the "extreme destitution " of Mrs. Waghorn.
Mr. Waghorn had but recently married; and
when at his death a pension was asked for
his widow, only forty pounds of the small
annual fund at the disposal of the Government
applicable for such a purpose, remained
unappropriated. To grant the whole of this,
while Mrs. Waghorn was already in the receipt
of fifty pounds a-year, as the widow of a navy
lieutenant, and fifty pounds per annum besides
from the East India Company, was thought
hardly just. Consequently, only twenty-five
pounds per annum of that balance was at first
promised; but, when the pension year was
nearly at an end, the other fifteen pounds
were added. Even Mrs. Waghorn's friends
thought this enough, and she now stands
on that list for forty pounds per annum,
her entire income being thus made up to one
hundred and forty pounds a-year.

We venture this explanatory and not very
amusing "Chip," because we feel bound to
stateand we regret that the foregoing facts
were not sooner within our knowledge—that,
however opinion may differ as to who was in
the right in reference to the constant disputes
between Mr. Waghom and the authorities
during his life—his widow has not been
unjustly dealt with since his death.

"HOUSEHOLD WORDS" AND ENGLISH WILLS.

THE disclosures which have appeared in
this publication, under the head of " The
Doom of English Wills," have been designated,
by some of our correspondents, as "a
little bit of fact, expanded by a good deal of
fancy."

We must remove these charitable
misgivings. The evidence in our hands, of the
material facts, is full and complete: there is
nothing fictitious beyond the manner of telling
the story. The tale itself is as correct as
arithmetic.

But, one of the Registrars of York,
("Cathedral number two") desires us, in a very
temperate and courteous letter, to state, on
his express authority, that his official income
is only one-fifth of the amount mentioned in
our article. This statement we willingly make.
We must, however, add, for the further
information of our readers, that the late
Archbishop of York divided the offices of "Registrar
Chancellor " and " Registrar Scribe"
between his two sons, of whom one was, at the
time of such division, a minor. In connection
with the York Will Office, there is a Deputy-
Registrar besides. Although we fully believe
our correspondent's statement as to his own
share of the gross receipts, we have no new
reason whatever to suppose that our estimate
of the total is exaggerated.

In the same article we surmised that the
public would be glad to know what had been
done towards the better preservation of the
documents in the Registry of the Will Office
at York, since 1832? Our correspondent
supplies the information. A rent of one hundred
pounds per annum has been paid by the
Registrars since 1839, for additional buildings;
and a sum of one hundred and fifty pounds
was expended "for fittings, &c."

These are our correspondent's corrections;
and we present them to our readers without
any comment.

LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION TO SYDNEY.

EVERY man who emigrates has a large
packet of letters of introduction. To expend
a few minutes and a sheet of paper in writing
a few words signifying nothing, is a cheap
mode of paying off obligations or offering
politeness. I (says the Contributor of this
"Chip ") had about thirty; many of them
displayed the admirable manner in which
geography is taught in our schools. There
were letters to persons residing in South
Australia, Van Dieman's Land, and New
Zealand, as if these had been suburbs or
districts within an easy distance of Sydney,
instead of as far off as Marseilles from London.
Selecting one addressed to the manager of a
joint-stock bank, I set out with the rest in my
pocket. The gentleman received me graciously,
read my letter deliberately, asked me every
concernable question about my birth, parentage,
education, expectations, relatives, pursuits,
and intentions, amount of capital in hand and
in prospects, and ending by observing that no
doubt I should find something to suit me; in
the mean time, the best thing I could do was
to lay out my money in shares in his bank;
luckily, I did not take his advice. Having
answered all his questions, I put my packet
of letters into his hands and inquired their
value.

"Oh," said he, "mere sham bank notes
I suspect; however, let us sort them. In
the first place, understand, young gentleman,
we are divided into at least three sets, but
you have only to do with two, the Free
Colonists and the Emancipists. Many of the latter
are wealthy, educated, and personally respectable;
but if you mean to associate with the
other party, you must avoid the Emancipists
(freed convicts), except in mere trade
transactions, in the same way as you would a
black bear in New York. If you visit one,
you cannot visit the other. There are half a
dozen of your letters good. I see you have
the bishop and the judge, but as everybody
brings letters to those gentlemen, unless
you were a warm personal friend, and he
was a warm personal friend of the parties
addressed, you must not count on much use
from them. Of this batch I know nothing;
and as to these, which are addressed to
wealthy people, but quite out of the pale of
society, I should recommend you to burn
them."

I thanked the banker for his advice, which
was all I got from him, although Australia
is the most hospitable country in the world.