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mt yet been enabled to procure Grants Iveeds of Land made n manner prescribed and di- ml by the said Royal Instructions. and the Heirs migns or Representatives ofsuch persons respective ﬁlm“ be entitled to receive Grants of such parcels ' as may appear by the records ofllis Majesty's oil or other sufficient authority to have been duly Pplied for, or to have been located, or ordered to be calCd or granted to such last mentioned Emigrants nd disbanded Troops.

Andheit further enacted that the Lieutenant Gover- rorothet‘ administrator of the Government for the me being. by and with the advice and consent of His

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Ft ajesty's Council be, and he is hereby authorised anti l0: quired to issue Grants as above mentioned. and all s . .

,1 uch Grants so to he made or given, shall contain no

rterms than those mentioned and set forth in the id additional Royal Instructions, and all Covenants. lconditions in former Deeds or Grants to the Loyal— sts or disbanded troops to the contrary, are hereby dc- ,red null and void. '

And be it further enacted. that when and so soon as ishlajcsty's royal allowance ofthis att shall hare been ohtaincd,it shall and may be lawful to and for the ' utenaut Governor or other administrator of the Go- nrnmcnt. and heis hereby directed to cause a Pro- (motion to issue, notifying the Royal allowance hereof. and shall also nominate and appoint by wri- ting under his hand and seal. so many cronpt-tcnt and indifferent persons as to the said Lieutenant Governor orother administrator of the Government may seem lit, to be Commissioners to inquire into and decide on he claims of all those Persons being Lnyalists or dis- itndezl Troops, or their Heirs or Legal Representa- ircs as aforesaid, who may not yet have received any Grants or Deeds of any of the Lands aforesaid, under and by virtue of the said Mvmorial. Royal Instruction and Proclamation, and the IIrirs. Assigns. or represent- ‘ es ofall and every such person or persons, and not- withstanding that locations of Lands may not have chlt heretofore made to such Emigrants or disbanded

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Troops respectively in manner promised and engaged by the aforesaid Proztlatmtion.

Provided, that in such Proclamation or proclama- tions so to be made as aforesaid. a sufli icnt time, not being less than Two Years, shall be limited or allowed lorall and every claim or claims, so to be put in, and made under and by virtue ofthii Act, and from and alter the expiration of the time which may be allowed tomake such claims, all the. Lands remaining unclaim- ed shall become the property of. and revcst to those persons to whom they would have respectively belong- .’ in case the said Mcutorialxto Lord North had never hen signed or presented. or the, sai l Lands had never been so resigned as therein mentioned.

And be it further enacted that ‘fit shall appear in the investigation ofthe claims ofany persons for Land tsaforesaid, that the Claimant is :ntitlt-tl to Landon a Township where the fourth part or share thereof re- tigned as aforesaid, and drawn for in council. shall be fully settled or possessed by actual Occupants, then. and in every such case the Claimant so circumstanced. shall receive a Grant of Land on some other part of such Township winch may he unoccupied and proper for settlement and cultivation. and in case the whole of such Township shall he settled and in the actual or: “'Pallcy 0f the settlers, then, the Coiinnnt shall re.- teive a Grant of unoccupied Land on the Loyalist thare ofsomc other Township, at the discretion ofthe Administrator of the (internment of this Island for the time being.

Provided that nothing herein contained shall have my force or effect, until his Majesty's pleasure thereon shall be known.

THE BRITISH AMERICAN

0N COulIMISSION—I copy, ‘2. vols. in 4to. of the works of JOSEPH US, bound Morocco, gilt edges, and with engrav- ings. The above Work being the proper- ty of agentleman leaving the Island, will be sold cheap.

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THE BRITISH AMERICAN. MAY II, 183 3.

By the Steam Boat which arrived yes- terday, we received regular files of Colo- nial Journals; but from a hasty perusal do not glean any articles of intelligence.

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The PrOSpectus of rt. Religious and Temper- ance Journal is shortly to be issued in SLJohn N. B.

IIaz-ana.—-Thc accounts from this city early in April, state that the Cholera had a good deal abated.

O’Connell in a late speech, called the House ofCommons, an Assembly of six hundred scoun- drcis.

A new ship called the Uni/ed Slates, intend. ed to sail bethen New York and Liverpool. It is sail she is probably the largest packet ever built in the United States; her dt'ck length being one hundred and forty feet. her keel shorter by ten only, her depth twenty- onc, her beam thirty-two and a third.

At Holt‘s hotel, in New York, it is said. Boots are blacked by steam; the brushes being in the form of a cylinder, and an excellent polish given to a pair of boots in a third ofa minute.

The Calypso packet which sailed from Hali- fax on the 29th January, and had not arrived at Falmouth on the 20th March, and for the

' safety of which, fears were entertained, has, we

understand, put into one ofthe West India Is- lands, dismastcd.—3t. John Courier.

Trade ofBoslon-Thcrc were fifteen foreign arrivals at Boston on Fri-lay last, two from Canton and thirteen from England. The in. voice value ot'thcse ﬁfteen cargoes is estimated at 330,000 dollars. The reduced duties on their Cargocs, under the new ’I‘arill‘, will be about 100,000 dollars. The entire duties this month. to the 15th, inclusive, anuunt to about 250,000 dollars.

Good .Vett‘sfor Tea Drinlrus.—Fiftcen hnn. drcd chests of liohczt Ten of e'ool quality were sold in New-York during- the past week. for *Iwclrc a‘td [lirce quarters of a cent per pound. The tea had just arrived, duty free.

NEWFOUNDLAND.—\Ve have St. John’s papers to the 9th of April. Legislative troubles in this Colony have commenced with the first session of its Assembly. The Council has disagreed to the Revenue Bill, the Chief Justice declaring- its provisions in opposition to the Act of 6th Geo. 4. Cap. 114; and that if passed into alaw, he should feel himself bound, in his ofﬁcial ca- pacity, to consider it a dead letter. In consequence of which the House addres‘. ed His Excellency, prayinghis igterfer-

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ence. In reply his Excellency expresses his regret at the difference which had taken place, but that under existing circumstan- ces he lamented that he possessed no pow- er to relieve them from the embarrassment under which they labored. A Correspond- ence had taken place between the Chief Justice and his Excellency, on the subject, in which his Honor requests permission to proceed to England, considering that his absence would secure the passage of the Bill ; this request having been refused, he had, on his own responsibility, left the Is- land on the 20th ult, in the brig,Mercury fo r England—Journal.

The accounts from the Seal Fishery up to the above date, were very favorable.

According to an official statement, the number of persons committed to Newgate during the pastyear was 3066. of whom 120 were sentenced to death, 130 to trans- portation for life, 199 for 14 years, 789 to seven years, 798 to various terms of im- prisonment, 188 discharged, 8w. and 833 acquitted or not: prosecuted. Of those condemned, five were executed, viz. 3 for murder, 1 for house-breaking, and One for stealing a letter from the Post Office.

A great number of religious Jews in P0- land arc making preparations to visit Jerusalem, in the belief that the time pre- dicted bv their PrOphets has nearly ar- rived, in which they shall be restored to the possession of that country. The Jews generally are, we hear, watching the move- ments of the Egyptian army with great eagerness, in the belief that some arrange- ments will be made which will enable them to return to Judea; and this belief has led to actual actual associations in Poland.

stripping {intelligence ARRIVED.

Schr. Dapper, M‘Conncll, Tatmagouche. N. S.

Boards 8; Plank, Hardware and Tinwaro.

lVl-ary, Johnson, Halifax; Oranges, Books, Combs, Wrapping paper, Sugar, Molas- ses, Candles, Soap. Clocks, Herring's, Cider, Apples, and 3 \Vagg'ons.

Leander, Girroir, Arichat; Ballast and Vessels stores.

Isabella, Al‘Dotiald, Pictou; ditto ditto.

CLEARED.

Schr. Venus, Burke, Halifax; P--"~.i-)"S, Oat mea .

Christy,Campbcll, Arichat; Oats and Po. tatocs.

Leander, Girroir, Halifax; Potatoes. Oat lullet‘, Ilams, Oatmeal, and 80 bags 0 Bread.

Brothers, Sutherland. Halifax; Potatoes, Otts, Barley, Butter, and 3 M. feet Boards.

Ann, Scott, Fishing Voyage.

Mary, Moor, Halifax; Potatoes. Flour, and Oatmeal. Betsey, Wood, Miramicbi; Pot-Hoes an'd ats

Jane, flurhoe. Gut ofCanso; PotaiOQS. Three Brothers, Chissong‘. St. John‘s New ﬂd.; Potatoes, Oats, and Shingles.