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is a brave oflicerot’the Cochran. I He was with Lord Cochrane in the htafl'air of the Esmeralda, during which

ccived seVeral severe Wounds, and was fete chief officer under his Lordship in H With such a Commander there is lit- ne dashing co-operation on the

"II continue in the same state with "not indirect informatmu from Portugal. “is reported that some plan of the mi- ' respect to the emanmpation of will be made known in the nt week, and that some he policy of carrying the asure so far as was tirst intended, has. isen in the cabinet, in consequence 0t formation furnished Lord Goderich, at ,Lordship’s request, by the West India It is also stated that the delay in 9 production ofthe ministerial plan has an caused by this change ot feeling; and information upon several ints has been asked for of the parties 1 nected with tl1e\Vest Indies, and alien]- _ These latter appear more satisfied anthey have hitherto been that the mea- res about to be propounded will not. be averse to their interest as was antIC1pa- It is still affirmed that compensation llform the basis of the plan, and that a 11 of “5000,000 will be raised to effect ‘.—Herald. T111: Ncoao‘s RIGHT TO His own Pansoa vtsrlc.iTsD.-—Now,one word as to the ht of the master. There are persons use notions of justice are so confused dconfounded by slavery, as to suppOse tthe planter has something like an ho- ttitle to the person of the slave. We ve been so long accustomed to talk of yslave,” and “your slave,” and what will fetch if sold, that we are apt to gine that he is really yours or mine, and two have a substantial right to keep sell him. Then let us, just for a mo— nt fathom this right. Here is a certain unble commodity; and here are two imants for it—a white man and a black Now, what is the commodity in putel—the body of the black man. The ite man says “it is mine" and the black nuays “it is mine.” Now the ques- ' is, if every man had‘his own, to whom uld that black body belong? The claim the black man to his own body is just ‘s—nature gave it to him. He holds by grant of God,a title which admits not, at every other species of title admits, suspicion of violence, of fraud, or irregu- IY- Then we came to the claim 0f the it: man. What is the foundation of fright? It shall be the best that can be ceived. You received him from your ' - Very good; Your father bought Of: neighbouring planter. Very good. lplanter‘bought himof‘a trader at the

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bought him of a man-merchant, in Africa. So far you are quite safe. How did the man-merchant acquire him? He stole him —he kidnaped him The very root of your claim is robbery, violence, and inconceiva- ble wickedness. Ifyour slave come direct from Africa, your right to his person is absolutely nothing. But your claim to the child born in Jamaica is (ifI may use the expression) less still. The new born in- fant has done— can have d011e—11othing to forfeit his right to freedom. And to talk about rights, justice, equity, and law, as connected With slavery, is to talk down— right nonsense.-—E.rlracled ern the speech of T. 1". Burton, Esq, in the [louse of Com- mons, .May 15, 1832.

FALMOUTII, March ‘2,—T/1.c IVmI/zcr.--— Since our last publication severe gales of wind have, for the most part, prevailed, accompanied by heavy rains. These have proved particularly destructive to shipping, in the loss of property and life, by which many persons have been completely ruined, and numbers of familes deprived of their chief stay and consequent Support. The disasters have principally occurred amOng the coasting vessels.

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The ship Jean Hastie arrived at Halifax in '20 days passage from Greenock, furn- ishing Scotch dates down to the 23rd of March, several days later than these receiv- ed by the March packet. The Bill for es- tablishing a system of coercion in Ireland. had passed a second reading in the House of Commons. 363 to 84. Meetings of the people have been very general in Great Britain and Ireland, and petitions forward— ed to their representatives, stroneg pro- testing against the coercive measures a- bout to be adopted. which is calculated to dissever the ties ofafI'ection and confidence which forms the surest pledge for the per- minence of the union between the two countries.

The schooner Earl Grey, Capt. James. sailed this day for Pictou, N 5. taking the Inland Mail, being the first time this season by water.

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Persons appointed to take the Census.

Districts. Townships, 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6,7, 8,9,10, 11 &l‘2. do, 13,14, 15, 16, 17. do. 18,19 6* 25, Pr. T.

1 8:. Roy. 6‘ Islands in Rich. Bay. do. ‘26, Q7, 8t 28. do. 20, 21, 22, 23,24, 8:. 67. do. 29, so, 31, 32,65, 8L. St. Peter’s Islaudé.

Names. Patrick Cody,

Samuel Green, Thos. McNutt, Philip Irving, Wm. M‘Neill', Thou Todd,

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do. 33 s. 34, 8:. that part of35, 36, 8t 37, North of Hillsboro’. do. 48 8t 49, 8t that part of 35, 36, 8t. 37, South of Hillsboro’ do. 38,39, 40,41 a42. do. 43, 44, 45, 46,47. Rev. J. M‘Lennan, do. 50, 57, 58, 60, 62- J- L. Lewillin, do. 51, 59, 61, 63, 64, ‘ St 66.

do. 52, 53, 54, 55, 8t 56, Geo. Town 8; Roy. cS-Panmure, 6' Bough- ton Islands. ' Solomon Desbrisay, Charlotte Tn. 6' Roy.

Saml. Boyer,

Chas. Haszard,

John Jardine, John M‘Gowan,

Alex. M‘Donald,

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