The Committee of the Congregational Cnion of England and Wales
have memorialized Lord John Russell to institute inquiries into the cases of the Dissenters imprisoned at Carmarthen. They strongly urge upon Lord John, the fact that John James was really persecuted on account of his unprotected vote at the last election in favour of the Go- vernment candidate ; and his case, they say, is only one out of thou- sands.
The ship Asia left Cromarty about the end of last month, with three hundred passengers, chiefly from Inverness, for Sydney. pn her voyage to the Channel, in fair weather, she leaked so badly that she was obliged to put in at Devonport, and place her passengers on board the hulk Vigo. After undergoing repairs at Devonport, she still leaked fifteen inches in twenty-four hours; and is not yet seaworthy. The poor emi- grants who have lost their passage, are in great distress and the Asia's owners ought to be compelled to find them another.
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