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24 bosom of humanity, letters came to hand from the British Minister at Lisbon, in answer to a memorial, that I should have stated to have been drawn up by the friendly captain before his departure from that port. By these letters it appeared, that the criminal was either no longer in existence, or in a situation never to be heard of any more, till roused by the awakening trump he should be summoned to his tremendous last account. As for the unhappy widower, it was fully signified to him, from authority, that his return to Spain, whether upon exchange or parole, would be no longer opposed; nor had he any thing to apprehend on the part of government, when he should arrive there. The same was signified in fewer words to the exculpated Pedrosa.

Whether Don Manuel de Casafonda will, at a future period, avail himself of the overtures time alone can prove; as for little Nicolas, whose prize-money has set him up in a comfortable little shop in Duke’s-place, where he breathes the veins and cleanses the bowels of his Israelitish brethren in a land of freedom and toleration, his merry heart is at rest, save only when, with fire in his eyes, and vengeance on his tongue, he anathematizes the inquisition; and struts in the synagogue every Sabbath with as bold a step and as erect a look, as if he was himself High Priest of the Temple, going to perform sacrifice upon the re-assembling of the scattered tribes.

FINIS.