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     ted the further progress of the dreadful ma- 
     
     y with which We have been visited. The 
     
     orable accounts which we have been ena- 
     
     d to lay before our readers for the last week 
     
     een the means of bringing back the last 
     
     the “refugees” who still remained at a dis- 
     
     on from us, and we have now the satisfac- 
     
     n of seeing the faces of those of our friends 
     
     om the pestilence has spared, but who had 
     
     sented themselves from the cit of the 
     
     gue. Like the people of London uring the 
     
     gue of 1680, so well described in Mr. Galt’s 
     
     vcl “ Rothelan,” we can also rejoice when 
     
     hear the parish bells ring the knell of those 
     
     thave gone, or when we see the funeral 
     
     in pass by. for it intimates that man has a- 
     
     in commenced to adopt the customs to which 
     
     was used, and that the death cart hurries 
     
     t to the grave the remains of the victims of 
     
     pestilence, unheeded and unattended by 
     
     friends they have left behind. Business 
     
     3 been resumed, and we are glad to perceive 
     
     the arrivals at our hotels, that the country 
     
     alers and the Upper Canada merchants are 
     
     king their appearance, to procure for them- 
     
     ves their usual fall and winter supplies. To 
     
     50 who are still hesitating about the propri- 
     
     ofa personal visit to this city,_we can take 
     
     on ourselves to declare there Is no longer 
     
     y danger in coming among us, and we hope 
     
     t as we never concealed from our distant 
     
     ends, the extent ofthe evils with which we 
     
     re afflicted, we may now be credited when 
     
     present a more cheering detail.—.Mon. Gaz. 
     
     mprovcmenls.—l\'otwithstanding the misery 
     
     d distress with which this city has been visi- 
     
     in consequence of the awful pestilence 
     
     thas been among us, it is a matter of some 
     
     tilication to witness the rapid changes and 
     
     provetnents which are daily becoming more 
     
     tinct around us. lVe believe it will be‘found 
     
     t we are far within the mark when we say 
     
     t at least fifty good substantial cut stone 
     
     ildings have been put up this summer, in- 
     
     ided for dwelling-houses of the first class, or 
     
     rcantile warehouses, and arrangements are 
     
     king or nearly completed for a still greater 
     
     mber during the ensuing season. The style 
     
     the buildings which have been erected dis- 
     
     ays much taste, and they are all of a remark- 
     
     le neat appearance. 
     
     The wharves have been executed this season 
     
     th great expedition, and we feel convinced 
     
     at a great portion of them will be ready for 
     
     e fall shipping. The pier to the Island wharf 
     
     so far advanced that the main piles have 
     
     en driven in, and a practicable communica- 
     
     on for foot assengers is formed. These new 
     
     harves wilrprove agreat accommodation to 
     
     e mercantile body, and wars loudly called 
     
     r'by the rapidly increasing business of our 
     
     rt.—Ib. 
     
     The Riot. A warrant, signed by Joseph 
     
     oy, Esq. J. P. charging Lieut. Col. Macintosh 
     
     d Cap. Temple, with the murder of the three 
     
     ctims of the riot of the 21st of May, was yes- 
     
     rday put into the hands of the High Consta- 
     
     e for execution. and we understand that 
     
     apt. Temple was consequently arrested—lb. 
     
     IIaIf-pafl T'u'ch'e.—Lieut. Col. Macmtosh 
     
     d Capt. Temple were brought up this morn- 
     
     g under a writ of Habeas Corpus, before the 
     
     hiefJustice and Mr. Justice Pyke, and Mr. 
     
     ’Sulivan, on the part of the Crown, having 
     
     ken communication of their petition for a 
     
     scharge, gave it as his opinion that the pray- 
     
     of the petition ought to be granted, inas- 
     
     uch as the crime now imputed to them was 
     
     e same for which they had been lately dis- 
     
     arged by the Grand Jury, after an ample 
     
     d laboriousinvestigation. After that ac uit- 
     
     l, he deemed it presumptuous in the big est 
     
    
   
   
    
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     extreme in an magistrate to institute such 
     
     further rocee ings as were then under notice. 
     
     The Ju ges said they would take the applica- 
     
     tion into consideration. and give their Opinion 
     
     on Monday morning, at which time Lieut. Col. 
     
     Macintosh and Capt. Temple were ordered to 
     
     attend—lb. 
     
    
   
   
    
     J]! a Court of General Session: ofthe Peace, held 
     
     at Newcastle, in the County of Narthumber 
     
     land, Sept. Session, 1832. 
     
    

    
     Resell-ed Unanimously, That the committee 
     
     appointed to enforce and carry into effect the 
     
     Quarantine regulations at Miramichi,are justly 
     
     entitled to the thanks of this court, for the in. 
     
     defatigable attention with which they have at- 
     
     tended to the discharge of that duty, and the 
     
     great exertion made by them to guard against, 
     
     and prevent the introduction of contagious dis- 
     
     ease. 
     
    

    
     Extracts from the Minutes. 
     
     THOMAS H. PETERS, Clerk. 
     
    

    
     Launch.—On Saturday the 15th last. was 
     
     launched from the Yard oer. Dow, at Oro- 
     
     mocto, the fine ship Lady Campbell, belonging 
     
     to Mr. John Robertson, of this city, and built 
     
     under the inspection of Capt. Joseph Hamm, 
     
     one of the oldest and most experienced ship 
     
     masters belonging to our port. The Lady 
     
     Campbell, in point of materials, Workmanship, 
     
     and fastenings, is pronounced not inferior to 
     
     any vessel heretofore built in this Province. 
     
     The Steamer Woodstock towed her from the 
     
     Oromocto a little under 16 hours.—St.John0b:. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SI. Kitts—The St. Kitts Gazette of the 10th 
     
     August, gives a very detailed account ofa din- 
     
     ner given at Basseterre, by the inhabitants of 
     
     that Island, to James M‘Qneen. Esq. the un- 
     
     flinching advocate of the West India Colonies. 
     
     The President of the Island was in the chair : 
     
     the speeches and toasts ot the evening breathe 
     
     a tone ofloyalty, and the entertaiment appears 
     
     to have passed off with harmony and good feel- 
     
     ing. A dinner was to be given to Mr. M‘Queen 
     
     at Nevis, the following week. The exertions 
     
     of this gentleman to advance the interests of 
     
     the Islands, are deserving of attention. 
     
    

    
     The Slave Trade—Arrived at Bermuda, H. M. 
     
     Schooner Nimble, Lieut. Potbury, commander, 
     
     last from Nassau,—having in charge the Por- 
     
     tuguese brig Hebe, which vessel she captured 
     
     being at the time engaged in the slave-tradeK 
     
     The Hebe surrendered to the Nimble on the 
     
     13th July, after a chase of four hours, off the 
     
     Isle of Pines, at which place it is probable the 
     
     401 slaves on board her were intended to he 
     
     landed. The Hebe mounts 8 guns, with a crew 
     
     of 28 men; during the chase she appeared to 
     
     prepare for action, but on the nearer approach 
     
     of the Nimble, a few shots induced her to sur- 
     
     render without resistance , on taking posses- 
     
     sion the poor Africans were found, as is usual 
     
     in these vessels, confined in asmall space, fil- 
     
     th v and emaciated, a state in which none but 
     
     Africans could exist. The Hebe was originally 
     
     from Lisbon, arrived at the Havana, where 
     
     she was fitted out for the slave trade, and there 
     
     is every reason to suppose is Spanish property, 
     
     When the Nimble neared her, somethinglike 
     
     a bag was thrown overboard, which probably 
     
     contained her Spanish papers, for on examin- 
     
     ing the vessel, none but Portuguese papers were 
     
     found. This prize was first taken to the Hava- 
     
     na, but the mixed commission there having no 
     
     cognizance ofPortuguese Guineamen,she could 
     
     not he admitted for adjudication. The slaves 
     
     captured in the Hebe were landed on Hybern 
     
     Key, one of the Bahama Islands, about 40 miles 
     
     to the eastward of Nassau, where accomodati. 
     
     ens were made for them, and a superintendant 
     
     with assistants, appointed to take charge of 
     
     them until His Majesty’s Government shall de- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     termine in what manner they are to be (lisp. 
     
    
   
   
    
     sed of. It is a well known fact that this inhu- 
     
     man traflie is not only permitted, but encoura. 
     
     ged by the authorities at Cuba, and that Atfri- 
     
     cans are almost daily landed at the Havana, 
     
     under the guns ofthe Moro, in the presence of 
     
     our ships, and the Judges ofthe mixed commis- 
     
     sion, who have been sent there for the purpose 
     
     of trying and condemning Vessels captured 
     
     when found engaged in the African slave trade, 
     
     but they dare not interfere with those landing 
     
     their cargoes with the sanction of the Spanish 
     
     Government; the mother country receives an 
     
     immense revenue from this colony, and the 
     
     slave trade is one of the sources from which it 
     
     is derived. 
     
    

    
     Canadian Prom—There seems to be some- 
     
     thing in the atmosphere of Upper Canada ta- 
     
     vourable to the spread of intelligence, for 
     
     neWspapers are springing up in all directions 
     
     like mushrooms. W'e notice in our late files 
     
     the commencement of several proposed jour- _ 
     
     nals. At St. Catherines, Mr. J. H. Shears in- 
     
     tends to establish the “Chronicle ofthe Times,” 
     
     and to advocate the leading principles of re- 
     
     form, disclaiming all party patronage and 
     
     sec'terian influence. At Perth, Mr. J. R. 
     
     Gemmil is about to bring forward the ~‘ Perth 
     
     Spectator,” with the prominent characters of 
     
     liberality and independence, and thus supply 
     
     the vacancy caused by the death of the 
     
     Batburst Examiner. At York, Mr. James Ki ng 
     
     intends to add to the numerous catalogue in 
     
     that city, a new paper to be entitled the “ Ca— 
     
     nadian Corres ondenb” The proprietor pro- 
     
     mises to des I ate correct principles of po- 
     
     litical economy; and to cement the existing 
     
     union between those colonies and the mother 
     
     country. At Niagra, Messrs. Sewell and Glad. 
     
     win have issued proposals for the ‘: News,” in- 
     
     tending to make it a faithful medium for the 
     
     communication of British news, while it will 
     
     as far as possible, be made subservient to the 
     
     advantage of Niagara and its neighbourhood. 
     
     At St. Thomas, 1 r. A. B. Lewis has cem- 
     
     menced a publication called the “Liberal.” 
     
     We have seen but one number? but its pros- 
     
     pectus promises to make it a journal, one of 
     
     the objects ofwhich will be to advocate the 
     
     doctrines of thorough reformers; that is to 
     
     say to support the party in Upper Canada, com. 
     
     monly called the grievance-mongers. At King- 
     
     ston, a new paper, to be called the “ Catholic,” 
     
     is proposed, which, while it is intended to il- 
     
     lustrate, in the amplest manner, the effects of 
     
     Catholic doctrines on society, will support the 
     
     Government, and induce those of the Roman 
     
     Catholic faith to continue loyal and attached 
     
     to their King and country. Here we have six 
     
     new journals in a few months in a Province 
     
     now enjoying the benefits of thirty papers, and 
     
     with a pOpulation far less than that of Lower 
     
     Canada, which has but twelve journals. 
     
    

    
     The newspapersin Upper Canada are thus 
     
     distributed; at York, the Gazette, Freeman, 
     
     Courier, Advocate, Guardian, Sapper and Mi- 
     
     ner, 6; Kingston, the Chronicle, Herald, 
     
     Watchman, Patriot, Alembic of Truth, 5 ; at 
     
     Brockville, the Recorder and Gazette, 2; at 
     
     Coburg, the Star and Reformer 2; At Hamil- 
     
     ton. the Mercury, Free Press, and West. 
     
     leyan, 3; at Niagara, the Gleaner, l; at Pres. 
     
     cott, the Gazette, ]; at London, the Sun. I ; 
     
     at Sandwich, the Emigrant, l; at Beliewlle, 
     
     the Times, l;at Port Hope, the Telegraph, 
     
     l ; at Hallowell, the Free Press, 1'; at Corn- 
     
     wall, the Observer, ] ; at St. Thomas; the Jour- 
     
     nal and Liberal, 2; at St. Cath’hririet,‘ the 
     
     Mirror and Journal, 2; total 30. In addition 
     
     to all these, we notice that it is'ntended soon 
     
     to publish at York a monthly odieal to b. 
     
    
   
   
    
     called the Canadian Magazine—MIMI Gui , n,