25 MAY 1844, page 14

Customhouse Frauds And Their Prevention.

SOME time ago, the public were startled with the discovery of enormous frauds, that hai gone on for years, in the Customs—not only frauds committed on the department by bold and......

The Roley-poley Martyrs.

MAN is a sympathizing animal. He seems incapable of existing unless he has some oppressed beings to pity and protect. A state of perfect happiness would be misery to him, for......

Renewed Intercourse With The Niger. One Cf The Weightiest...

to the Government Niger Expe- dition, was its necessary tendency to suppress the trade from Eu- rope, which had already been opened with the interior through that river. Mr.......

The Derby-day, And Miseries Of Office.

WHEN a great procession is expected to pass by, little boys climb Up into trees or lamp-posts, or whatever place commands the earliest view of its approach. On the same......