May 1. Ther. 61°. Judge Darlington.—The 29th of April was fixed for giving judgment in the action of quo warranto at the instance of Mr Johnson, the Attorney-General of Pennsylvania, against Judge Darlington, for the purpose of trying the validity of his renewed commission, mentioned on p. 177 of this volume; but he died on the 27th of April; and the action has dropped!

Rent and Taxes in New York.—A comfortable family-house, of about twenty-five feet in front, and from forty to forty-five feet in depth, consisting of kitchen, dining-room, drawing-room, and bed-room floors, in a medium situation, lets at $ 800, or L.160 of rent, and pays about $ 80 per annum of taxes.

The Erie Canal.—This Canal, which connects Lake Erie with New York, through the medium of the Hudson River, although only begun in 1817, has already proved too small for the extent of trade which passes through it, and a vivid discussion is proceeding in the Legislature about widening and deepening it, and constructing double sets of locks, so that the stream of boats may never be interrupted except by frost. This extraordinary increase of traffic has been caused by the rapid development of the population and resources of the western parts of the State of New York, consisting of a vast extent of rich alluvial soil now nearly all cleared and settled; and also by the rapid advance in wealth and population of the states which border on the great western Lakes.