very critical conjuncture of affairs, with dignity and prudence. Let us
discourage faction, and each, in our several spheres exert ourselves to
ameliorate the condition of the inferior classes of society. May the
ensuing session of Parliament commence its labours auspiciously, and in
due course bring them to a peaceful and happy close, in a spirit of good
will towards all men of loyalty to our Queen, and piety towards God!

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LESURQUES; OR, THE VICTIM OF JUDICIAL ERROR.


[Many as are the frightful cases of error recorded in the
annals of every judiciary court, there are few more striking of
the uncertainty of evidence respecting personal identity, and
of the serious errors based upon it, than are to be read in the
curious trial we are about to relate; and which has, for forty
years, been the subject of parliamentary appeals in the country
where it took place. The recent death of the widow of the
unhappy sufferer excites a fresh interest in her wrongs, so
strangely left unredressed by the very government that was the
unwitting cause of them.]


I.--THE FOUR GUESTS.