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     To the Editor qfths British American. 
     
     Mr, Editor, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lter Goderich’s Letter of the 1st of last 
     
     Month is exceedingly interesting, and demands 
     
     very serious consideration. It evidently ac- 
     
     cuses the Assembly of want of discretion, by 
     
     ;- 'aising our Governor for his discretion in sus- 
     
     pending his decision as to the proposed Escheat. 
     
     Then it attacks the measure of indiscriminate 
     
     or undefined Escheat, which his Lordship con- 
     
     siders as inequitable,—possibly we might 
     
     say iniquitous. l have some doubt as to the 
     
     foundation ot'that passage which seems to say 
     
     that certain proprietors would have settled 
     
     their land, but that the intended settlers 
     
     changed their residence. lhave seen this in 
     
     print many years ago, but upon inquiry I could 
     
     not find that it was true; several lots were 
     
     settled spontaneously, but they are settled, 
     
     and I really think that proprietors who have 
     
     not settled their lands, should prove that they 
     
     used due diligence to effect a settlement, I know 
     
     that much misrepresentation has taken place 
     
     Wu, this subject, particularly among the Land- 
     
     tasters,or.afl "my are called here,-—not Land- 
     
    

    
     graves but Land crabs, registering for instance 
     
     the names of Paper Settlers. But l deviate 
     
     from the point of his Lordship’s letter, that 
     
     point appears to be a gentle jobation to the 
     
     Land-fanciers--1 mean fanciers of other people’s 
     
     land—in other words “ mind your own affairs.” 
     
    

    
     Thereis a report, said to have come from 
     
     England, that we are to be united with Nova 
     
     Scotia,—some of the candle ends and cheese 
     
     paring peeple in the House of Commons may 
     
     have proposed this as a measure of retrench- 
     
     ment; we should thereby have a respectable 
     
     Legislature, and our public credit. Would revive, 
     
     but this we might achieve without going to 
     
     Nova Scotia. Elect respectable members, and 
     
     instruct them to commence, at least, the 
     
     payment ofour debt. The union would be a 
     
     change which I should not wish to see has tily 
     
     either adopted or refused. Some of the knowing 
     
     onesgo so far as to say that the Secretary ofState 
     
     hadit in petto when he sent his dispatch, and 
     
     thatit was intended as a quietus to the propri- 
     
     tors, but this appears to be rather too much of 
     
     the scientific. 
     
    

    
     To conclude this olio, I hope his Lordship‘s 
     
     letter will show us thatit is our policy to be in- 
     
     dustrious and frugal, not suffering ourselves to 
     
     be bamboozled and deluded out of the true 
     
     grade ofsociety by self dubbed Doctors or Cap- 
     
     tains, let us do what we can without a union, 
     
     and if it is to come, let it come. The necessity 
     
     of Sessions in the Counties will most likely be 
     
     noticed in my next letter. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Your’s 8L0. 
     
    
   
   
    
     flLITER. 
     
     September 19, 1832. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE BRITISH AMERICAN, 
     
    
   
   
    
     SEPTEMBER 22, 1832. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Recently an Act passed the House of Assembly of 
     
     this Colony, compelling proprietors of unsettled Lands 
     
     to contribute their mite to the making and repairing of 
     
     Roads. Bridges, &c. running through their property 
     
     and we understand our Crown Officer has issued three 
     
     Writs against the Land Proprietors of Lots 22, 31, and 
     
     65. The Sherifl‘ having summoned a Jury, which met 
     
     on Thursday last at Mr. Moorside's (North River.) 
     
     they proceeded to view the wilderness Land. where 
     
     the new intended Road is laid out from Charlotte-Town 
     
     to Bedeque. which we are informed will shorten the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     THE BRITISH AMERICAN. 
     
    
   
   
    
     distance Four Miles, than the preent road by 
     
     Tryon. After the Jury returned they gave a verdict of 
     
     501. against Lot 22,- 2001. against Lot 31; and 201. 
     
     against Lot 65. These Lots were considered enhanced 
     
     in value to the above amount in consequence ofthe new 
     
     road leading through them. This is as it should be. if 
     
     the House ofAssembly had passed a similar Act some 
     
     years ago, much benefit would have been the result to 
     
     the Colony. The rich man owning his 20.000 Acres 
     
     has hitherto borne none of the cxpences attendant on 
     
     road making. notwithstanding he has been the principle 
     
     benefiter. How, and in what way such an act ofjusticc 
     
     could have escaped our Legislators until this tims. we 
     
     are at aloss to know. Fifty years ago Prince Edward 
     
     Island was called the Granary of the Canadas, and 
     
     well it might, itcertainly possesses all the advantages 
     
     one could wish, but notwithstanding which, it seems to 
     
     have been ill-fated. whether from misrule on the part 
     
     ofits representatives we know not, but we mainly at- 
     
     tribute it to this cause. 
     
    

    
     It is certainly rumoured that this Island will shortly 
     
     share the same fate as the neighbouring Colony Cape 
     
     Breton, namely, annexation to Nova Scotia. and indeed 
     
     we do not see how the evil can be obviated, ifthe Mo- 
     
     ther Country insists upon us paying our own Civil List_ 
     
     and we have every reason to believe that such is the 
     
     intention, for why should we expect a continuance of 
     
     that been which the other Provinces are in future de- 
     
     nied ; and if so we shall be spared the trouble and 
     
     expense of building a Government House for His Ma- 
     
     jesty's representative, and left to muse on the pleasing 
     
     prospect ofbcing in reality atwin child of Cape Breton. 
     
     We believe the Cape Bretons have always considered 
     
     their annexation to Nova Scotia as their greatest mis- 
     
     fortune. The following is an extract from a late im. 
     
     pression ofthe Cape Breton Herald :— 
     
    

    
     “ When we reflect upon the repeated wreck! of ms 
     
     selson Scatereelsland, the impolicy of CapeBreton hav- 
     
     ing ever been annexed as a County to the Province of 
     
     Nova-Scotia, most forcibly presses itself upon our 
     
     minds. Twelve long years have nearly elapsed since 
     
     this Island was consigned over to thefostering care of 
     
     that Province ; and notwithstanding the large Revenue 
     
     derived from it, and the urgent necessity of a Light 
     
     House having been long since established on Scatarec, 
     
     we believe we are correct in stating that such a mea. 
     
     sure has never been hinted at in the House of Assem- 
     
     bly. 
     
    

    
     The Island of Scataree is usually the first land made 
     
     by vessels from Europe, bound to any of the Colonies 
     
     eastward of the Bay of Fundy ; and as vessels are usu. 
     
     ally ahead of their reckoning when steering to the 
     
     west ward. the roar of its breakers or the concussion of 
     
     its rocks are generally the first intimations ofa near 
     
     approach to it. when it becomes too late to guard a- 
     
     gainst the dangers of shipwreck. Besides, vessels in 
     
     running along the Coast of Cape Breton. when bound 
     
     .. . ' ', or on the opposite coast, have to run great 
     
     risk in foggy weather in turning the sharp angle which 
     
     Scataru forms. even did not currents aid in perplexing 
     
     the mariner. 
     
    

    
     Had a Legislature been convened for this island in! 
     
     1820, instead of its being annexed to Nova-Scotia 
     
     there cannot be a possibility of doubt. that long ere 
     
     this, a Light-House would have been established there 
     
     —-and owners and underwriters in Great Britain and 
     
     elsewhere, would not even up to this late period, have 
     
     to enumerate Scateree as one of the fatal Islands,which 
     
     on this side of the Atlantic, they have so much reason 
     
     to dread. But would have viewed it. with a Light- 
     
     House on it, as would then have been the case. rather 
     
     as a welcome land fall and guide, from which vessels 
     
     would shape their course for their final destination.— 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     £0. 8 
     
    
   
   
    
     But alas! this is but amongst the withering effects of 
     
     that annexation.” 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Since the above was in Type. we understand that 
     
     the parties interested intend to appeal from the above 
     
     decision of the Jury. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Shipping intelligence. 
     
     . ENTERED. 
     
     Sloop Felicity, McLaren, Pictou. Shallop, Susan. 
     
     Young, Arichat. Schooner Betsy, Wood, Cause 
     
     CLEARED. h 
     
     Sloop Felicity. McLaren, Halifax. Shallop Sultan, 
     
     Young, Arichat. Schooners Alice Jane, Callum, Co, 
     
     cegneI N, B. Brothers, Campbell, Fishing Voyage. 
     
     Elizabeth, Gilpin, Pictou. 
     
     Half-past Twelve, P. M. the Brig Mary Jane is now 
     
     in full sail coming up the Harbour from Britain. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A placard, containing the Command- 
     
     ments of God, has recently been stuck on 
     
     all the walls of Paris. The zealous anther 
     
     of this warning is not mentioned, but it is 
     
     hoped that the appeal, addressed to the 
     
     conscience ofa city, so deeply afllicted, 
     
     [alluding to the Cholera,] may be felt by 
     
     them, and induce many to reflect seriously 
     
     on their conduct in these awful times.— 
     
     Scoltish Guardian. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It is camputed that England and \Vaies 
     
     now contain at least five million of oxen, 
     
     and a million and a half of horses. The 
     
     number of sheep is about twenty million, 
     
     and eight million of lambs.—- iS/trflield 
     
     .Mcrcury. 
     
    

    
     Extraordinary ins/once of Somnambulism.— 
     
     A short time since a lady in Liverpool had aser- 
     
     vant, who, upon coming down stairs every morn- 
     
     ing, found the fire lit, the kettle boiling, and 
     
     all other things in a state of readiness. For 
     
     some time she did not communicate this singu- 
     
     lar fact to any one, but at length she told her 
     
     mistress, who immediately set to work to in- 
     
     quire about the matter. One morning she 
     
     rose early and took her station in the parlour. 
     
     After waiting a short time she saw her servant 
     
     come into the room, fast asleep, but dressed, 
     
     and immediately proceeded to perform her 
     
     various occupations, which having effected, she 
     
     went off to bed again. The next morning she 
     
     repeated the extraordinary feat, when her 
     
     mistress awoke her, showing who it was that 
     
     performed her work for hen—Manchester Her- 
     
     ald. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BIULTUM IN PARVO 
     
    
   
   
    
     The attachments of mere mirth, are but the 
     
     shadows of that true friendship of which the 
     
     sincere affections of the heart are the sub- 
     
     stance.—Burton. 
     
    

    
     A joker is a near kin to a butl'oon; and nei- 
     
     ther of them is the least related to win—Che:- 
     
     “field. 
     
    

    
     As small letters hurt the sight, so do small 
     
     matters him, that is too much intent upon 
     
     them; they vex and stir up anger, which be- ; 
     
     gets an evil habit in him in reference to great t.‘ 
     
     er afl'airs.—Plutarch. ' 
     
    

    
     What has pleased, and continues to plea 
     
     likely to please again: hence are deriv‘  
     
     rules of art; and on this immoveable fo ' 
     
     tion they must forever stand—Sir J; 4" 
     
     nolds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     There is nothing more certain ,than th’