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that the royal exiles were the means of expen- din nearly one hundred thousand pounds an- nua ly amonsgst the merchants and trades-peo- ple of this cit . It is also a fact, which has come to our nowledge, that during the pe- riod when cholera was raging here, the mu. Iiﬁcient sum of 130 weekly was given by the King of France in aid of the soup-kitchens, and for the purchase of medicines. His Ma- jesty’s own surgeon was, at the same time, instructed to visit the patients, and adminiter the bounty of his royal master. It is, indeed, impossible adequately to express the debt of gratitude which the citizens of Edinburgh owe to the illustrious family who have just been removed from amongst them.— Edinburgh Ers- m'ng Post.

THE BRITISH AMERICAN, JANUARY 5, 1833.

His Majesty’s Packet Calypso, Lieut. Benton, arrived at Halifax 0n the 25th ult, 45 days from Falmouth, bringing the November mail containing London dates to the 8th, and F almouth to the 10th of November. Extracts from those dates will be found in the 2nd and 3rd pages in this sheet. The Cabinets of France and England are determined on no further de- la , and demand of his Dutch Majesty to

uate the citadel of Antwerp, and the forts and places depending on it by the 12th of November , and on the event of a refusal, a naval and land force was to be Elf in motion by the two Governments.— olland in reply, says the Globe, “ deems

it unreasonable to be called upon to evacu- ate territories previous to her ratiﬁcation of a treaty, which she has virtually refused to ratify.” The London Gazette extraor- dinary of the 7th Nov. says the Novascoti- an, “contains an order in Council, by which all British vessels are forbidden to enter or clear out for ports within the dominion of the King of the Netherlands, until further orders '. an embargo is laid on all ships and vesseld‘helonging to his subjects now within, or which shall hereafter come into British ports; and commanders of ships of war are directed to detain and bring into port all merchant ships and vessels, bearing the ﬂag of the Netherlands. General Chasse threatens to destroy the town, the moment a French ﬂag appears in its neighborhood.

Instead of the flourishing account, receiv- ed from the States, of the capture of Mig- uel’s ﬂeet, it appears that the Pedroites were the sufferers, and deserved by their cowardice and blundering the rough treat- ment they received."

Pursuant to public notice, the General Assembly of this Colony met on Wednes- day last. His Excellency the Lieut. Gov- ernor having taken his seat in the Cham- ber of the Legislative Council ; and the House of Assembly being summoned to the Chamber, His Excellency delivered the

following S P E E C H : Jlfr. President, and Gentlemen of His .Ma jesly’e Council,

THE BRITISH AMERICAN

.Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen ofthe House , of Asuembly,

The early period at which you were last as- sembled, havmg been found conducive to your convenience, itatl‘ords me much pleasure to be eiabled to repeat this acknowledged proof of my desire to meet yourwishes, by summon- ing you. in your Legislative capacity for the second time, at the commencement of a New Year, and conﬁdently anticipate that your earnest efforts will be directed to discharge diligently, eﬁ'ectually, and consequently with concord, th important public duty that has been entrus ed to you.

Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Home of Assembly,

The Accounts and Returns of the Revenue and Expenditure ofthe present year, shall be laid before you without delay.

You will be gratiﬁed to perceive that our Exports and Imports are steadily on the in— crease from this circumstanCe abstractedly viewe . it may be inferred that the usual be- neﬁts ofcommercial activity will soon gladden the lsand to a greater extent than basyet been experienced, but I may also Congratulate you on the station which your trade occupies re- latively to the other British Provinces in this hemisphere.

Contrasting your population aud Exports and Im arts with those of British North Ame. ricait gill be found that your importations or wants are less by (4000, and your Exports or superﬁnities greater by £6000. than the pro- portion which justly falls to your share, under a comparison made with these materials.

.Mr. President, and Gentlemen of His Jlla- jesty’s Council,

.Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Home ofﬂssembly,

On subjects connected with the Public Ser- vice which may appear tome to require your deliberation, I shall take ﬁtting Opportunities of laying before you such documents or elnei- dation st may enable you to form a right de- termination.

lcannot, however, refrain from expressing to you, that amongst the various considera- tions to which my recent observation of the Is- land has given rise, there is not one that at present more demands your attention, than the absence of any Mart in which the country people might interchange their surplus pro- duce of every kind for other articles, and in which the t at port shipper might complete his purchases without being obliged to travel per- haps fruitlessly. to Charlotte Town, or to o- ther equally distant parts of the country.

The local experience of both Honorable Houses can best .determine how far the evils or inconveniences attendant on Fairs in some parts of the Mother Country may be obviated here by the agency of an efﬁcient police, a. mong a thinly scattered population, and how far the disadvantages would tend to supply for the present the insufﬁciency ot'one Town for the whole lsland.

But whether this or any other measure which may be suggested as a means of developing the public resources be conducive or not to its purpose ; I pray you to he assured that the de sire at least, to accomplish every object of be- neﬁt to the Colonv, is ever alive in my heart.

On motion of Mr Brecken, that a Com- mittee of Five Members be appointed, to prepare an Address in answer to the Speech of His Excellency the Lieut. Governor.

Ordered, that Mr. Bracken, Mr Pope, Mr. Binns, Mr. Owen, and Mr. Brenan, do compose the said Committee.

To His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel .3

adjacent, Chancellor, and Vice-ﬂdmiral of

the same, Q'c. «5‘0. 6c.

The humble Address of the House of Assembly. .May it please your Excellency.

We His Majesty’s faithful subjects the am presentatives ofhis loyal people ofl’rince'Ed. ward Island, in Colonial Parliament assembled respectfully thank your Excellency for you; Speech at the opening of the present Session, and for the renewed instance of your Excel; lency’s considerate regard to our personal convenience, in again calling us togetherat this early period of the year; and we be to assure your Excellency, that our most zea our efforts shall be directed to the faithful discharge of our public duty.

We shall be happy to receive the Accounts and Returns of the Revenue, as soon as the same can be laid before us, and we feel assured that your EXCellency will cause this service to he performed with all possible dispatch.

We are gratiﬁed to learn from your Excel. lency that our commerce is steadily increasiu , and we conﬁdently hope that your Excellency i just and patriotic views on this subject will not be disappointed.

The comparative statement made by your Excellency between this Colony and the other British North American Provinces, cannot fail to prove highly ﬂatterin; to all its inhabitants.

We shall pay the most respectful attention to all communications which your Excellency may be pleased to lay before us in the course ofthe Session.

Much inconvenience, we are aware, is ex- perienced by the inhabitants in remote parts of the country, owing to their distance from an Emporium of Commerce ; but we trust, that the inﬂux of persons of capital and enterprise, who may be induced to settle in the out-ports, will gradually obviate the diﬁiculties those labor under, who are now obliged to travel to Charlotte-Town or other distant parts to ob- tain a market for their surplus produce.

Every measure calculated to promote the improvement of the Colony or to ameliorate the condition of its Inhabitants, which may come under our consideration, shall receive our best attention, and we feel happy in the assurance that it will be gratifying to year Excellency to give effect to such measures.

We feel much indebted to Mr. Brenan for his irid- ness in handing to us a copy of His Excellency's Speech to the Legislative Council and Assembly; also for his furtheriiotice this morning by leaving sttbis ofﬁce. the Journal containing the above Address in an- swer to His Excellency’s Speech. Although the whole ofthis sheet was in type at the time of receiving the above, we have thrown out matter that we deem ofleIl interest tethis community. If the Gentlemen {aiming the House of Assembly, were to authorise a copy oftho Journal of their proceedings as they are published to be left «it this ofﬁce, thus giving usuasisre to imbody such extracts us we may from time to time publish. would at least in our estimation, shew a friendly dispo. sition from that Honorable Body to this Establishment, and would save us the very unpleasant feeling of retum- ing to Mr. B. or any other gentleman who may be m kind as to shew us a similar kindness his sheet more or less mutilated or soiled, accidents unavoidable in I Printing oﬂ'ice.