is not likely to leave us at present, fon furlough: For his sake we regret, for ours we rejoice at this contingency. Tf any -man deserves a long furlough it is surely the Inspector-General, who has now been fourteen years without once having had a run home to Europe, and only two runs round the ports in that time, Each time he has essayed to '{Teave, important political questions have reader and was as profoundly versed in the sprung up requiring his aid and settlement.
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