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o be expected. In those partsol it, however, which refer more: pargifiglrzilybtgsglii: grit-nee“- v' ' o onie _

him} S,”"rle~yh':§ei:,ii‘if:euiion thd different affections om}. . originatrc needle are, we have been informed, mainly they-o. 3? personal observation. For the PUPPOS?EI{ memo

’ 'itance with the actual variation in t l erentlocgli. h'ls aii‘iqili‘iilProvinces, the Author has been travelllllg,.we.w . I lizfve duringa part ofthe present“ seasorfiorlslsogzdggltm, 3,, by permission, to the Hon. Amos prm SS8. muc,h vincing evidence to us that the wor posse oe exwm at These remarks we hope Will satisfy to sm the 6m.- rn ‘ scruples of' our brother of the Recorder, als doum “mg ah; ‘ ofthe proposed publication.‘ We have itt e w'u‘ftofiil,_ z i it appears it will speak for'itself! We abrle eimmcm in a” g > its announcement is exctting conSidera_ e M” we k Province. The following favourable notice t; mm we have just receivedyand publish in the expectahion‘ - | [my still further attract public attention to the su jet. ..—-

“ Mr. Editor.-—In your Journal ofthe 17th ofJunedinssL, I hi". taken notice ofu prospectus of a late treatise on Lap kfigylfewg’ which is to be published in Nov. next, -and_frum tie mg; which 1 have oftliat Branch, I think it Wlll‘ be a. Vet: i‘d work, for I see it contains what our present Surveying “03 I“ 0 not, viz: A prOper investigation ofthe mensurat'ior;1 iiv t. 1. tion of Land, together With many other very nscfu o ser a ions,

i ' ' -l f o r valuable Journal‘v. I which may be seen by a perusa ‘psyAhulUEL (yDONNELL', / Teacher ofMathematicsi.

“ Amherst, JUNE 23’ 1843'” if:

-' ' alit is nott which increased the terror of the enormous and compact much ongm y

crowd of spectators who occupied the pier, eyery_sti-eet,b;he i'ieiglibOuring heights, &c., the boats and-ships in the_ y, Whose masts‘and rigging were crowded With human'b'elngsc To persons ignorant ofthe topography of the town, it is In]!- possible to convey an exact idea of the cause of this teirib e conflagration, the damage caused by which is estimated by the Gazette at 2,000,000 dollars (or £400,000,) though. this statement, inn subsequent number, is somewhat modifie}d. Immediately after the first alarm, the Minister of War, t ie Govsrnor, and other persons of influenCe, were. on tgie shpot, and prompt assistance was rendered, under their an ot ISIS directions, by a great number of firms of various co Infill-:5 many of whose names are gratefully and honourany recon - ed in the Gazette. In the list we observed especially ‘IUCIIE‘ tioned M. Alee, the commander of. the Reine BlaTECILC, asp

the greater part ofthe crew; Captain Hammond, of t e a: lamander, assisted by Lieut. Carpenter and seventyj ipen, Captain Carrick ofthe Pearl, who narrowly escape‘ “iom the flames; and Captain Heath, who rendered great sewilc in the preservation ofthe Bourse. The crews of tilielyesshe , both French and British, gave the most valuable aid lyt ent courage, prouiptitude, dismpliue, and strength. ipiter‘ measures had been taken to repair the consequenceSEF is sad calamity—to collect in one place all. goods rescue . ion} the flames, and to make arrangements for the resumption 0

business, which had been wholly interrupted.

CANADA. _ Toaon'ro, AUGUST ].—HoaaiaLE Monoun—Iritelligencc was received in town on Sunday evening, last, of an atroci- ous murder, committed on the person of Thomas Kinnearl, Esq, of Richmond Hill, Yonge street, a gentleiiiaiiB\v:1 known in this city. It was discovered by Francis _ 03 d, Esq, who, on goingthere by appointment on Sunday, fouti , to his astonishment, the house unoccupied. on search 'be- ing made, to his horror and dismay, the body of his murocr- oil friend was discovered in the cellar. By what means the foul deed was acitOmplished, has not transpired; but no doubt is entertained ul'its having been perpetrated by a man and woman servant of the (leceased, it. being known digit they embarked on Sunday morning, With their mastei s

interesting to him, to wit, imported stock, and the bargain: . he had made, and informed his fellow traveller, in the [mos decisive manner, what were the best breedstdzc. I‘he stiflin- ger, after hearing him out, without_di5sentmg to what IIe said, spoke upon the subject of Lnglisli stock generally, no different kind' of breeds, the properties of each, the best cross for milk, butter, &c., and displayed, in a modest and units- suming manner, such minute and general information on the subject,that it astonished the other, and he asked him If he was not a stock-raiser. He SallI' no, and llie‘Kelltut'klflll asked, as usual, “ What might be your name, Sir?” ‘_‘ Mor- peth,” was the reply. “ Morpetli,” said he, “Morpeth ! Now, I have been all over Kentucky, ant] travelled to Arkansas, but I never heard ofthe name before. Where did you come from, Mr. Morpeth?” “From York.” -, “York,” said he. “.Nim; York! A great place—beats Lexnigtou or Lomsvdle, Iadmit; but did you come from the city or country, Mr. Morpeth ?” “ Front the country.” “Well, it isa veyygreat State; always saving and except old Kentucky, it is the finest country lever saw.” Iti a short while they conversed on the subject of farming, and the stranger, . Without the least parade, seemed to be perfectly familiar Willi the- sub- ject, and after hearing at length ofthe superior style of agri- culture in Kentucky, and the astonishing productions there, the cords of fine stock, grain, 850., he related the. improve- ments which had recently been made in agriculture by means of chemical experiments, the different kinds of soil, the distinguished properties of'eacii, rotation of crops, offset ofclunate‘ upon production, &c. &c.; at length the Kentuck- iaii cried out, “ Why, Mr. Morpeth, you must have followed farming for a living?” “No,” he said he had not, “ but it was a subject to him ofgrcat interest.” ['1 he rest of the journey was filled up with a description 0f.Wl1fl[ the Ken— tuckian had seen on the Miss" sippi and in Arkansas, to which the stranger listened with apparent interest. At length they reached the Falls, and amidst constant tit-chimn- timis ol'asfonishrrmnt on the part ofthe Kentuckian, they passed on to the Canadian siilc. Upon reaching there, they saw a number ofncgrocs, dr .3, .d in regimeiitals, with mus- kets in their hands. “ \Vhy, what does this mean?” “ These are regular soldiers,” said the stranger. “Soldiers! iicgroes for soldiers! \Vell, did you-ever hear the like?

THE ATTACHE, 0R. SAM SLICK IN ENGLAND.

(From Bentley’s Miscellany.) , . ,1

We have been favoured With a 'Slgl'lt of Mr. l-Ialhburton s new work, now on the eve of publication, entitled “ [be At- tache, or Sam Slick in England. It possesses all the pi- quaut peculiarities ofthe former volumes of the Clockmaker -—'their caustic wit—strong, rough good sense—healthy sen- timent—and vigorous tone of reflection. Generally speak- ing, however, the author’s manner is more earnest than it has hitherto been; and iii ltis sketch of the Rev. Mr. Hope: well, an aged clergyman of the Church of England, who was educated at Cambridge College, Massachusetts, a‘nd for many years officiated as rector of a small parish in (JOIIIIUCC-l ticut;—in the full-length portrait oftlns gentleman, \vioI is represented as “afi'able in his manners, and snnple 1:: us habits, with a mind well stored With huinnan lore,aiida eait full of kindness for his fellow-creatures, —Mr. Hallibuiton has taken a higher flight than any he has yet attempted, and tasked his powers of thought to the utmost, Nothing can be loftier, more humane, or more replete With philosophic WiSduin,jttst touched With that soft melancholy-which yeasts and experience seldom fail to bring in their train, and from which minds ol'aii elevated cast are never wliolly_exeiiipt, than the reflections put into the mouth oftliis clerical phi- .‘Ianthropist. Take, for instance, the followmg observations: _“ Home has two significatious, a restricted one and an en- larged one. In its restricted sense, it is the place of our abode; it includes our social circle, our parents, children, and friends, and contains the livuig and the dead ; the past and the present generations ofonr race. By a very uatmal process, the scene ofour affections soon becomes identified with them, and a portion of our regard is transferred from - animate to inanimate objects. ' The streams on which we ’ sported, the mountains on which we clambered, the firms in which we wandered, the school where we were instructed, the church where’we worshipped, the very hell whose pelt sive, melancholy music, recalled our wandering steps in youth, awaken in after years many a tender thoughttmauy a pleasing recollection, and appeal to the heart With the force and eloquence of love, The country, again, cOllttllllb all these things; the sphere is Widened, new objects are iii-

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eluded, and this extension of 'thc. circle is love of country. It is thus that the nation is said, in an enlarged sense, to be 'our home also. This love ofcountry is both natural and laudable 2—50 natural, that to exclude a man from his coun- try is the greatest punishment that_c0untry can inflict upon. him, and so laudable, that, when it becoyiynes a pt'iiiCiple of action, it forms the hero and the patriot. —Viewed merely with reference to art, the character of Mr. Hopewell forms an admirable dramatic contrast to _tliat ofSam Slick; the peculiarities ofthe one set ofl'and relieve those of the other in the most effective manner possible; so that, when wearied with the “everlastiiig”——to use his own expresswe phrase—— uniformity ofSain’s practical, worldly Wisdom, we turn'to drink of the pure living wells of Wisdom and sensibility which the venerable clergyman opens up for our refreshment. -—But, after all, the Clockmaker, as iii the former _instaiice_s, is the great charm of the present volume. He is now_ in England, an Attaché to the American legation; and nothing can be more striking than his remarks on all he bears and

\Vhen I go back to old Kentucky, and tell them that the Brit- ish have negrocs for soldiers, they never will believe me in the world.”

After a while the bell ofthe tavern rung for dinner, and thev both hastened in, the Kentuckian before. When he rcahhed the room, he found the table half filled with the coloured militia, and stoppcd. The stranger, without ap- pearing to observe it,to0k hold ofa chair, and pointed to an empty one by his side. The astonished Ketitucktan ex- claimed, “ you are itot going to cut your dinner with these, are vou? I can’t do it sir. I could never show my face at lioiiic again ifl were to do so.” “ \Vell,” said the stranger, “I am rather hungry, I acknowledge; but, as we are fellow travellers, I will not balk. your humor. “he will go down to the lower island, pass the suspension bridge, and dine on the American side.” “ Now, that isjiist into my hand, my old fellow; we will do so.” When they reached the suspen- sion bridge the Kentuckian was overwhelmed with astonish- ment, and said that they never would believe him at home

horse and Wagon, on board the Transit, for LeWiston. “ '

On these circumstances coming to the knowledge oft.

Frederic C. Capreol, he put himself in communication wui

the Hon. the Mayor, and Dr. 0’.Bl'l'el],'a magistrate,midqwlth a promptitude honourable to his feelings. for his fllelltlil‘rlf

engaged a steamboat, and, With Mr. Kingsmill, tlnla LIE) Bailifl', at one o’clock oti Monday morning, crossed t is a e in pursuit ofthe murderers. It is believed that some “30.1; ofthem was acquired; for after the Transtt had cast 0|

from Lewiston on licrreturn,slie WaS‘llfllled by Mr. bapieo , but could not bring up, on account of her being-well-out I‘ll the current, which in that part of the Niagara rivei is veiy tronrr. _

s Sinbce writing the above, Mr. Capi‘col has returned with the fligitives,aiiil has lodged them in the custody of the City police. The man’s name is Macdemints-Property to a considerable amount, belonging to Mr. Kinnear, was in the possession of Macdermot. It is apprehended that the house keeper of Mr. Kinnear has also been murdered, as she has

About 6 o’clock this morning, thenBoat CaARLias, Hub- bard, Master, arrived from Pictou (Whither she was dispatch— ed on Wednesday last for the express purpose), With the first Ailgust Mail from England. Our latest dates are to the 4th inst. Political matters at .home .present ni‘uch the same appearance as at the. period of our prevmus advices from thence, with, ifpossilile, the addition of a still deeper shade of gloom. :I‘he disturbances in .South Wales are represented as bavmg become really formidable. The constituted authorities are set at defiance, and in spite ofthe eagerness of the Military to detect the ringleaders and their followers, the rioters have hitherto escaped their grasp. Mr. O‘Connell has been feasted. and_feted inievery town through which he has passed, during his triumphal progress through Ireland. The Repeal rent for the quarter has, it p;- said, exceeded, by £14,000, theyorrespond‘ing quarter ofthe last year. In commercial affairs, everything wearsiunost

gloomy and desponding aspect, there not being‘ the slightest

. ‘n , . V , “0' yet bee” heard 0L improvement VlSll)le Ill any qualtel.

a'ees while travelling through the mother-country. His self- when he told of it The stranger was perfectly “nun-ml.

_ 1. _ . . the Coroners . . I. . . - _ n. nn is: nounr a: swig J,.U.,Il‘%is..n ammm ms lie_ ' _ f . ‘ P. S.——8 oelock, I". M. Mi. \Valton, one of H ‘15- ‘Ive extract the followwg hue, [my comprehenswe sum “,4 ‘ judices inveterate in his democratic, pi-eillilgmimm lab made smce this one had been put up, the defects iii its style, 5‘5 - a u v ' ' "’"mwd he havmg gone Oi] . .0 ‘ r of me latest News from thlmer’s flmertcan New: 13 ‘2" . . . ' '. ‘ how the could be re mired im ll'OV ,i r ~, .- _ hood - he re )orts that Mr. Kinnear was shot b i the seivani- nu . ’ ‘ serve his characteristic sketch of a genteel London ditiiier- y I ’ I 9 l’ 8d “He the KB" ’ I 3

LIVERPOO ., AUGUST 4, 1843.,

The fruitless attempt to oppose the “ Arms Bill” has been abandoned, and the measure will pass. -

The Durham Election has resulted in the return ofBriglit, the Well known Quaker Leaguer.

In the House ofLoi'ds, rigorou ; speeches» have been deli- vered by the Duke of Wellington, alid Lords Lyndhurst mid Brougham, upon lrish Aflairs. It is evident that the policy ofthe duke and his aristoct’atical colleagues and sup- porters is to “ cry havoc.”

The ministerial policy, which has, even by the tories, been denounced as compromising, is at length, however, under- stood. ‘

tiickiaii burst out into a hearty laugh, and said “ \Vcll,stran— ger, I have found you out at last; you are a bridge builder by trade,” slapping him on the shoulder in greatglee. “ No, sir,” said be, “you are mistaken; but I have had a great deal to do with persons who were fond ofsuch things, and acqui- red somewhut of a taste for them.” “ \Vell,” said t'ie Ken- tiickian, “I hear the last bell ringing; let us go and getlour dinner. I would rather have loSt one ofthe calves [ have purchased ofold Buffalo Allen, than not to have been here to day;'for1 have had lots and gohhs of fun I” They sat down to dinner, and the Kentuckian filled up the chasms between the courses with praises of Keiituokv and abuse ofthe Canadians and British. To which the stranger listened patiently, and sometimes with a kind of quiet inte— rest. lie went on to say that he had heard that the Bri« tish were in the habit of travelling through the country, and then writing books ridiculing and abusing us. Hi; just wished that he could catch some ofthein lll‘ old Kentucky. He had heard as he canto along, that there was now a great English Lord travelling through the countrv to write a book,and he heard his name. “It was Lord ~Lord—Lord Morpeth, I believe.” “That is my name, Sir,” said the stranger. “ You don’t say so! 'I‘avernkeeper, what do I have to pay ?”——-.6'rlcansas Gazelle.

man MrDerinot, with a double sing through the heart in the back.

The house keeper, Ann Montgomery, was found in the cellar doubled up under a washing tub, she having been strangled, a handkerchief being tightly tied round her throat. The inquest is adjourned till Friday.

THE MONTREAL GAZETTE—This old and very respectable newspaper property has, we perceive by ii notice in yester- day’s number, changed hands, Messrs. Armour 8L Ramsay, the late proprietors, having disposed of the copyright to Mr. Robert Abraham, lately ofLivcrpool. This change is not to affect the editorial department of the paper, which is still to be conducted by the same gentleman who has lately presided over it.—.Monlreal Courier.

Madame Papineau, who has lately returned from France, and has been for some time at Saratoga Springs, for the be‘ iiefit of her health, is arrived at St. Hyacinthe, with three of her children. Her health, it is stated, is completely restored. M. Papincau is still at Paris, with one of his sons who is studying medicine.—Quebec Gazette.

barrelled gun ; the ball pas-

party to which he is nined in his capactty of .flttachéz— , upon exalninati‘o" was found lodged

“ Well,there is dinner. One sarvice ofplaie is like another sarvice of plate, any one dozen of servants are like another dozen of snrvants, hock is hock, and champagne is chain- pagne—and one dinner is like anothcrdinner. The only difference is in the thing itselt'tliat’s cooked. Veal, to be good, must look like anything else but veal; you musu’t know it when you see it, or it‘s vulgar; mutton must be iii- cog, too; beef must have a mask on: any thiii’ that lonks solIl take a spoon to; any thin’ that looks light, out witha kn" ; ifany thing looks like fish, you may take your oath it is flesh;and if'it seems real flesh, it is only disguised, for it’s sure to be fish; nothin’ must be iiateral,.natui" is out of fashion here. 'I‘his'is a manufacturin’ Country; every thing is done by machinery, and that that ain’t must be made to look like it; and, 1 must say, the dinner machinery is par- ' feet. Sarvants keep goin’ round and round in a ring, slow, but sartin, and for ever, like the arms of'a great big wind- , deliTiii’ifitfiib show, afore your nose,

(for you to see how you like the flavour; when your class is » empty, it’s filled ; When your eyes is offyour jilatefit’s ofl" ' too, before you can say Nick Biddle. Folks speak low here- steam is yaluable, and noise onpolite. They call it a ‘sub: dued tone. Poor tame things, they are subdued, that’s a fact; slaves to an arbitrary tyrannical fashion, that don’t leave em no free Will at all. You don’t often speak across

a‘ table any more nor you do across a street, but p’raps Mr. Somebody of West End of town, willsav to Mr. Noboth from West End ofAmerica: ‘Niagara is iioble.’ Mr. No". body Will say, ‘ Yes, it is; itht its patent afore the Norman Conquest, 'I‘reckon, and alore the subdued tone come in fashion; lheu Mr. Somebody will look like an oracle, and gay, ‘ Great rivers and great trees in America! You sneak good English.’ And then he will seem surprised but. not say it, only you can read the words on his face ‘,Upon my soul, you are a’inost as white as us.’—I)iimer is over. his 'time for ladies to cut stick. Aunt Goosey looks at the next oldest goosey, and ducks her head, as if she was goin’ through agate, and tlieti they all come to their feet, and the

“ The patientsearcli and vigil long" ' ofthe premier, men do now generally suppose, willtnoigé effectually frustrate the purposes ofthe agfidtorfilfififdifect V ' opposition or actual onslaught. After all, we shall, perhaps, have to applaud Sir R. Peel as heartily for his policy as for his clemency. .. During the last fortnight there has been little business doing, and many influential parties have expressed-increas, iug apprehensions of coming difficulties of an extensive operation in the monetary and mercantile world. Thishiil been principally caused by the accounts of almost over‘ whelming derangement ol'aff‘airs in the midland counties 0' England, which now are perceived to have not been exag- ' gerated, as many capitalists wished to believe, for purposes of‘political party, and the mode of relieving these pressng . difficulties no person appears tobe able to propose or foresee. Connecting the accounts fi'otn Staffordshire with those liom Wales and Ireland, the general condition of thernation is = believed to be rapidly approaching to the possibility ofvery serious political troubles, and on ll’llSflCCOlllll so much more depends upon the result ofthe harvest, 'tliat the weathcrls now the subject of universal attention ; nor is any improve- ment in business or confident investment of capital'mhe anticipated, unless the autumn should. prove to be favour-e able in an 'fiie reports on the pm!-

a defic-i-éncy but it is not doubted that

NOVA SCOTIA. v . HALIFAX, AUGUST 15.—Bosiasss liEViVAL.—VVe are glad to learn that a revival iti mercantile affairs has taken place, which we trust will be permanent. Accounts from the \Vest Indies and United States, during the past week, have been the cause of this reaction, and have given quite a business aspect to the City. Large quantities ofproperty have chang- ed hands at improved rates, as will be seen by our Coni- inerciiil report, and there are large orders in the City, from the United States, for fish, which it will be difficult to meet, and which prove that our American neighbours cannot catch enough for themselves, atid therefore cannot do inilcli injury to the staple article of'Provincial commerce—Times. The military officers on board ofthe Alert, wrecked at Goose Island, presented a letter to Capt. Duly, the master of that vessel, previons_to th'e'h‘ldeparture forvhljlnglantrlmi‘i’i”I‘m1 “7172,5122” P""'""‘“ ununi upon that disastro