£9. 10.

with poetical licence, (and the present overﬂow of Newspapers necessarily drives them beyond the bounds of truth) yet the thing might have happened—shame to the country—to a reforming legislature; it may yet happen,—-ifEngland will not do its duty, the Colonial legislature should guard against the impudence and ignorance of such impostors,-——when the Colleges of London and of Dublin are so careful of the education and capability of their students, can such trash be permitted to prostitute the title of Doctor ? I am very happy to see that several medical gentlemen here can shew regular diplomas, I mean diplomas not the reward of money, but of attendance and examination, but even in this Island we can make a Doctor,—so could Mollier. What is the proper deﬁnition of aDoctor ? A person who has passed all the degrees of a faculty and is empowered to teach or practise the same—thus we say, Doctor in Divinity,Doctor in Physic,Doctor of Laws. New I beg to ask whether Mr. Palmer, or Mr.Binns, though they are the oldest Mem- bers of the Bar, dare to call themselves, or suffer themselves to be called Doctor? \Vould Mr. Jenkins or Mr.Wiggans assume that title? Suppose we were to analyse a few of our Island made Doctors and de- compose their component principles. Mr. Hobler’s Doctor was twa years porter in a Poticary’s shop,—had any of our Doctors the same,and barely the same qualiﬁcation? Yet a regular bred medical man and one of those h0p skipping kiddies go by the same liltle. I presume the most of your readers are acquainted with Dean Swift’s satire on Serjeant Betsworth, where he compares the learned Serjeant to Lamb the Corn cutter, Who is said to have refused a fee from the celebrated physician Radcliffe—

“ Thus Lamb renown’d for cutting corns,

“ A proﬂ‘er‘d fee from Radcliffe scorns,

“ Excuse me Doctor-fye a brother !

“ We ne'er take fee. from one another."

But Mr. Hobler’s mortar pounder had not the impudence to callhimself a Doctor, he only assumes to be a Medical ﬁttcndant, and if any ofthe crew or passengers in his charge should be afﬂicted by infection, I can only give them the Clerk of the Crown’s prayer “ God send you a good deliverance.” The applicant was bound from Scotland to Canada—not unlikely !

W'e had a ﬁery contagious Board of Health established here some short time ago, and among other duties, they were to distribute medicine to different parts of the Island—unquestionably the medicine has been distributed accordingly. And must I suppose he paid for, but I only suggest that the names of all the persons in the country who have received it ought to be published, and the amount of medicine yet remaining in the general dispensatory.

Your most obedient Servant,

VIGIL.

THE BRITISH AMERICAN. THE BRITISH AMERICAN,

ocronnn 6, 1832.

The European Papers in our possession do not contain later dates than those already be- fore the public, indeed they have of late exhi- bitedabarrenness to an extraordinary degree, when we take into consideration the present state of Europe.

French affairs appear to be in a very unset- tled state, the Ministry is as yet unformcd.— In Germany great discontent is manifest by the proceedings of Austria and Prussia, backed no doubt by the despot Nicholas, to put down free discussions in the German states. Appre- hensions are entertained relative to the final success of the ex-Emperor Don Pedro, who is still at Oporto. Although he gained a decided victory on the 23rd over his brother, tor want of cavalry, was followed by no beneﬁcial re- sults. The friends of liberty have been much disappointed. The ranks of Don Miguel the usurper, which was to be thinned by desertion, has not taken place. Mehemet-Ali, viceroy of Egypt, and the Grand Seignor; their ﬂeets were last seen at the Island of Rhodes,_an en. gagement was daily expected.

To Correspondents. Veritas's article on the annexation of this flourishing Colony to Nova-Scotia, will appear in our next. ‘ A Friend ofthe People,’ and ‘Transatlantic,’ will also appearin our next.

New Proridencc.—By II. M. Schooner Nimble We have received our ﬁles ofthe Nassau Royal Gazette and Argus. We perceive that a dis- patch published in the former paper, from H. M. Colonial Secretary, conveys his Majesty’s gracious approval ofthe conduct of the Gover. nor of the Bahamas, Sir James Carmichael Smyth, respecting his proceedings with regard to the Legislature of those lslands.—Bermuda Gazette.

Died at Ballybrack, near Cashendal.on the 7th inst, Archibald M‘Cambridge, at the patriarchal age of 123 years and four months! The de- ceased was an industrious man, and, during his life, scarcely ever suffered one day’s contine- ment from sickness; his habits Were generally temperate, but b no means as abstcmious as might be inferre from the great age he had obtained.—-Belfast Chron.

shipping intelligence ENTERED.

Schr. Experianre. Lubert, Halifax ; Brig Seaﬂower, Wilson, Philadelphia; Schrs. Charlotte. Boisner. Fox island; Mary. Tobias, Passamaquorly; Brig liollina. Heay. Bideford; Schr. Maid. M‘Eachem. (lut of Can- so ; Barque Royal William. Peaks. Plymouth.

CLEARED.

Schrs. Jane. M‘lmuzhlin. Bathurst; Intreped. M‘Far- fonmJlIiramichi; “'illiam, Oeagle. St. John's New- laundl nid ; Experience, Lubert, Sydney.

To the Editor ofthe British American. Mr, Editor, Having lately come to reside in this Is- land, not blessed with a good education or

a great store of money, but observing that you do not refuse to publish a letter from a poor man, I make hold to address you. My neighbour andI will .vait on you short- ly, as joint subscribers to your newspaper ; and, as we have been always instructed to conform to the laws of whatever country we maylive in, it is our desire to procure a copy of the statutes of this Island, with such an index as a home bred or homespun man can comprehend. I never saw any of the printed laws here, except the last two acts, in one of which I observe that there is a sum of 80!. to be given to Commission- ers for examining and reporting on ,the laws ; and in the other I see that there is a sum of203l. 6.9. 3d. to be given to the Clerk of the House for his services, as such and for other services per his account : also, for articles by him provided for the use of the House of Assembly. I observe also, that there are sums to be paid to Mr, John Ro- binson and to Mr. \Villiam Birch, for small disbursements, and a sum of 881. 25‘. 5d. to the Printer for amount of his account. See- ing all those charges, and particularly the lump charges, I supposed that we could procure the statutes on reasonable terms, camposed and printed in such a way as one could und, nd ; but I have lately heard that in on the volumes there is a partial index which we must carefully look through the volume to find out, and when we should find it, it would only add to our trouble, for it refers to the acts in such a manner, that we must be well acquainted with the statute to ﬁnd it out in the index, and to the other volume there is no index. Now Sir, as my friend and me have contributed though in a small degree, to pay the Clerk for his services, and for the nameless arti- cles by him provided, [probably the Roy- al Gazette, or a key to the Parliamentary pew in St. Paul’s Cathedral,] as also to Mr. John Robinson and Mr. Wm. Birch for nameless small disbursements, (possibly powder for the Speaker’s wig, unless he wears a Grizzle,) we humbly consider our- selves entitled to make some respectful en- quiry herein, and particularly to ask whe- ther we can obtain a printed copy of the statutes, with a proper index to refer to, and when and at what price ?—-certainly af- ter the large sum paid to the Commission- ers as well as 50L to the Speaker, and 251. to each ofthe Members, for the last Session Only. We sh0uld expect to get the laws for nothing, or at least for a very small sum, but we are told that it is the Magis- trates and the better order of People only, who are entitled to that privilege, as they are the only perSOns who can understand the Book. By giving this letter an early insertion in your valuable paper, you will oblige your most obedient Servant.

Anornsn Pooa MAN. October 2, 1832.