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place of their deceased husbands at the oar, in order to earn the means of subsistence for their starving children. These ill-fated. ma. riners have left nearly eighty widows, and several hundred children, exposed to all the evils of extreme poverty, aggravated by th. rigors ofa nothern winter.

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bi. mop of London are taking measures for aug- mentingall the small livings in ther gift, not limiting them to 1.200 as the point to which they are to be augmented, but beginning with those under 1-200, and augmenting them partly by charging the See with an immediate pay- ment ofacertain annual sum, and witha fur- ther payment to commence at the end of 14

ears after the renewal of the lease under which the estate upon which the payment is discharged is holden. The Archbishop, upon the next renewal of the leases, will make an abatement in the fines, proportioned to the payment which will he chargeable on the estates; and by the end of the present year the Bishop of London will have augmented all the livings‘in his gift under 1200, of which however,there are but eight; and, therefore 'itis his intention, when he has gone through them all, to begin again, and raise, them grao dually "to l300.—Br. Jllag.

The Commissioners for inquiring into the revenues, of the Church have, for the ac_ commodation of the Clergy, enlarged the pc- xiod for the returns to he made to their in- quiries to the 20th. instant.

There are how confined in the House of Correction, Colbath-fields, the ineredible num- ber of 1,550 prisoners.

«That beautiful relic of Saxon architecture, St. Leonards Priory, Stamford, fell down on Wednesday. This has long been considered as one ofthe first specimens extant in the -kingdom.

TheGazette contains the appointment of Mr. Stewart M‘Kenzio to the seat at the Board of Control, vacated by Mr. M‘Cauley’s acceptance to the Secreta ryship ofthe Board. According to the London newspapers, there are thirty-five thousand British subjects in France, whoapend there annually four mil. lions sterling. Two millions are supposed to be spent elsewhere on the Continent by British families. No less than forty females had thrown themselves into the London Dock within the three months preceding October last, in can- sequence of their sufferings. brought on by their own laxity of morals; and their desertion by their paramours. The price of asubsti- tute in :the French army was 1.80. It is now much enhanced, but nothing like what it was in the Emperor’s time. One gentleman paid 16,000 francs, (1.640) for a substitute, and Was, after all, obliged to march as a guard

human:

Nething decisive marks the progress of the

THE BRITISH AMERICAN.

.It is rumoured that his Majesty, with the kind consideration of saving to lhe countr the late Speaker's retiring pension of 4,900 . er annum, has made it his personal request to i r. Manners Sutton. that he would resume his high otlice in the new Parliament, and that such is consequently to be the case. The general opinion of the public writers of London and Paris is, that the King of Holland will defend himself to the last ex- tremity, with the support of the whole bo- dy of his subjects. ' ANTWERP and its citadel, are conspicu- ous in all the details of the war about commencing between the King of Holland and the united forces of France and Great Britain. This city is the capital of the province ofAntwerp, one of the states of the Belgian confederacy. It is situated on the east bank, near the mouth of the river Scheldt, and has a population of a- bout 66,000 In the seventeenth century, it had a population of 200,000 and was a- mong the largest, most opulent and splen- did cities in Europe, but its trade has been diverted into other channels, and civil wars and ruthless contentions have reduced it almost to ruins. The city is semicircular and is about 7 miles round ; it has but lit- tle trade at the present time, but since [814, when it was declared a free port, its business has been reviving. It contains some of the most splendid edifices in Eu-

nounced unequaled in Paris or Landon.— Yet in this street, we are told by a recent traveller, there are melancholy evidences of desertion and decay. Many of the most splendid marble and stone edifices are un- occupied and open to the intrusion of any one, and the ceilings and walls ofelegant saloons crumble at the touch. The citadel is an immense fortress and commands the river and city entirely, and the great bone of contention will be the successful reduc- tion of this fortress. The Glassgow Courier calls the proceed- ings against Holland, “ anti-national and unpriucipled,”

A We are requested to state that the difference which taken place the other day in the House of Assembly, between Mr. Brenan and M r. Pope, is, (by the interposition of friends) amiCably adjusted.‘

An old gentleman, (a Charlottetonian,) ap- peared at our office this morning, who bitterly complained of the hitherto delay attending the Issue of Causes in the Supreme Court, and said, as Court would soon again be opened be_wish- ed' us to publish the following complaint In the British American. As we conceive it to be a rare specimen oforthographyyvs publish it ex- actly as it appears in manuscript.

“Weal weal, th Coart is near at hand, and i lnteand to Go and Ste how thear are giting on as i got but a Leateal eals to Do lveant th‘ last Coart there i saw strange ting as i Nevarh

stuggle in Portugal. , ~

saw in England i Saw the Cheef waiting for

rope, and one of its streets from its extent, h width and magnificent structures, is pro-'

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one our for one of the black leage Geanteal mean to com in befor aney Bisness could be don and i saw .1! ofthe jureymans names read before one answear to theare neames. , By such delayes tryeals is put of from Coart to Coart

The Expeancis is goin onWIOLin steed it comes to 20 pounds T e charge is made up up Paps Jllr Shearef take all and love the Pooh: man Without a Shirte, lhave no more Daynat presaent untill have more infearmaishe an.

To Correspomienls.--The Communication entitled “Club Room ” dated 12th inst. 1833. is unavoidably omitted this week, as also the one from our old Friend Rosicrucious ; both shall appear in our next.

“ Barron Cranberry" is under consideration.

The Legislature of New Brunswick met on the 20th Jan. that of Nova-Seotian on the 7th instant.

Charlotte.Town, Feb. 16, 1833. John Brecken and Charles Binns, Esqrs.

Gentlemen.

You are respectfully requested to call a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Charlotte-Town and Royalty, for the purpose of ascertaining their sentiments on. the subject of the payment of the Civil Listof this Island, which we con- ceive to be a question of vital importance to the interests of your Constituents and the Is- land in general.

We are your obedient servants,

JOHN' MORRIS,

J. Lu WsON, JOHN, ,‘GILL, .ar ‘ m

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We _ GHER TY, . JOHN KIJV',

H. W LOBBflJV,

CHflRLES DEJIPSE Y,

ROBERT WEEK‘S,

DENNIS RE DDIJV'.

IMVID RAMSfl Y,

In compliance with the foregoing Requisiti- on. a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Charlotte - Town and Royalty, will be held in the Court- Honse on Wednesday the 20th inst. at six o’ clock in the evening, or as soon after as the

Court shall rise. JOHN BRECKEN, CHARLES BIJWV‘S, Representatives for Charlotte Town.

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

of the Central Agricultural Society will be held at the Wellington Hotel on Tuesday Evening the 19th inst, at 6 o’clock.

Reported [hr the British American.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

Fatnsv, ran. 8, 1838.-—The House stood Adjourned to 11 o’clock, by 12 se- veralof the Members were in the House, shortly after l Mr. Speaker made his ap- pearance, and at half past 1 the House

roceeded to business.

The Bill for fixing the standard 0f Weights and Measures, was committed:

agreed to, and ordered to.be engrossed.