speculative surprise, there is nothing known as to my movements or intentions. I confess I am a little astonished at Mr. Webster's strange advice to me to take the key of the office with me; which I have, hitherto, when my papers were locked, left with William; and as he was coming after me I told him to lock it, and bring me the key, which he said he would do. Instead of which, he kept it at his own house, for which or what reason I cannot forsee; and his doing so is a libert I would not allow even a brother to take with me. But I trust his motives were not what my imperfect knowledge of human nature would lead me to suspect, or attribute to a person to whom I give the credit, since our acquaintance commenced of possessing a considerable deal of honourable feeling. Can it be possible that we are retrograding in our moral principles in New Plymouth, as to foolishly leave