A correspondent in Burntialand writes, on Tuesday—" I have just
had a con- versation with a shipmaster, who within these three weeks passed a day or two at Bermuda; where, he informs me, he saw Mr. John Mitchel walking on the quay, and looking well. Mitchel wore his own clothes, and my friend learned that only once a month, when the Governor inspects the convicts, was he compelled to wear the dress of a convict. He was lodged on board the hulk, but had the pri- vilege of walking the quay throughout the day. Mitchel had been asked to assist in writing up or keeping the convict books, but refused, saying he would do no- thing for the Government. In this every one must think that the hot-headed man acted at least ungratefully, seeing that this same Government grants him so extraordinary privileges."—Caledonian Mercury.
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