go 40 Troop, a, have not yet been enabled to procure Grants “Deeds ofLand made In manner prescribed and'dt. tecttdbythc laid Royal Instructions. and the Heirs. “Sign, or Representatives of such persons respective, I" shall be entitled to receive Grants of such parcels film as may appear by the records of Hts Majesty's Council or other sutticrent authority to have been duly ,pplied for, or to have been lorated,’ or ordered to be lowed or granted to such last mentioned Emigrants

,fld disbanded Troops.

And be it further enacted that the Lieutenant Cover- norotolher administrator of the Government for the time being. by and with the advice and consent of His Majesty's Council be, and he is hereby authorised and required to issue Grants as above mentioned. and all such Grants so to be made or given. shall contain no other terms than those mentioned and set forth in the aid additional Royal Instructions. and all Covenants and conditions in former Deeds or Grants to the Loyal- ists or disbanded troops to the contrary. are hereby de - dared null and void.

And be it further enacted. that when and so soon as His Majesty's royal allowance of this act shall have beer. ohtaincd,it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lieutenant Governor or other administrator of the Go- vernment. and he is hereby directed to cause a Pro- clamation to issue, notifying the Royal allowance thereof. and shall also nominate and appoint by wri~ ling under his hand and seal, so many competent and indifl'ereut persons as to the said Lieutenant Governor or other administrator ofthe Government may seem in. to be Commissioners to inquire into and decide on theclsims of all those Persons being Loyalists or dis- banded Troops, or their Heirs or Legal Representa- tives 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 Memorial. Poyal Instruction and Proclamation. and the Heirs. Assigns. or represent- atives of all and every such person or persons, and not- withstanding that locations of Lands may not have been heretofore made to such Emigrants or disbanded Troops respectively in manner promised and engaged by the aforesaid Proclamation.

Provided, that in such Proclamation or proclama- tions so to be made as aforesaid. a sufficient time, not being less than Two Years, shall be limited or allowed for all and every claim or claims. so to be put in, and nude under and by virtue of this Act. and from and alter the expiration of the time which may be allowed tomalte such claims, all the Lands remaining unclaim- tdslisll become the property of. and revest to those persons to whom they would have respectively belong- ill. in case the said Memorial to Lord North had never been signed or presented. or the said Lands had my" hon so resigned as therein mentioned.

And be it further enacted that ifit shall appear in the investigation ofthe claims ofany persons for Land as aforesaid. that the Claimant is entitled to Land on 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. Ind in every such case the Claimant so circumstanced, thall receive a Grant of Land on some other part of rash Township which may be unoccupied and proper for settlement and cultivation. and in case the whole ofsuch Township shall be settled and in the actual oc- cupancy of the settlers, then, the Claimant shall re- teive a Grant Of unoccupied Land on the Loyalist Share ofsome other Township, at the discretion of the Administrator of the Government Of this Island for the time being.

Provided that nothing herein contained shall have "it force or effect, until his Majesty‘s pleasure thereon uni ire known. ‘

THE BRITISH AMERICAN P O E 'I' R Y- A TORY PROPHECY or PhENTY rOR THE YEAR 1333.

From Frazer‘s Magazine. Listen, good reader! Ising unto thee The plenty we’ll have in the year thirty-three

ENGLAND 1N1833. Plenty of changes, and all for the worse, Plenty of blessings exchanged for one curse; Plenty ofnostrums that never was tried, Plenty oflibcrty, all on one side. Plenty to overturn, few to uphold, Plenty of poverty, great lack of gold! plenty ofpromises, and nothing in hand; plenty of paupers all gaping to r land; plenty ofdupcs to a haanul of kuaves, l’lentyoft‘reemcn fast verging to slaves. Plenty ofAtheists scofling at God, Plenty of faction at home anti abroad; Plenty ofcolouies cutting adrift; Plenty of dcmagogues lending a lift; Plenty of newspapers springing the mi ie, Plenty of readers to think it all fine. Plenty Of project with misery fraught, Plenty of fools by no precedent taught; Plenty of Quixotry—still in the wrong, Plenty of humbug that cannot last long. Plenty oflawgivcrs, “ tatter’d and torn," Plenty of delegates fctter'd a nd sworn; Plenty of nobleman swamping the peers; Plenty Conservatives all by the ears; Plenty of gentlemen cutting their throats. Plenty of wavercrs turning theircoats; Plenty Of rogues with it all their 0 wn way, Plenty ofhonest men skulking away; Plenty of Whigs to send England to ruin, Plenty of Tories to let them be doing. Plenty ofmeddling without a pretence, Plenty ofwar that is all for “ offence;” Plenty ofmitrcs that tottering sit, Plenty ofchurchcs with notice to quit. Plenty ofanccstry,just to disown, Plenty of rats undermining the throne; Plenty to-day to work mischief and sorrow, Plenty to vote a republic to morrow. Such is the plenty I promise will be In the landofold England, once merry and free In the year eighteen-hundred and thirty-and three.

VARIETIES.

NATURAL HISTORY or 'ron.tcco.—In a «phamphlet under this title in the Harleian Miscellany, are some curious anecdotes .reSpecting the growth of tobacco. In the {reign of James I. English tobacco appears "to have been very generally grown “in l several gardens in Westminster and Middle- fsex.” It was also planted in great plenty lin Gloucester, Devonshire, and the wes- lteru counties; “ but his Majesty sent every year a troop of horse to destroy it, lest the trade of our American plantations should be incommoded thereby.” The English- are said to have had their pipes of clay

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barbarians, and the origin of manufactu- ring tobacco into snuft'is thus given tathe sister kingdom: The lrishmen do most commonly powder their tobacco, and snuff it up their nostrils.” The Indian priests, however, discovered a still more imposing use ofit, for they, according to this writer, “ being always consulted about the events of war, do burn the leaves of tobacco, and sucking into their mouths the smoke by a reed or pipe, do presently fall into a trance or extacy; and as soon as they ever came out of it, they discover to the Indians all the secret negociation which they have had with the great demOn, always delivering some ambiguous answer.” Notwithstand- ing all these facinating properties of tobac- co, it appears to have been much dis- couraged by many Sovereigns. The Great Duke of Muscovy seriously threate- ned all merchants who dared to import it into his territories. Seach Abas, the Great Sophy of Persia, leading an army against the Cham of Tartary, issued a pro- clamation, that if any was found in the custody of any soldier, he should be burnt alive together with his tobacco.”

Tm: IRISH House or Commons—A member Ofthe Irish House of Commons, who always voted with Government. and when he spoke constantly insulted the Opposition on account of the thinness of their ranks, was observed one night du- ringa Division, when the minority, was going into the lobby, to stand near afriend. Of his, who composed a part of that mino- rity, to exclaim with earnestness—“ The Lord increase your questions—the Lord increase your numbers; I shall never be a Commissioner of the Revenue, or anything else at this rate.”

DON’T BE mscoomGED.—lf in the out-

set oflife things do not go on smoothly, it seldom happens that the hopes we che— rished of the future are seldom realized. The path of life, in the prospect, appears smooth and level enough, but when we come to travel it, we find it all up hill, and generally rough enough. .The journey is a laborious one, and whether poor or weal- thy, high or low, we shall find it so, to our disappointment, if we have built on any other calculation. To endure what is to be endured with as much cheerfulness as possible—and to elbow our way as easily as we can through the great crowd, hoping for little, yet striving for much, is perhaps the true plan. But

Don’tbc discouraged. if occasionally, you slip down by the way, and your neighbours tread over you a little; in another words, don’tlet a failure or two dishearten you, accidents happen; miscalculation will some- times be made; things will often turn out differently from our expectations, and we may be sufl‘erers. It is worth while to re-

from the Virginians, who were styled

member fortune is like the skies in' April,