It is i sacrifice which the mother country has a Tight to claim, and which the colony ought to be the first to approve. It was, therefore, with gratifica tion that I have observed during the recent riots the .readiness with which so many gentlemen have has tened to enrol themselves on the side of order, and to place their services at the disposal of the Gover nor. It ia with still greater satisfaction that I have learnt the intention to form volunteer corps, alike to secure the colony from aggression from abroad and to maintain peace at home. The more tully that this feeling is con (firmed and that these precautions are adopted the less will be the probability of the danger, and the more the discipline and the efficiency that can be •communicated to the new force, the less will be the expense and the difficulty in preserving a high stan dard hereafter. There can be no safety to life or security to pro perty, and to the transactions of commerce in that community which does not earnestly and ie6olutely -aeek to develop within itself the requisite force to vindicate the dignity of it* own laws against the outbreaks of internal disorder. I "watch with interest the progress which the .colony under your government is making in thin im portant and salutary direction, and her Majesty looks with confidence to the loyalty and good feeling of the inhabitants of her West Indian colonies in rendering their utmost support to the authorities in this somewhat difficult, but necessary and laudable undertaking. You will take an early oppoTt-uuly of making these sentiments known to the Legislature of An ligua.—I have, &c, E. B. Lttton. To Governor Hamilton, &o. f% |

The following oration delivered by the Hon. Joseph. Howe, in Nora Scotia — at the Democratic Festival— in. answer to the toast, "Our Mother Country!'' is extracted from the 'Boston Daily Traveller/ "Mr. Howe said— If this be a Democratic feast, all I will say of it is, that Monsieur Soye-r could not improve the viands, that the wines have a most aristocratic flavour, and that the fruits and flowers might be set upon the table of the gods. 