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Mr. Williams a little above the hip. He then deliberately mounted 

 his horse and rode off. Mr. Williams did not fall immediately, but 

 ordered his boy to endeavour to seize the assassin, which was attempted, 

 but without effefl. The best surgical assistance was immediately pro- 

 cured. Drs. Lloyd, Duncan and Waddle attended, but all attempts 

 to extraft the ball proved fruitless. He bled profusely, did not appear 

 to suffer much pain, was perfectly calm and collefted, and made his 

 will." 



From the meagre report it does not appear what was 

 done to the would-be assassin. He was captured by Dr. 

 Robinson while trying to escape up the East Coast. 

 A week afterwards Mr. WILLIAMS was out of danger 

 and ultimately recovered. 



There were other complaints of detention of letters, 

 from which it appears that some persons thought the 

 Postmaster either very careless, or else that he wilfully 

 withheld them from the addressees. In the Gazette of 

 March 2nd, 1813, Mr. WlLLlAl\lS published the following 

 peremptory demand from Mr. J. C. SCHULT7 : — 



Sir, — As I am positively assured that Captain Wilton brought 

 a letter from London to my adress, and which he accordingly deposited 

 in the Post Office, I have therefore to request you will deliver it to the 

 bearer ; otherwise I shall be under the necessity of addressing myself to 

 His Excellency for the recovery of the same, — having repeatedly 

 requested that my letters should not be delivered to any person without 

 a written order from me." 



To this charge and others the Postmaster publicly 

 stated, that he had reason to btlieve that letters had been 

 brought by passengers or retained by captains, contrary 

 to law. and in this way never reached their owners. 



In 1810, a special Mail Packet Service was established 

 to sail monthly from Falmouth, dire6l to Surinam, where 

 the vessel lay for four days, thence to Berbice, remain- 

 ing three days, and finally coming to Demerara, where, 

 after a stay of three days, she proceeded home by way 



