ise their various avoca- se small beginnings, the “e Town soon-wore an air ofrespectabi- Y and organization. Being the only 6;." at this end at the Isle of any Cerise- ,ence, it soon became a place oi fashion- 9 resort, and, at the end of half a cen- mit had not only left its rival a mere pigmbut bid fairto eclipse the seat 01

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memmellt. In addition to these adv-an- «95, markets and annual fairs were diluted. as also horse-raring, these

ought with them much emoluments and us it wasthat St. Eleanor rose to an em:- nee, drawing to herself as it were by 3 [-mx allthe wealth of the Country. But ark my son, said the Genni, the instabi- vof events. Prince—'l‘own, to compare things with great, like Home on her Cline, still retained a magic name, and withstanding all her rival’s acquisi- ans, possessed many local advantages for external trade, that St. Eleanor’s wanted; dwhereas, her sons in former times were licient ofthose conspicuous talents, ral- wtted to shine forth to the world, ad now given birth to genius and enter- ;m; and by slow but certain degrees ‘0 now. that is the population, emerge- gfrom that obscurity that had been for mosta century her bane. ller uts by no means disheartened by the suc- ess of her rival, soon telta spirit of emu- tion that in former days they were stran- ers to. 1“i~licries were commencud on a tall scale, indeed at ﬁrst by joint stock ompaaies, by these means capitals were ormed by the efforts ofthe people being uccessful. In furtherance of these udable undertakings men of erudition em- yed themselves in giving publicity to drantages that nature had given them in a uperabundant measure, that only required be known to be appreciated, \Vealthy peculators were now fast becoming resi- ents amongst them, carrying on extensive slieries, and opening vast trade with the ledeterranean, Spanish main, and Torrid one.

Another advantage that time had pro- uced in her favor, the tide of emigration, hich annually continued to ﬂow to the I'ew World,brought withit an accumula- ion of wealth, adventurers with small capi- alsfound their account in locating in a reedistrict which Prince-Town had preser- edto herselfinviolable, so th it by a train ffortuitous events, that long neglected lace began to stand high in the scale. he ad also in all her ditiiculticsprotected her lective franchise,and now, instead ofsend- 113 two members to represent her, she has ugmented them to four. These men being hosenjudiciously for genuine talent. and atriotism, never let an opportunity slip lat mightjaggrandize their country, having ustice for its base, ;thus her scales hung even on the balance, and the demon of

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corruption lay postrate at her feet. This equitable proceedings aided by a continued influx ofwealth, terminated ultimately in raising your city to that peculiar eminence which you saw. St. Eleanor had also her day,laud‘t_he sun of prosperity appeared to shine lair upon her, but in proportion as her rival became distinguished, as if she could not bear a competition, her splendour lwgan to fade. It is thus my son that na- tions and empires rise and fall, ﬂourish and decay. It is the same oft with individuals that experience sunshine and decline. The first shock felt was a vote in Parlia- ment to remove the Court-House to Prince- Town, a privilege long enjoyed by this place, though originally the indubitahle pro- rogative of the sister city, thus by a na— turalreactimiof events, one step of hu— mility was awarded for her former duplici- ty, and at the same time did long and pre- trai-ted justice to Prince-Town, whose le- gitimate property it really was. This latter event drew otl'from St. Eleanor’s all her legal business with its concommitant inte- rests. This loss was not immediately very detrimental, as all the fashionable idlers .for a while continued to haunt her gay associations, and the races and fairs still at the stated times existed. It was how- ever, not long she found by woeful expe- rience, that without any immediate sta- ple, or absolute source of trade: fashion, whim, and caprice, were but a sorry de- pendance. The fact was that St. Eleanor felt that her sun had set, and no longer able to dazzle the eyes of her inhabitants, and that wealth which for a long time had ﬂowed towards her as a natural channel, suddenly found another rapid current to her now prosperous rival. It is not to be understood that her decline was simulta- neous. but it was nevertheless not less cer- tain, as step by step she lost her inﬂuence, and even her pretended patriots and cham- pions, who in herlatter days would bully and make their sprechi/icaiimzs as they ele- venth; termed them, and brow beat those ess fortunate, left her to shift for herself, and worship the rising sun of Prince-Town, and solace themselves from the ﬂesh-pots of the new Egypt. For the want of trade her artiticers bid her farewell, the taverns and theatres that were wont to be ﬁlled to suffocation on public festivals, were now deserted, the glib tongue ofthe lawyer was mute, the race-course that displayed all the trappings and gorgeous flurry of the coun- try, beauty that would have thrill’d the heart of aStoic, all, all bid adieu to this ill- fated place. Want of inhabitants caused a decay ofthe buildings, and thick Iip’d mo- ping melancholy took up his abode. Those streets heretofore haunted by a numerous population, became a perfect solitude, and scarcca living creature save a few poor wretched men happy in no earthly thing except having escaped a dungeon or

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a gibbet, and to creep about the miserable conﬁnes of St. Eleanor’s. Not any thing of all her ancient splendour save ruins and the horrid prison-house remains, which from political motives of your city is kept in repair, subservient to her vieWs of jus- lice, and a receptacle to all her exiles and aliens that her o’ercharged walls “vomit forth to desperate adventures and destruc-

tion.” ROSICRUCIOUS. Charlet Town they belt of Hapril. Mr. Heditur

Sur,—Parsivin abil in your pepper as says aloger ov ourn givd mee too sillen “for they las time,” an “too sillen for they las time agin” Ibigs to se. as ow e niver givd me nothin at al, but i wil spake they trooth an cham they d l, e wonct hoferd me too bad sixpinscs asi seed un winn hof a grenish Chap at hal fors as plade with an, on a pair ov bellis In owr kikshin, an e niver pade no more, nor sivin an sickpense for is boord, an I spo- 508 e wantid to chete is wive hout ov they' had sixpinses, mor nor this e kipt a kow in our stabil for sicks dase, an niver pade no- thin, but promiced misses a leg ov the knife,

I ham to remmen troolyl b’ﬂLLYat Jonascs.

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For the Brfirsh American.

Mr. ‘Vm'rer— Sir, I believe your co- lums are open to every person who desires to make his sentiment; public, therefore, although the followingﬁmay be rather diffe- rent from the subjects usually contained in them, you will not for that reason refuse to insert it:

I was very much surprised and grieved at seeing in your last paper, the unjustiﬁ— able attack made upon the House of As- sembly in general, and the Speaker in par- ticular, by a writer calling himself “ CRI- TO. ” The many attempts made during the last sitting ofthe House, to lower the Members of it in the Public estimation, made no doubt by a few idle discontented and disappointed men, have met with the treatment they deserve; contempt is the ﬁt- test weapon to meet such anonymous ea- lumniators with, and with contempt: and si- lence have they been suffered to proceed, butI would say even to such despicable scrib- blers, what good end can it serve to ridi- cule the House in the public eye? Such ridiculous and nonsensical follies can but meet with silent disapprobation from all good and well-meaning members of socie- ty? If they have any charge worth bring- ing forward, why not do itopcnly and fair-