him their , tool, and that he was forced to fall in with their frludulent schemes, as they had him at their mercy in the knowledge of the comparatively small delinquencies he had himselfbeen guilty of. The Globe seems to think that the opinion which has been expressed in several morning papers that the signatures are really genuine, but surreptitiously obtained, is incorrect, and that they are forgeries in the strictest sense ofthe \vord, both as lO'lhe signatures ofLord Monteagle and his deputy, they having been copiedwith so much skill as to astonish one of the individuals whose duty it was to sign the bills.

It is but justice to the clerks in the comptroller-gene- ral’s allies, to make as public as possible the declaration of the senior clerk, who seems disposed to disguise noth- ing, that he isthe only official individual concerned in this matter. His salary was £600 per annum, which he an- ticipated would have been advanced to £700;.but his hopes being defeated by the economy that has been earned oflate into all the public offices, he had recourse to forgery as a temporary expedient; and from a sum of £600, has been led by those of whom it is believed he has been the d pe, to the enormous amount of the forgery which we ave above stated.

- The discovery.“ the fraud was made through the

. .-.counterfoils—-‘those portions of the bills that are left, as

an cheque-books,vafler the cheque or bill has been issued—and these counterloils, upon examination, at ages detected the forgery.

the census 0P1841.—POPULATION on THE BRITISH ' . u nmrrns.

r ' From the refills of the census which has just been concluded,“ " , author the population ofGreat Britain and Irelartd‘l’in‘thetpresent year amounts to about twenty- leven millions of‘soulg‘.‘ , The return for the three king- dams, the Channelfik’ads, and the Isle of Man, is as follower"- ' “~

England and Wales. - 15,901,981 ’ Scotland ' a - 2,624,586 "_ "no ‘ . 8,205,382 g,” dMan - 124,079

., ' o’ial . 26,856,028 This is exclusive of the army and navy, of merchant seamen afloat, and of all persons travelling abroad, or not under a roofon‘the night of the 5th of June. Inclu- ‘431381113“.0W.'l.hejpopulation may be safely taken ht twenty-peven millidns, which is an increase of about two millions since 1831. If to this is added the popu- lation of the colonies dependent on this country, it will he found that the subjects of the British crown are more numerous than that of any other civilized monarchy or republic on the face of theglobe. After making every allowance for possible exaggeration oruncertainty in the spectrum.“ the Indiana: Australian population, we may safely say that her Majesty Queen Victoria is the sove- reign of a hundred'millions of subjects—a larger por- tion of the human. race than has ever obeyed any one EurOpean sovereign since the downfall of the Roman Empire. The population of the other great powers of . urope and America at the present time, is pretty nearly in". rout)“. of whom perhaps thirty millions may be of the Russian race, and the rest‘a'mix’ed multitude or Cos- sacks, Calrnuks, Tartars, and other wanderingtribes, or ‘sz-Pflefiv ,.Lithuanians, or Caucasian mountaineers, bit- terly hostile to the Russians, and either in open insur- rection, or only waiting for an opportunity of being so ;, France, thirty-five millions, of whom thirty-three are'

Frenchmen in the proper sense of the termpand about two millions Algeripes, or French colonists githe West Indies, Cayenne, Senegal, the Isle‘of Bourbon, and Pon- dicherry; Austria, thirty‘rnillionggeompose'd ofGermans, Hungarians, Italians, atgdlllyr' its“; Prussra, about fourd- teen, to fifteen millions of Ge ans; and the Unite States fourteen millions of freemen, chiefly of_ the Anglo- Saxon race, and three millionsofnegroes. chiefly slaves.

The number of persons employed in taking the cen- sus Was 38,000, and the expense was £50,000. '

Dr. Macgowan will shortly leave Exeter for Palestine, having accepted the office of Chiefofthe Medical De- partment in the mission and establishment of the Rev. M. S. Alexander, the new Bishop of Jerusalem,' who goes out under the sanctionjnd patronage of the Bl'lllSlli Prussian, and Austrian Governments.

The Teignmonth banktjs expected to pay 4d- in the pound; some people say 6d. '

The caisson meant for the Goodwin Sands is being taken to pieces. It would almost seem a fortunate cir- cumstance that it was not floated ofl'to the sands“ at the time the attempt was made (some six weeks smce ;) for with the weather we have since had, it would have been a da erous, if not impracticable, job to . have put it down. i i. Bush deserves all manner of praise for lllS plan and efforts; but it is right that the public should not be deceived by holding out hopes that may not be fully realised.

Doctor Isaac Camberlain,(one of the once famous, but now rare, fraternity ofquack doctOrs, for which he had qualified himself by serving his time to a butcher,) is under arrest at Hertford, charged with manslaughter inthc mismanagement of a case of cancer under his treatment, of which his patient died.

The Liverpool Mechanics’ Institution cost no less than £15,000——contains upwards of3,300 members—— 850 pupils in three day schools--600 pupils in 15 or 16 evening classes—has 50 teachers regularly employed, whose salaries amount to £5,000 a year—- a library of 7,000 volumes, with 1,300 readers, and a daily distri- bution of 200 volumes——and public lectures twice a week, attended by audiences varying from 600 to 1,300.

“Three sisters,” says the Western Luminary, “ met in Ashburton, on Thursday last, of such remarkable lou- gevity, that their united ages amounted to 333 years.”

Loss or Inn anxcn WHALER PERSEVERANCE.— The third mate of the French whaler Perseverance be- longing to Ilavre, reports that the vessel was wrecked upon an uninhabited Island, called L’Isle Arboque, in the bay of Sea Dogs, on the coast of New Holland, on the 19th of March. The crew remained there about two months, and left it in fonr boats, under the respect-- ive charges of the captain, first and second mates, and himself (third mate.) They kept company until the 2d of June, when they parted in' a gale of wind, in which the second mate’s boat was seen to capsize, and all hands in her perished. The third mate threw nearly everything overboard, to lighten the boat under his charge. A few da'ys afterwards they again fell in with the captain, and parted with him a second time on the 15th of June, and did not see him or the first more after. wards. The latter was last seen on the 2d of June. On the 25th of June, when within fifteen leagues of An- gier, the third mate fell in wilh the ship Eliza, the cap- tain of which treated him and his companions in a very kindly manner, every attention having been paid to their distressed condition. They had been twenty-seven days in the boat, and had passed over 2,280 miles ! One man died in the boat.

Dmsrorv AMONG can Jews—1t will be interesting to your religious readers to be informed, that a movement is now taking place among the Jews, which promises to shake the system of Judaism to its centre. late been much in personal communication with some ofthe Rabbies, and they view the movement to which I allude with very great alarm. That movement is the secession ofa very large nu'mber from the general body. The.seceders are headed by Sir Isaac Goldsmith, one of the most influential individuals in the Israelitish per- suasion in London. The great ground of secession is a denial and rejection of the authority with which the general body invest the Rabbinical writings. ' The place, indeed, the Talmud just as the Roman Catho- lics do the traditions of the Fathers, on a footing of equality with the Scriptures themselves. The new sect disclaim the Rabbinical authority altogether. They re- gard the Talmud as a mass of absurdities, and are to recognise no other authority, either for doctrine or discipline, than the writings of Moses and the Prophets. The seceders are, at the moment I write, in treaty—if, indeed, the treaty be not concluded—for a synagogue for themselves, in one ofthe large places which Robert Owen erected for the propagation of his Social princi- ples, when Socialism was in the zenith of its temporary popularity among the working classes—London Corres- pondent of the Dundee Warder.

Tun CHANCERY AccouNTs,—-Some idea ofthe matr- nitude and importance of the Operations of the Court 3f Chancery may be formed from the following detail :—- According to a statement just completed,“ appears that the balance ofcash and securities placed to the credit ofthe various accountsin Chancery amounts to the ex- traordinary sum of £42,000,000 and upwards. At pre- sent the actual number of these accounts is about 12,000; but Parliament has recently determined that all the accounts belonging to the Court Of Exchequer, (amounting to 1,600, or thereabouts,) shall he added to them, thus forming an aggregate of 13,600. The of- flees in Chancery-lane are undergoing material altera- tions, in order to afford accommodation for the carrying

.on this great increase of business.

MAN AND House—At Ipswich, where the head-quar- ters of the 13th Light Dragoons are stationed, Cootes the London pedestrian, engaged to run a distance of tell miles against a hunter, called " Towit,” Cornet Lloyd. The horse, was to carry a stone, and both were to make a hundred the race. Almost all the officers ofthe cor tral other military men of rank, attended t remarkable trial ofstrength, which, strang minated in favour ofthe two-footed compe

belonging to weight of ten leaps during ps, and seve- o witness this I; to say, ter- titor. ,

EASTERN Mom: on Mnssunmo Tune.—

ple of the East measure time by the length of 31:2:- 5:: dow. _Hence,.il' you ask a man What o’clock it is he immediately goes into the sun, stands erect then lacks where the shadow terminates, he measures his len th With his feet, and tells'you nearly the time. Thus The workmen earnestly desire the shadow which indicate

the time for leaving their work. A person wishin ,2 leave his toil says, “ How long my shadow is in coming "’ “ Why did you not come sooner ’l” " Because I waig, .d for my shadow." 'In the 7th chapter of Job, we fizd

it written, “ As a servant earnestly desireth'his shadow ”

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' Tun Dnsosnnxnrs on THE MUTINEERS OF THE BouN'rv’s cnaw. _

Some months ago, a petition was sent to. the $03:- nor ofNew South Wales from the inhabitantsof the cairn’s Island, (the descendants ofthe mutmeeil's 0t,icles Bounty,) requesting him to send .them severa atrr on of which they stood in need, especially a. commenv‘iri as,“ the Sacred Scriptures, and some copies of Dr'. B. d_: Hymns. His Excellency at once expressed his rea gs ness to cofnply with their request, provxded the metal" of conveying them could be procured. The mtssron y bria Cam'len happened to be at Sydney at the time, and applilation having been made to the Rev. Dr. Ross‘i agent oflhe London Missionary Society, he consents to allow that vessel to touch at the Island for thispur- pose on her next voyage. The diocesan committee, through the Rev. William Cowper, seized the Iolpportu- nity ofsupplying that interesting commuruty W‘li t segre- ral religions-w. orks, as did also the Religious 'I rec:J o- ciety, through Dr. Ross. Since the return ofthe f abm- den, we have learned the followmg particulars 0 .er visit 1— ‘ I

The Rev. Mr. Heath, who sailed In her, and took charge of the presents, describes the Islanders rocky and barren, less than five miles in circuit, showmg no good entrance or anchorage. Several canoes came off as soon as the Camden have in sight, and three or four of the principal men, as well as sereral young ones, came on board. On hearingthat they had come on purpose to visit them, with presents from the Governor and other friends at Sydney, their pleasure and gratitude were beyond expression. Having landed in Bounty Cove, Mr. Heath and Captain Morgan proceeded, among the welcomes ofthe people, to their Village, where they found thirteen neatly-built wooden houses, thatched With the pandanus leaf, besides some out-buildings. Their garden plots were very clean and neat, and grew a canal- derable quantity of yams and sweet potatoes. I‘hey have also tara, bananas, bread-fruit, cocoa nuts, and sugar cane. The population amounts to 108 persons. The only survivors who went thither in the Bounty are two old Tahitian women, one of whom remembersCook and Wallis. Their laws are very few and Sll‘flple. They have a magistrate, who is elected annually, and who is assisted by two councillors, but his authority is very limited.

Between two and three o’clock, the people were called together by sound oftrumpet for public worship, and nearly the whole population assembled. The cha- pel is a neat wooden building, which serves also for a school. A person, named George Nobbs, (not one of the original inhabitants,) who acted as schoolmaster, and who is accustomed to conduct the public service, by reading the Church of England prayers, was requested to read them onthat occasion. He read them well, and the people repeated the responses very reverently, and sung from Dr. WattS’s hymns. Mr. Heath then addressed them on “ the great salvation." They heard him ,with fixed attention, many of them with tears, Afterwards, Arthur Quintall, the magistrate for the present year, and Captain Morgan and George Nobbs, respectively, addressed the audience. Mr. Heath subse- quently took an opportunity of questioning several of them on the text and sermon, and also upon some of the leading Scripture facts and doctrines, and was much pleased with the ready and suitable answers which many ofthem gave.

In compliance with the urgent request of the people to spend another day with them, Mr. H. and Captain M. slept on shore at Nobbs’s house;but it was late before they could retire to rest, so many came to ask questions on religious subjects; and a few, like the

jailer at Phillippi, to ask the most momentous of all questions. '

On the following morning they visited the school, and examined the scholars. Some ofthem had proceeded as far as the rule of three in arithmetic, Their copy- books gave very good specimens of hand-writing. Se- veral classes read in the New Testament and in the Spelling-book ; they also answered other questions front the Catechism, selected promiscuously. On the whole, their education is very creditable to themselves, as well as to Nobbs, their teacher.

About two o'clock, the people were again assembled for public worship, and again they were earnest in their attention, and abundant in their thanks. There is much patriarchal simplicity of manners among them, and a very general and regular attention to religious duties, both public and family. They have prayers and a ser- mon twice every Sabbath; a Sunday school, and a Bible class on Wednesdays. They marry, baptise, and bury, according to the forms ofthe Church of England.

When Mr. Heath and his friend left them in the after- noon, nearly the whole population accompanied them to ,theubeach, and a few went on board to bid them fare- we .

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.—It gives me pleasure to advance a further testimony in behalf of that govern- ment with which it has pleased God, who appointeth to all men the bounds oftheir habitation, to bless that por- tion of the globe that we occupy. I count it such a government, that I not only owe it the loyalty of mv principles, but.I also owe it the loyalty of my affections. I could not lightly part with my devotion to that go- vernmentwhich the other year opened the door to the Christianization oflndia—I shall never withhold the tribute of my reverence from that government which put an end to the atrocities of the slave-trade—I shall never. forget the triumph which, in that proudest day of Britain a glory,, the. cause of humanity gained within

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I ‘ fiance to all the clamours of me - canttl'e alarm, every calculation of interest was given tro the wmd, and, braving every hazard, she nobly resolved to shake off the whole burden of infamy which lay upon her.. 1 shall never forget that how to complete the ob- jectm behalfof which she has so honourably led the way, she has walked the whole round ofcivilized societ and knocked at the door of every government in Euro Z, and lifted .her imploring voice for injured Africa a‘hd pleaded With the mightiest monarchs of the world the cause ofher outraged shores and her distracted families can neither shut my heart nor my eyes to the fact. that at this moment she is stretching forth the protectiori Of her naval arm, and shielding, _to the uttermost of her rigour, that coast where an inhuman avarice is still plying its guilty devices, and aiming to perpetuate amen an unofl'endmg people a trade of cruelty, with all thg horiilid train of its terrors and abominations e sue a government as this to be swe .' either by the violence of foreign hogfiliiyom us base hands of her own misled and infatuated ,children I . _ r

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