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     i, a matter of notoriety that the piper wnsh- 
     
     ed to preserve his incognito, it would be 
     
     unfair in us or in any other to attempt to 
     
     unmask him, Were it in our power ; but 
     
     we are quite at liberty to say, that he is 
     
     evidently a well informed man, easy and 
     
     entlcman-like in his manners, (when off 
     
     the stage ;) decidedly a Scotchman by 
     
     birth, and, in our opinion, a Militaire ; his 
     
     ,ge apparently from 45 to 50. 
     
    

    
     In our last interview, he informed us that 
     
     it was his intention to travel through the 
     
     United States, from whence he will return 
     
     by water to St. John—and visit Frederic- 
     
     t0n and Halifax, where we understand his 
     
     erratic peregrinations will terminate : and 
     
     from whence he will return to London, 
     
     when the bet pending between him and his 
     
     French rival will be decided by the produc- 
     
     tion of the requisite vouchers, for the nett 
     
     proceeds deposited by each, in the several 
     
     towns which they have visited in their res- 
     
     pective routes. 
     
    

    
     The following is from the ‘Durham Chron.’ 
     
    

    
     \Ve are enabled, in consequence of a 
     
     gentleman being in this country who is well 
     
     acquainted with the nature of this individ- 
     
     ual’s engagement, to give to our readers in 
     
     general, and the sporting classes in parti- 
     
     cular, a more correct account of him than 
     
     hasyet appeared. He was for a consider- 
     
     able time an officer in the army, served 
     
     under Sir John Moore and the Duke of 
     
     Wellington, and sold his commission after 
     
     the battle of \Vaterloo. His opponent is 
     
     Count Bender, a French nobleman, but 
     
     eddcated in Scotland, at the same school 
     
     with the piper, and between whom a great 
     
     friendship subsisted. They met in London, 
     
     in 1825, when a dispute arose concerning 
     
     the hOSpitality of different nations, which 
     
     ended in both parties finally and firmly a- 
     
     greeing for the sum of é-ODOI. to travel in 
     
     disguise : the one as a Fiddler, in 'r‘rance 
     
     and Belgium, and the other [our hero] as 
     
     Ipiper in Great Britain and Ireland, to 
     
     subsist upon what the public might be 
     
     pleased to give them unsolicited ; and who- 
     
     ever should have the most money in the 
     
     end was to gain the prize. They both 
     
     commenced their wanderings in the summer 
     
     of I825, but an uncle of the Piper’s, who 
     
     then held an official situation, having heard 
     
     of their freak, put a stop to their proceed- 
     
     ings before the end of three months ; this 
     
     gentleman however, died in 1827, which 
     
     left both parties free from restraint, in 
     
     consequence of which they started in Au- 
     
     gust, 1828,.—the one from Stonehaven in 
     
     Scotland, and the other fr0m Calais in 
     
     France. This important campaign was on- 
     
     ly intended to last three years, and would 
     
     have finished before now, had not the piper 
     
     received a severe hurt from the upsetting 
     
     ofa stage coach in lt'eland, which confined 
     
     him for fifteen months, during which there 
     
     was a secession of operations on both sides. 
     
     The Piper, during his illness, lay at the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     THE BRITISH AMERICAN. 
     
    
   
   
    
     house of Sir Thomas Butler, Bart. Ballin- 
     
     temple, County Carlow, where he met 
     
     with the greatest kindness; indeed the I- 
     
     rish, high and low, seem to have complete- 
     
     ly entered into the spirit of the underta- 
     
     king. 
     
    

    
     He was never allowed in any one in- 
     
     stance to pay any thing to the hotels where 
     
     he put up; waiter, chamber-maid, boots, 
     
     and porter, all refused to accept remune- 
     
     ration for their services—nay, the very 
     
     beggar wished his “Honor good luck and a 
     
     safe journey,” without laying him under 
     
     further contribution. He says that he has 
     
     been charged in all instances to the utmost 
     
     extent in England ; we could have wished 
     
     it had been otherwise for the sake of the 
     
     honour of our national character; besides, 
     
     it is not only robbing the Piper, but also the 
     
     nor, as tip to this date he has given the 
     
     sum of 7001. to the different charities on 
     
     his route. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Army Pensions. A royal warrant, bearing 
     
     date the 7th of February, 1833, has been pub. 
     
     lished by order of the House of Commons. It 
     
     says that :1 soldier enlisted for unlimited scr- 
     
     vicc cannot demand his discharge as a matter 
     
     of right, either with or without a pension; but 
     
     discharge may be granted—1st, on account of 
     
     incapacity for further service; 2d. in conse- 
     
     quencc of reduction of the military establish- 
     
     ments; 3d. as an indulgence, upon certain 
     
     conditions. Permanent pensions—the scale 
     
     for wounds in action :——["irst degree, men able 
     
     to contribute towards earning a livelihood. al- 
     
     though rendered by wounds unfit for the ordi. 
     
     nary duties ofa soldier—private Cl. to 9d, cor- 
     
     poral 9.1 to Is, serjeant‘ls to Is 6d. Second 
     
     degree, men rendered incapable by Wounds of 
     
     earning a livelihood, but not requiring the aid 
     
     of another person--private ls. corporal ls 4d. 
     
     serjeant ls l0.l. Third degree, men losing 
     
     two limbs, or both eyes, from wounds,or being 
     
     so severely wounded as to be totally incapable 
     
     ofcnrning a livelihood, and to require the as- 
     
     sistance and care ofsome other person-pri- 
     
     vate lsGl to 2s, corporal 15 10.1 to 25 4d, ser- 
     
     jeant ‘25 (id. to 3s. Forfeiture ofpensions :-—.\ 
     
     soldier forfeits allclaim -to pension who has 
     
     been convicted by a court-martial of the. crime 
     
     of desertion . ofhaviug wilfully maimed him- 
     
     self. or of having tampered with his‘cycs, or 
     
     caused a total or partial loss ofsight by vice, 
     
     intemperance or other misconduct; ofhaving 
     
     made, or being privy to the making of any 
     
     false entry, or of producing any fraudulent 
     
     document, either as regards his own services, 
     
     or those of any other person ; and of convic- 
     
     tion by a court-martial, or by a civil tribunal, 
     
     or any vicious or disgraCcful conduct. 
     
    

    
     .drmy Eslimales.—'l‘he army estimates for 
     
     the ensuing year present a decrease ofchargc. 
     
     The estimates for the effective service amount 
     
     to [8,555,413. Those for the last year were 
     
     113,579,378, beinga decrease of 1.23.955. The 
     
     decrease arises from small reductions in almost 
     
     every item of charge. Among these is the 
     
     charge for the Military College, which, having 
     
     lastyear been reduced to .2633, has this year 
     
     been brought down to nothing, the contribu- 
     
     tions ofthe students defray ing the whole ex- 
     
     pences of the establishment. The reductions 
     
     in the non—effective branch are much larger 
     
     and of much greater importance than those in 
     
     the effective. The estimate compared with 
     
     that oflast year, is reduced from L2, 781.952 to 
     
     L2,515,560. From the reduction of L 869,392, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     thus exhibited, must, however be deducted the 
     
     sum of L.82,057, transferred to the militia esti- 
     
     mates.—After making this allowance, and 
     
     that for the unappropriatcd balancewhicb will 
     
     meet the charge of the [libernian School, the 
     
     total decrease ofthe public charge this year 
     
     appears to be L.206,712. One of the causes of 
     
     this great decrease is not, however, to be much 
     
     rejoiced at. Last year L120,000 was granted 
     
     for commutation allowances for pensions, 
     
     which although a large and immediate expense 
     
     was ultimately economical, as saving the an - 
     
     nual pensions. The sum required this year for 
     
     this purpose is only 1.24.515. The other most 
     
     prominent reductions are inthe half-pay list, 
     
     and the charge for retired officers of militia 
     
     and yeomanry. \ 
     
    
   
   
    
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     For the Eu tish Amer-scan. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. \era,-—Observing in the Royal 
     
     Gazette of Tuesday last, that three individ- 
     
     uals have lately been fined for retailing 
     
     Spirituous Liquors without Licence ; I beg 
     
     to be informed through the medium of 
     
     your independent paper, whether or not— 
     
     selling Spirituous Liquors to Indians on Sun- 
     
     day, is a violation of the Act of Assembly, 
     
     relating to Licenced Retailers : (witness 
     
     Sunday last.) Q. Does this latter afiéct 
     
     the Revenue, or the morals of the inhabit- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ants ? Yours, 8w. Ste. &c. 
     
     J. W'. H. 
     
     NEW SPRING GOODS 
     
    
   
   
    
     1833 
     
     Ex ships Half/hr and Jean Hastie. 
     
     MlGNOWlTZ, CURZON, 8; Co. have re- 
     
     ccived by the above vessels an extensive as- 
     
    
   
   
    
     sortmcnt of British, East India and French ma- 
     
     nufactured Goods. Also—superior toned rose- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     wool and mahogany cabinet circul and 
     
     square Piano Fortes, with patent tallic 
     
     sounding boards, and a variety of new and 
     
    
   
   
    
     fashionable music, which will be opened for 
     
     inspection _on Saturday, 27th instant. 
     
    

    
     Also, on hand—20 casks Semi China Di‘n- 
     
     ner, Breakfast, Tea and Toiletsetts complete 
     
     of new fancy colours; 100 llhds well assorted 
     
     first quality of Earthernware, 30 boxes Pipes, 
     
     200 boxes yellow Soap, 920 boxes crown Glass, 
     
     assorted sizes, lthds old Brandy and Geneva, 
     
     18 chests Congo Tea, which thcyoll'er at their 
     
     usual low prices, either for Cash or approved 
     
     credit. 51:?Warehouse, Upper V’Vatcr—strect. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Halifax, April 20. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     AY BE IiflD flT J. H. WHITE’S 
     
     Bookstore. the following Roman Catho- 
     
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     An Abridgment of Dr. James Butler’s Cate- 
     
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     Downy Testaments, 12mo. with notes. 
     
    

    
     Key of Paradise opening- the gate to Eternal 
     
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     England’s Conversion and Reformation, con- 
     
     tainiug the General Grounds of the Catholic 
     
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     History ofthe Old and New Testaments. 
     
    

    
     Historical Catechism. 
     
    

    
     .Spiritual Combat. 
     
    

    
     Key of Heaven, &c.