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South Lancashire—Wood- Lord Moly- neux. n

South Durham-Joseph Pease Jun. n (A Quaker.) W. Bowes. n

Stirling Burghs-—Lord Dalmeny. n

Dumfries Burghs---General Sharpe. n.

Dublin County Fitzsimon- nRepeal- er Evans. [Whig]

F orfar Countv—-D. G- Haliburton. n

Caithness County—G. Sinclair.

Kilmarnock Burghs— Ca tain Dunlap.

Edinburghshire—-Sir J- alrymple.

Argyleshire-o-J. H- Callender. n

Fife County—Jae Wemyss.

Banfl'shire-nG. Ferguson. n

Forfar—ltoss.

Fife Bur hs-uA-Johnston-

Carlow ounty—W- Blakeney- T- Wal-

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ace. n 'Wexford County-~R- Carew. n H. Lam~ b r

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Longford County-.L- White. 11 Repealer J. Rorke- n Repealer-

Limerick City~W. Roche, n D. Roche. n

West Cumberland—Lord Lowther. Dou-

ble return. Stanley.

Linlithgow Burghs—C. A. Murray. n

Montrose Burghs Ross.

Clackmannan and Kinross— Admiral A- dam. n

Newry Borough—Lord M. Hill.

Leitrim Ct'unty S. White. Clements.

Monaghan County—Sergeant Peri-in. C. D. Blayney.

Mayo County—J- Browne. D- Browne.

Limerick County— R. H. Fitzgibbon- S O’Grady-

Sligo Borough—J. Martin.

Nairn Burghs-—Colonel Bailey. n

Elgin and Nairn Counties—F. W. Grant

Falkirk—-W- D. Gillon-

Bute County— Charles Stuart-

Perth City—L. Oliphant. n

Aberdeen County— Captain Gordon.

Bute County. -Lord Steuart de Rothsay.

Waterford County—Sir 13- Keane. n J. M. Galway. n

Warwi‘qirshireu-Sir E. Wilmot. n D. S.

le.

Roxburgh County---Captain Elliot. n

Stirling County-Admiral Fleming. n

Dumbarton County—J. C. Colquhoun.n

Ayr County A. Oswald. n

Renfrew County—Sir M. S. Stewart.

Kerry County—F. W. Mullens. Repealer.

. Charles O’Connell, n Repeater.

Donegal County—Sir E. J. Hayes. Co. lonel Conolly.

Perthsbire——Earl of Ormelie n-

THE BRITISH AMERICAN. MARCH 92, 1833.

We have to apologize to our l‘atrons for the de- Icigey in this impression of four ages, oc- «standby the absence of aJourneyman rinter, who had pron his services to us till June next. The

filling up this unexpected vacancy parti- culpsly at this season of the year must be obvious. W‘s'shall, however, use our utmost endeavour is future

. will and must be a serious inconvenience

THE BRITISH AMERICAN

(short-banned as we are) to issue the whole sheet as usual.

.Report says that our friend the “ King‘s Printer" has used his kind ofilt'es in this afi'air: it may be so, can't say positively that it is the case. therefore. unt.l satisfied on that head shall reserve further observation; -this much we say: if 11 c tortgcing re com-t t. it would not he the first time we had in a similar way experien- cel t tat gentleman's civility.

The Mail carriers arrived here on Thursday last. af- ter experiencing great hardship from the severity of the prevailing weather, bringing the English January Mail. and London dates down to the 6th of that moat h: We refer our readers to the 2nd and 3d pages for the latest European intelligence.

For the British .flmertcun. To the Electors of P. E. Island, No. 2. Brother Electors,

In my first I endeavoured to destroy the grasp ofthe iron handed pro- prietors, by calling your attention to the subject ofa tax upon land for the pay- ment of the Civil List, and I flatter my- self I have pointed out to your satisfaction the benefits to be derived from such an eqitable mode of raising a revenue, in preference to a tax on the necessaries of life. My present object is to shew you the further effects which the payment of the Civil List is likely to have on this Co- lony. Iknow it will be urged by the Pro- prietors and their Lackey Boys that the with- drawal of three thousand pounds per Annum of British capital from the Island,

and loss to the country; and that the want of the Bills of Exchange which were annu- ally drawn for to that amount, shall cause a scarcity of Bills in the market, and con- sequently a higher premium on such will be the consequence, which will thereby embarrass the merchants in their remit- tances &c. 63c. That the payment of the Civil List cannot be attended with any such direful consequences is what I con-W tend.

In the first place (as stated in my first communication) if the Civil List amounts to (4000 per annum, and that the amount thereof is to be raised by an equitable land tax; as there is not more than one fourth part of the Island settled, of‘course only [1000 shall be paid by the occupants of lands therein, while the remaining [3000 must be paid by the absent proprietors. Here then is three thousand pounds to be brought annually in the Island, in either specie or Bills of Exchange and paid into the Trea- sury by the proprietors, which is certainly more than has been ever drawn for in any one year and expended in the Island, out of the Civil List. Or if the amount of the before mentioned three thousand pounds be paid into the Treasury out of the rents accruing to the proprietors from

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the same mfizct, as it will preventlhat amount from leaving the country, which would otherwise have been sent ofi‘in Bills of Ex. change or in specie. hus you see m brethern, that the payment of the Civil List by this country cannot affect in the slightest degree, either the premium 0,, Bills, or the expenditure or circulating cur. rency of the Colony. And [may further add, that the Agents of absent proprietor, of land in this country always raised the premium on Bills of Exchange, in making remittances of Rents, because, as it “,3, no loss to the Agents, they did not care

so much as the industrious Merchants or Traders, who should make out a livelihood by the difference of what they received and paid. And it is a fact but too well known, that the greater part of what Government Bills have been drawn here for several years past, have been sent to the absent landed Proprietors, by their Agents.

Now my friends, let us consider what effect a Tax of say,stx SHILLINGB for every one hundred acres of land, will have on the proprietors? It will compel them to pay srxrv rounns per Annum for etery Township. Where then is the man who will hoard up his lands, to get ahigh price or rent for them on a20 or 40 year’s lease? Will he not winch under the smart of pay- ing160 per Annum for every Township which he may possess? Yes my friends, he will be glad to let his lands or sell them on Just and equitable terms. And what will the consequence be? A tide of Emi- gration will set in on this country, as soon as lands are to be had on reasonable terms, men of capital will settle amongst us—a better system of farming will succeed the present—an additional export of Agricol- tural produce will enable us to pay for our imports, thereby placing us in inde- pendent circumstances and establishing a circulating Jlletalic Currency amongst

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These my brethern are the happy re- T sults which I anticipate from the payment n of the “ Civil List” by an equitable land B tar. And if all, or the majority of you can see it in the same light, I shall be most happy if any humble efforts of mine have I been the cause of you arriving at t2! conclusion, and shall fully join with _ w in raising my voice to our representative! OJ to tax the lands‘ in order to pay the le 31 List, and give us cheap Tea, Tobacco, é’c- 5. &c- Our Representatives wrll know flu t‘ the Quadrenniel Bill has passed, and that should our complaints be not attended to, {u the day of retribution is not far distant p! Let us therefore only speak the word In it shall be done. “-

I remain Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servant AN ELECTOR, or xmo’s cover

lands already settled here it will still have

Potatoe Cape, Feb. 28, 1833.