We have only this week discovered an error of the
press in an article, on Mr. Macaraav's appointment to the India Council Board, which appeared in the Spectator of this day month. It is there stated, that the sum to be paid as an outfit is " 1•2,000/." instead of " 1,-200/." —just a cipher too much. We perceive that a provincial Conserva- tive, the flalyitx Guardian, has been calculating the rest of Mr. MA- CAULAY'S speeches to the nation, founded on the datum of his official receipts. Let us beg our facetious contemporary to make a new entry in the account, and give Mr. MACAULAY credit for the sum of 10,800/. the amount of our unintentional overcharge. When the gross amount actually paid and payable is so enormous, this little error may appear scarcely worth notice at Halifax; but still, let Lucky Tom have fair play.
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