THE BRITISH AMERICAN

tate, in the Army and Navy, and in every ranch and department of the public ser- ice , especially reserved for the Aristo- racy, and for their children and relatives, 0 the third and fourth generations?

If persons of limited means arising from their trades, callings, or professions, are obliged by law to maintain their own chil- dren and near relations, whence comes it that men of immense pr0perty are permit- ted to saddle their children, relatives, and dependents, 0n the public ?

Are the Nobility and Gentlemen of Eng- land in Parliament assembled, taking their measures and conduct for the last fifty years asa specimen, any wiser or better than others E and if they have legislated during that period for the general good,how has it happened that almost every ﬁgment of law enacted by them, has either been of a questionable or obnoxious character ? What are the grand and principal fea- tures of Magna Charla, and the Bill of Rights ? Ought any man to be taxed without his consent given through the medi- um of his Representative in the Commons House of Parliament, or to serve in the ar- my or the Navy, or to fill any public ofﬁce or situation, except on his own free and vo- luntary accord ?

A fair and manly solution of the above, would, I believe, furnish suflicient reasons for the present strange and anomalous state of British politics ; and pretty well account for the deranged and unnatural state of so- ciety which has unhappin obtained amongst us. I am, &c.

JOHN WALLIS,

8, Francis Place, lVestminster Road.

The consequence of it-trrating the useful clas- ses.—The operative population constitutes one of the most important elements of society, and, when numerically considered, the magnitude ot'its interests and the extent of its power as- sume such vast proportions, that the folly which neglects them is allied to madness. If the higher classes are unwilling to diffuse in- telligence among the lower, those exist who are ever ready to take advantage of their igno- rance; ifthey willnot seek their conﬁdence, others will excite their distrust; if they will not endeavour to promote domestic com- fort, virtue, and knowledge among them, their misery, vice, and prejudice will prove volcanic elements, by whose explosive violence the structure of society will be destroyed.

Habitation: and condition of the majority of the "’orking Classes ofJIanchester.—-The houses are uncleanly, ill-provided with furniture ; an air ofdiscomfort, ifnot of squalid and loath- some wretchedness pervades them; they are ‘often dilapidated, badly drained, and damp. Cesspools, with open grids, have been made close to the doors of the houses, in which dis. gusting refuse accumulates, and whence its noxious efiluvia constantly exhale. The nar- row, unpaved streets, in which mud and water stagnate, become the common receptacles of offal and ordure; often low, damp, ill~ventila~ d cellars exist beneath the houses. The reets in the districts where the poor reside

generally unsewered, and the drainage is

sequently superficial. Much less can We

obtain satisfactory statistical results concern- ing the want of furniture, especially bedding, and of food clothing and fuel. In these re- spects, the liahitations of the Irish are most destitute—~they can scarcely be said to be fur- nished. They contain one or two chairs, a mean table, the mostscanty culinary apparatus, and one or two beds loathsome with ﬁlth. A whole family is often accommodated on a sin. gle bed; and sometimes a heap of ﬁlthy straw, and a covering of old sacking, hide them in one undistinguished heap, debased alike by penury, want of economy, and dissolute habits. Often more than one family live in a damp cellar, containing only one room, in whose pestilen- tial atmosphere from twelve to sixteen persons are crowded.

Conscription in. France.-—A French provinci- al newspaper contains an extraordinary case of simulated suicide, contrived for the purpose of evading the law of conscription. By the terms of that law the eldest son of a widow is not liable to serve. In this case, the father of a young man, who hadjust been drawn as a con- script, concerted a scheme for the purpose of making it believed that he had destroyed him- self, in order to obtain the young man s exemp- tion, as the Son of a widow. The plan was laid with considerable ingenuity. A letter was written to announce his resolution and to assign his reasons for it, and, on the same day, his clothes were found on the banks ofa neighbour- ing river, but a diligent search having led to no traces ofthe body. a suspicion arose in the minds of the authorities that the man was still alive, that there was really no corpus delicti, and thasthe whole was a mere contrivance to protect the son from the performance of his mi- litary duties. The attempt, however, proves what sacriﬁces the lower classes are willing to make for the purpose of avoiding this compulso. ry servicc. In this case, a father was ready to abandon his home, and to separate himself for many years from his wife and family, in order to effect not his own. but his son’s liberation. The mutilation of the ﬁrst ﬁnger of the right hand has in many places been resorted to for a simi- lar purpose, but the young men of Paris have lately adopted a more ingeneous contrivance, although originating in the same barbarous principle. By the means of spectacles of a high magnifying power, they are able by con- stant use, to produce such an effect on the optic nerve, as to make themselves incapable of serving in the army. By the regulations of the service, very short-sighted people are not in fact admitted into the ranks. Availing them- selves of this regulation, or rather of the princi- ple ofexpediency by which it is dictated, there is, I believe, in Paris, a much greater number of young men who have made themselves short- sighted by this artiﬁcial process, than those who have become so in the ordinary course of nature.

The pourers of Translation.—A ‘Velsh curate, having preached several sermons, which were considered superior to his own powersof com- position, was asked by a friend how he managed ? “ [have got a volume of sermons,” replied the curate, “ written b one Tillotson, and a very good book it is; so traslate some ofthe sermons into Welsh, and then back again into English ; and after that the d——l him- self would’nt know them again.” _

Paganini has met with an accident, which has interrupted his performing. On Monday he cut the thumb of the left hand; and it is supposed, in playing on Tuesday, some rosin entered the wound, and caused suppuration.

The End Answered—A priest, in a rich ab- bey in Florence, named Gruignoli. being a ﬁsherman’s son, caused a net to be spread

every day on the table of his apartment to put him, as he said, in mind of his origin. e abbot dying, this dissembled humility procured him to be chosen his successor; and the net was used no more. " Where’s the net ?” said a friend to him the day afterwards, on entering his apartment. “There is no further occasion for the net,” said Gruignoli, “when the fish is caught.”

Russian Tam—We ﬁnd that many of those Members who voted for the Russian-Dutch-loan job endeavour to excuse themselves on the ground that ifthey had not done so, the Minis- try would have resigned. This is a very good reason for an expectant of the Ministrydo give, but a very bad one for a representative ofthe people. Those Members who acknow- ledge the iniquity of the transaction, and yet voted in support of it, evince a greater love of party than of principle, and admit that the possession of place by a particular set of men

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interests ofthe country.

Gloucester was discussing the other day the Russian Loan Question with Lord Eldon. Whu confessed that between themselves it was a. debt which this country is bound to pay in ho- nour, “ then,” furiously exclaimed the Duke, “ if we’re only bound to pay it in honour, what necessity could there be for paying it in. money."—(From the Figaro.)

AFARJ'I WANTED.

Any person having a good Farm t‘cf' he will sell reasonable, may hear of n Purchaser by applying at the Otlice Paper.

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l4th September, 1839. ‘1

Colonial Secretary's 0 cc. - August 21, 18 *2. l LlCENSED RETAILERS OF SPlRlTUOUS Ll- QUOR

ounnn's cocs'rv 'uvnnss. Henry M'Neill, Charlotte-Town,

J. Jeffs, do. J. Alexander. do. John Doyle. do.

Joseph Pippy. do.

Thomas Kichham, Charlotte'l'mm. John Coston. 0. Eleanor M‘Arthy.

t do.

Wm. Feur, do. James Mooney. do James .Maloney, do.

John Davies do. Rodk. M' Donald do. Thomas Jones, do. J. H. White, do

David Hooper, '7 mile House, Princetown road

John Crokei, St. Peter‘s road.

Lewis Gay, Lot 49.

Phcebe Crabbe, 9 mile House, Princetown road.

John Campion, Mount Pleasant, Lot 47.

Alexander Johnson. Lot 33. Princetovm road.

John M'Lean‘. Charlotte-town Royalty; Prince town road.

Elisha Cofﬁn, Mount Stewart Ferry. Lot 37.

Thomas Merry, (1

James Fitzpatrick. 1? road.

Wm. Murphy. Lot 48, Ferryman.

J. H. Down. Charlotte-Town Royalty.

James Hayden, Vernon river.

Peter Praught, Lot 49.

Neil Benton, Lot 49.

John M' Lend. Pinette,

John Aﬁleck, St. Peteﬁs Road,

John Cris . Hunter River

mile House, St. Peter‘s

Patrick ullen, Mill Cove. S'ronns.

Licensed to sell in quantities less than 1 quart. Charles Dempsey, Charlotte-Town. Martir Butler, do.

James Quin. do. ‘ Robertﬂutchisum, do RobertDrew o.