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vate pique against him, accosted and requested to know what 

 the amount of the fine would be to give a man, who had 

 treated him ill, a good beating. The fiscal replied it would 

 be one hundred and fifty guilders, for which sum he would 

 insure him against all law proceedings. The planter imme- 

 diately paid him the stipulated amount, and requested the 

 astonished fiscal to alight, that he might take his revenge; 

 which he refusing to do, the planter held the horse's bri- 

 dle with one hand, while he horse-whipped the fiscal with 



the other. Mynheer Van den V was so completely 



ashamed of his disgrace, that he pocketed the affront with the 

 fine, without taking any steps to gain redress. It happened 

 in 1798, and the planter who performed the achievement 

 was a Creole of Barbadoes. 



The business of the exploiteur's, or what I believe is termed 

 in English the marshal's or bailiff's, ofiice is to serve citations or 

 summonses, execute arrests, levy executions, and put in force 

 all sentences adjudged by the courts. There are offices for the 

 colonial book-keeper, harbour-master, colonial surgeons and 

 branch pilots, as established by the police. 



. The post-office is both badly and extravagantly conducted 

 as to charges, and deserves the immediate notice of the court 

 of police, to fix and arrange a proper tariff to guide the post- 

 master for the future. 



