'.0n the subject of the Mint, the Herald yesterday made
some notable mistakes. It connects the recent robbery of the Mint with the non- residence of the Master, and assumes, that because the Master's duties are of the lightest kind, the officers under him are careless, and there is no responsibility. We take leave to set the Herald right on the facts, with which it ought to have been better acquainted. The gen- tlemen who are intrusted with bullion in the different departments of the Royal Mint, are made responsible to the full amount—they make good all losses—it is they alone who suffer from the recent robbery, and no deficiency in that department ever has fallen on the public. The use of the Mastership is another affair entirely: if. the Duke of WELLINGTON have "in view the abolition of this latter office," we know not what should prevent his giving effect to his virtuous intentions.
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