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-~.'. :~~~~ ~~~~LI-~ C`P` , ?'' \ ISER n 1i• TIIP • e U NIVERSITY OF KING'S COLLEGA AT WINDSOR, IN NOVA SCOTIA. rro "Pry one who feels an interest in the the f Imoral and religious improvement of his fellow-creatures, e on ° ) .° 'ving brief details, with regard to a very important por reh.°' the North American Colonies, are presented with much veet and confidence. . See Th e P rovince of Nova Scotia was erected into en Episc opal a eine in 173 7, and the es t a bli s h e d religion of the Church of h ahtl thee as s ume d t h ere that prominent and permanent et its to to whi c h it so well entitled, both by the soundness doctrines and the Godly excellenee or its Liturgy and e. in teboepreserve those ddctrines, and that Liturgy and Discipline, th at ttir unabated purity, it seemed necessary, at the same time,. betT; axis of a right religious education should be provi b d thhh for those who were to teach, and those who were to e h ee " t the holy principles of our Church—that so they might Fledfe in the. faith and live of their forefathers. and P,lrp3se, o -the University at Windsor was established, Ith e rui'd King's Cali c , istestimoay of gratitude to the 1 44 Tl ''•" and piety late Majesty King George 111. a o ,, The t a w hose sanetio- n and by whose miner it was principally Th e • • ‘e, ose statutes of th e Coll ege were d rawn up a fter the model of tore 2 1 , 0 xford ; an d still more' effectually to secure the wel ele4t,he institution, it was placed under the patronage of the upon 13 '°P of Cant er b ur y, w h o h as t h e p ower of a negative eit i. ?verY statut e , an d u nd er t h e G overnment o f th e l ea ding of Pereonage s i n the Colony, whilst the important powers to ih - :‘,., t() ,r ,Were entrusted, with equal prudence and propriety, - un , rop of th e Diocese. -inoPt,an or instruction. so wisely framed coqld not fail of prov en thlgnlY beneficial • and the College has in fact brought up tot :P ri ncih!ea sound' learning and'relieioue education, lo t h t l the young men of Nova Scotia and tile adjoining Co ,;aliut' als o c hild ren o f-E ng li s h res id ents i n t h e nr.ighb,!ur- AZI 4 1 / 4 , t t i. 2 , S a America who had inherited from their parents hutaehment to our venerable Church. - untier the principal bl ess in g which this University has been, wo r l d God, th e i nstrument of commun i e atithe to the Christian he the > is to b e f ound in the exertions of many pious Ministers tre e , Gospel, w h om i t h as sent f ort h qua lifi e d, as f ar as he 0e means s , h T e e a,ns could q ua lify t h em , f or th e di sc harge of those ardu tC' holy duties, whir'., when speaking of the Clergymen t'dieq e ,Nortli American Province:, can be considered in no th e 'Pt, and called - by no other name, than the labours of ivt.ristian issionary. tesat.-1 equally learned, and of eqnarzeal, might perhaps have eti o.i i ° bniined from the Universities of England ; but men of sp!ierelherience, are? equally contented with their pecan"r and ene' m en, etpially acquainted with the habits of the people, tine o l u ailY ahached to the country in which therwere con l . n ee& ,Y to preach and dwell, the Universities of England could • have ae, furnished. efe le ,'%as the origin, and such has been the past usefulness co~tiu:lll,rsity of Nova Scotia; but it is now unhappily be -ItonVaily more inadequate to effect its admirable objects, veral causes. feel e r . te mporary wooden building was all that, in the first r4l ) i e `tton of the College, it was deemed nehessary or practi lehe ttraise: and that buibling, front a want of funds to oh he Progress of gradual decay, has naturally, in the course forty years, fallen into such a ruinous state, that it y k , °n see be inhabited without extensive repairs, and is so hai r h i n e as to be unworthy of being restored. It may be so re ethoVte to be occupied for a short time, but must soon be but is eoh 14 even were the b u ildi ng i n a more perfect condition, it n no longer sufficiently lare to accommodate the increas ith 4 'nlYer of students or fit for the dignified purpose to which toloiePropriated, as the established University of a very rising • i ily o,PcisiAlation of the Diocese of Nova Scotia is becoming ,r; curt numerous, numerous, and the demand for a liberal education is, V 44 ed e _ 4e ,nee, proportionally enlarged. Men of sound reli 'Dart - ' l l)lesand extensive acquireiltents are wanted for every r liee . . A ' t, but particularly for the ministry in the Church of ve Pro - ;: t "facial Report, just received,shews that in one of the 'esn (h. 'nees which are included within the Diocese, only six. squ are ` r gYmen are scattered over the immense extent of 27,000 „ I°J les, 'where the population is increasing wonderfully at i t e lli r ; r a m i e Sociehy" . for the Propagation.of the Gospel 4 1i ssi at on o a r ififty additional ent, occasion for more than etzte.vion of the es in the North American Colonies alone - and the two West Indian Bishoprics, and the earnest ti oo ! ch iles w , Inch are se wisely making for the spiritual instruc "alto o l liz t . ne Ne gro slaves, are likely to render King's College of 'keit bje YuPortance and use. They certainly render its pre to s os :"lmg and its present means, altogether unfi t and unequal modanswer its present and probable'future opportunities of doing 1,4413. :Without any imputation of' improper 'hostility to other 'ga ted r dc ' e trtne and Church government, it - may be fairly Ou t if 0 tbose who love their own holy faith and discipline, b t he Colleg e at Windsor he not supported 'by the pious of tilelevolent, an attachment to the principles of the Church kothg l and and of our happy Constitution must, in Nova lh' decline. There are other establishments rising up, ee a r e e not conducted upon the same principles, and from etai r! the Children agile members of the Church of Eng mhtleatioll'i if this university fall, be compelled to . derive their i'nts if they do not resort to the dissenting establish he;_ elova Scotia, they must father their knowled g e and to ,ates of se ntiments in the Repub man Colleges of the United tenehhAlnerica. Thus nurtured and instructed, it is natural la u p t d ih v ' e that th e will imbibe opinions which are any thing y ntable t o the religious and political institutions of Eng e 41tritlo Inpossible to blame others who conscientiously endea. Ott, h . „ l ! * °l 3 agate their own views of the Gospel and govern cn where they differ front our own ; but surely if we 'Nth r Ih.reverence for our own, or any real belief in their I,7vetit excellence, we must conscientiously contribute to ii,ho tt 7 1 2 e utter ruin of an University, which is their principal 6.1 out 4 .. n . a very important Province of the empire. 'We shall IZlrell4 t 2lns . t to provide a sound Episcopal branch . of the oh; we I.;.hrist in America, with the means of educating for ` ll te te 2et It so greatly wants, a succession of sound Episcopal ltbTl e; ri7Sati o l' oe. ",,d with these considerations the Society for the Pro -4,11 ci r the Gospel has founded scholarships for the educe- I t 4 t he c h ZgYtnen and granted 500/. to relieve the exigencies Nate ha g Ye• The Society for Promoting Christian Know-, %V i et* of 4 ," 0 ' made donation of 500/. for the religious ilayeTe Institution; and several distinguished ll I .o 'u ti nt t o oh. ° owed the example. .',"at i t ;I'e some temporary repair to the present Building, gore e the r Y be used until another is completed ; to . engage leh°4l lion of a new and sufficient edifice ; to provide ad j.btr:Sary Sors, Tutors, and Scholarships ;to furnish the b t iotd , to Philosophical Apparatus and Books ;—these are o - 4qq. e b ate th Subscriptions already received are extremely hi° 11a1h It is, therefore, to enlarge these funds, and procure . ii2e oho .111).acriptions and Donations from the liberality of that of interested in the progress of science and the pro ei,4,,t the VOundreliaious, and moral, and political principles, b e v ti e ll al l e hr e v b ethlor s of king's College have ventured to make an h e 'tlece ssf n eY are sure may be properly, and hope will not kli e gtltrib ut . ully m a d e. ki e i r B ! l • l money, books, and philosophical apparatus th e k it i N o t r i will be most thankfully received by Sir Scrope °f th nd anti, Bart. M.P. 50, Pall Mall, who has been th e instF t en t °f Rings College for mar ; years. Other friends ilei t 'A t i t h,,non, in different places, will forward the object b elt. vs; and supply information to those who may re • 200 814.unng 111, ehort stay in England, .he Bishop of Nova Scotia ta t ' !le e ' afford this information, upon application to him at i t ,Y t o a adilly T. ices• Io na likewise be obtained from the Secre -kho h l e tetY for the Propagation of the Gospel, 42 Castle fr_rist to, 4l ` h o_4 l. r ek e_r . .. e Society for ebtuoare ; from the Secretaries to the _ Knowledge, Lincoln's-inn-Fields ; and at aste vs of 1 , 1. 7 n. the Lord Bishop of Bristol, and the Rev. the th,;he fo „ in nY and St. John's Colleges. +4owi n ,. , Iple k ,en e ,, 6 T in: , have been benevolently. afforded , for • °lent of a Contribution in behalf sf King's , L A ) 3 , tr a c- hie A rc h, e %ti e the Archubt'ssimPo of Canterbury . £lll , 0 0 0 !, ! le fur .b , hop of York t h Ttety for, Pro pagation of the Gospel 500 0 0 sli t hoprrornoting Christian Knoviledge 500 0 0 1: ( ; tg o f London - 100 0 0 an t aci d of Durham - 100 0 0 ltev, A r .;, ( 1 1 of Nova Scotia - 100 0 0 rpterecti. x's''eacon Watson - 50 0 0 ‘4 iz i gnea j e "r?it; 100 0 'eOr "Stlee Dow se - 21 0 0 • 5 0 , The Rev. Thoma; Bowdler . - - Sir Alexander Croke, Kt. The Rev. Thomas Sikes The Rev. Mr. Durell The Rev. Dr. Burney The Lord Bishop of Woree,,,A 0 ,8 47, ). - - • ef"ci'(// 6VI lion. Mr. Justice Park - - - X2O 0 0 Major Moody, R. E. - - . --5 0 0 Sir Thomas A. Strange _ - . 50 0 0 Mr. Commissary Genera/ Butler - - 100 0 0 Oliver Hargreave, Esq. - - - 5 0 0 Joseph Watson, Esq. . - - 100 0 0 Rev. C. Benson - - - - 5 0 0 Rev. the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge 10 10 0 Very Rev. the Dean of Peterborough - - 5 0 0 Venerable Archdeacon Bayley - - 10 10 0 Andrew Belcher, Esq. - - - 100 0 0 James Putnam,' Esq. - . - - 100 0 0 John Kirkland, Esq. . - - . . - 21 0 0 Rev. C. Simeon - - - - 5 0 0 Rev. James Bean . • - - - 5 0 0 Venerable Archdeacon Pott . - - - 10 0 0 Rv. Dr. Richards - . - - 20 0 0 A Lady, in Suffolk - - . - _ 50 . 0 Miss Parker . - - - - - 5 0 0 John Ridout, Esq. . - - - 5 0 0 Rev, Dr. Ingles - - - - 5 0 0 George Marriott, Esq. - - - 5 0 0 Rev. Edward Berens - - - - 10 0 0 Edward Henry, Esq. - - - - 5 0 0 A. W. Powles, Esq. , - - .- 10. 10 0 J. D. Powles, Esq. - - .. - 50 0 0 A Friend to the Institution - - ~ 100 0 0 Lord Bishop of Ely . - _ - 50 0 0 Lord Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry • - 10 0 0 Lord Bishop of Oxford - - 25 0 0 Lord Bishop of Peterborough - - - 10 10 0 Right Hon. Lord Kenyon - - - 100 0 0 Sir Thomas Acland, Bart. M. P. - - 25 0 0 Miss Chorley - - - - - 20 0 0 T. Wiggins, Esq. - - - - 20 0 0 Mrs. Sheppard - - - - 210 0 0 Rev. J. M. Rogers -* - - - 50 0 0 The Very Rev. the Dean of Ely - - 10 10 0 J. P. Anderdon, Esq. - - 10 0 0 The Countess Dowager of Ross - - 100 0 0 Nathaniel Atcheson, Esq. - - - 5 0 0 Robert Shank Atcheson, Boiq. - - 5 0 0 The Rev. Anthony Singleton Atcheson• - 5 0 0 The fiord Bishop of Winchester • - - 50 0 0 The Rev. James Dalling , - - - 10 0 0 The Rev. J. Holmes - - - 5 0 0 The Rev. Wm. Ackers - -•- 5 0 0 The Warden of Wadham . 10 0 .0 0 0 Wm. Cotton, Esq. C. 0 0 5 0 0 - - - 25 0 0 . . . 10 0 0 Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart. M.P. - 25 0 0 The Provost of Oriel - 5 0 0 The Rev. Josiah Pratt - - - 5 0 0 The Hon. Philip Pusey . . - 100 0 0 Mr. Carey - - - - - 5 0 0 Watts Russell, Esq. M.P. - - 100 0 0 Sir Scrope B. Moreland, Bart. 11I.P. - - 20 0 0 Mr. Richard Gilbert - - - . 10 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 GRAND CORN / ISn UNION.— Capital, 250,0001.—Shares, 251. each.—Deposit 51. per Share. Two month's notice of each call. Not more than 151. per Share will be called for within the two first years. The formation of the Cornish Union was decided upon seve ral years since, but with the determination not to submit it to the public until many of the Mines should be proved and brought into such a state of forwardness as not only.to divest them of their character as speculation, but to ensure the con siderable and frequent dividends from their profits at an early period after the distribution of the Shares to the public: Applications for Shares will be received by Messrs. Sursom and Postlethwaite, Lombard-street, and by Messrs. Sir John Perring, Bart., Shaw, Barber and Co. Cornhill, until this Day. By order, R. E. SPURRING, Secretary. BBL', in soliciting attention to the present Lottery, begs to remind the Public of the great Luck that attended his Offices, in the Sale of Capitals drawn on the 15th of July last, and regrets to add, that Parliament has de termined to abolish Lotteries for ever at the Conclusion of the present Drawings. The popular attractions of late Schemes are not only retained in the One to be decided This Month, but by adding to the number of Prizes, and increasing the value of Capitals, this Scheme contains the unprecedented Sum of IN 1 8, 1 201 Including- .£lOO,OOO in Four Magnificent Prizes of £25,000 £25,000 £25,900 £25,000 Besides the usual Number of other Prizes, and NO BLANKS ! v. • was introdue.ll . 'Lao the lidi, ru ra,oar w .11r. Gmlins and Mr. Portman ; but in order more completely to provide against similar contingencies in the'execution of the work, a supple mentary Bill was "resolved on, by which all such objections would be done away. The object of the Comtnittee, in short, was to conciliate all parties, to confirm such as entertained doubts rut the subject, and above all to have the Canal cut in a line wholly unobjectionable. Having said thus much, he should now mereley read a list of names that had been put into his hands, as eligible for the important office of Directors. The CHAIRMAN then' proceeded to read over the names of :fifteen Gentlemen, and • . Mr. S. BOS*NO,UET rose to put them in nominatitm r when Mr. BetooKE said it was very desirable to ascertain if those Gentlemen had consented to accept the office. The Cmtx Amax replied, he had reAson to know that they were by no means disinclined to act. The two first on the list Wen well qualified for Directors, haring consilcrable property on the line, and a great influence in• the country generally— these were Sir Ale*ander Baring, Bart. M.P. for 'l7aunton, .tid - John Bent, Esq. M.P. for Totness. Sir. P. JEFFKEYS wished to know if Mr. Pemberton /tad been asked to accept-the office. No Gentleman was more com petent for a director of such a concern, as, inlependently of his general information, he possessed a greater local knOwledge of the country perhaps than any other persrrn, and was besides a great coal-owner, both 'at.Nticastle - and in ' The Cita-I'9l4am said, he-believed Mr. Pemberton was "not inclined , to take an active part in the concern, as he .was going to reside chiefly in Wales. • Another Gentlemen ~)served, that if Mr. Rothschild would take a place at the Board, he was sure the concern would be much benefited. The Citarristax deemed that impracticable, owing to Mr. nothschild's residing almost continually in France, and ho norary Members Could be of very little Service. Mr. BOSAICQUET conceived that tlief could not properly elect any gentleman, without some specific assurance, from the person nominating that such gentleman was disposed to act in fact it was a kind of . impertinent interference with his time to elect him to an office that would perhaps be very laborious, -without previously obtaining his consent. On the name of the Rev. Dr.- Palmer being put, Mr. JEFritrirs objected to the Rev. Gentleman being elected ; and the ground of such objection, he said, was not any personal disesteem .he entertained for Dr. Palmer, but was founded on the law of the land : he did not think it right that clergymen should interfere in secular mattera, and he was strengthened in that opinion by daily experience. To con vince the Meeting that he did not advance this objection with out sufficient and indisputable authority, he begged leave to read the following extract from Burn's Ecclesiastical Law, vol. 3, p. 194-5. " Whereas, it is unbecoming for clergymen employed in heavenly offices to minister in secular affairs; we think it sor did and base that certain clerks, greedily pursuing earthly gains and temporal jurisdiction, do receive secular jurisdiction from laymen, so as to be named justices and to become ministers of justice, which they cannot administer without injury to the canonical dispensations and to the clerical order ; we desiring to extirpate this horrid vice, do strictly enjoin all rectors of church's, and perpetual vicars, and 'all others whatsoever con stituted in the order of priesthood, that they receive no secular jurisdiction from a secular person, or presume to exercise the same; and if they do, they shall relinquish the same within the space of two months, and never resume it: and whosoever shall attempt any thing contrary to the premises, shall be ipso facto suspended from his office and benefice;, and if be shall intrude into his office or befice during such suspension, he shall not escape canonical vengeance, which shall not be relaxed un til he shall have have made satisfaction at the discretion of his diocesan, and taken an oath that he will not do the like again, saving the privileges of our Lord the King in his behalf." (A burst of laughter followed the reading of this extract.) Mr. JEFF REYS said gentlemen might smile, but still they could not alter the law of the land. Mr. BOSANQIJET declared, that he never heard any thing.sO preposterous in his life. In many parts of the country it was absolutely necessary that Clergymen should be in the CoMmis sion of the Peace. The interest, the happiness, the social com fort, the well-being of 'society demanded that they should on some occasions be empowered to wield the rod of justice ; and if such an enactment as that now read was suffered to remain on the statute books it must be confessed. indeed, that it needed reviAon most 'sadly. Mr. JEFF nEYS contended, that such was the law however, and so long as that law wasunrepealed, every such appointment of a person in holy orders to any secular office was illegal. Mr. PITT observed, this was not a court to try such a ques tion. The Ecclesiastical Court was the only competent tribunal. The CIIAIRMAN regretted much to hear such an objection raised. If the law alluded to was still in force, he was much surprised ; tint that it was eternally violated every one was well aware. It was framed at a period' when things, no doubt, were differently managed ; and when the meeting remember ed that his late Majesty, in defiance of this antiquated enact ment of one of his ancestors, had thought proper to invest Dr. Palmer with the Commission of the Peace, he (the Chairman) did not think the subscribers to the-Ship Canal would be very culpable in following so illustrious a precedent, by electing him as a director. r. JEFFREY said, he could cite several authorities in support of his assertion—the case of the Rev. Dr. Jaffe for one. Here several gentlemen spoke to order; and amidst loud cries of " Question," the. remainder of Mr. Jeffrey's observa tions were lost. The CHAIRMAN. on announcing the name of the Rev. Mr. Nappe, observed, that the same objection might be started, and if attended to, the Proprietors would, as in the case of the Rev. Dr. Palmer, be deprived of the most extensive and useful in formation. The 11ev. Mr. NAPPE said, that in accepting the office , he trusted he wan actuated by better motives than those which the extract from the Ecclesiastical Law of Burn adverted to in terms of just reprobation. From the long residence of his fa ther in that part of the country through which the Canal was proposed to pass, he certainly might be entitled to further the object; and although religious matters claimed the paramount attention of a clergyman, yet he did not think that the clerical order would be dishonoured by promoting the arts, sciences', manufactuees, and commerce of the country, as far as corn patible with clerical duty. But, in the present instance, there was a still stronger claim impressed on his mind—that of hu manity. From what he knew of the coast, he was convinced that this Canal would be the means of saving human life to a great extent, and on this principl?, if on no other, it should al ways have his warrn , :st support.—( Hear, hear !) The nomination then went on uninterruptedly until the last of the 15 gentlemen had been called over, which was that of a Mr. Macmorris, which was objected to by' Mr. Patterson, as being almost wholly unknown to the majority of the subscribers. Mr. JEFFREY proposed Mr. Pemberton instead, and a ballot was demanded. The glasses were being prepared when Mr. Frampton pro duced a note from Sir Thomas Lethbridge, expressing his readiness to act if elected a Director. The CHAIRMAN said there could not possibly he any person more competent than Sir Thomas Lethbridge, but in fact he was not eligible, inasmuch as his 'subscription way not paid up, and the reason of that it might be necessary to explain. When the Bill came before Parliament some allusion had been made . as to the impropriety of Members taking part in the discussion' of a question wherein they were personally interested, and from that circumstance Sir T. Lethbridge,.with a very honourable feeling, no doubt, was induced to strike his name off the sub • scription list • at all events until the Canal Bill had gone through the douse of Commons. Mr. I,ll.scsionnis then came forward, and said, that as he had embarked 8,7001. in the concern, .he had certainly a right to be anxious about it. But so confulent was he in the ability of Sir T, Lethbridge to promote the measure that he would, if now elected, most joyfully resign in Sir Thomas's favour, whenever that Gentleman shotjd think proper to qualify for the office of Director. This pledge was accepted by Mr. Jeffrey, and Mr. Mac morris was duly elected. Some conversation then took place as to the mode of remu nerating the Directors for their trouble. Mr. BrtocurE suggested the propriety' of alloting a specific sum for each meeting, in place of allowing each Director...l fixed sum, whether he attended or pot. .t . Mr. PAT TERSON thought, at this stage of the business, tnat instead of paying Directors for attending, a penalty should be levied for not attending. The CHAIRMAN said, that, so far as he was concerned, lie should consider it merely a gratuitous service ; and that until the whole of the money was subscribed, he would never consent to a call bring made.—(Hear, hear!) Several resolutions were then rassed, and the Meeting was dissolved. SEVENiEri'CE. 141:TFER 'FROM LONDON BY A UNITED STATESMAN TO BIS FRIEND IN NEW YORK. Liverpool is a beautiful town.—The docks arft wonderful indeed,- particularly the iiew dock. The approach to Liverpool is hazardous ie the extreme ; they want the Bay of New Yerk• The Exchange in this town- surpasses that of, any in Europe. Whaa astonished me most was the immense size of the cart horses, their carts, and. the toads they draw. The cart itself, I think,. weighs more than a New York cart, horse, hogs head of sugar, and the cartman in the bargain ;„ fled on one of these ponderous ,vehicles I counted twenty-six bales of cotton, d-rawn by two horses with great ease. The people look very much like Newjorkers, and are quite sociable. Their living is twice the price of living in New York,. and-what Pilate above ell things is, after having paid the landlord double fare, one is obliged to pay the servants—for transient persons the rule is nine-pence a-day for the head water, six- pence a-day for the cham4jer-maid, and , three-pence a-day for boots, as he is termed. Then come the coaches—the fare, outside„ from Liverpool to Birmingham, is one pound two; then comes the guard, he must have his shilling for such a distance, and the coachman. must have his—if the guards or coachmen are changed, you must pay the new, ones. Servants pay their masters large sures of money, in some cases, to wait upon gentlemen in the public houses, and they must be remunerated by pas sengers. Coachmen, guards, and all indeed live r not from wages, but from gratuitous presents and one is bound to comply with their custom. — Oxford is a beautiful city. The colleges, some of which were built in the thirteenth century,, have rather an old look, somewhat wrinkled and furrowed, but gothic and magnificent ire the highest degree. Indeed, as the colleges are scat tered all over the city, it appears as though there were no other buildings there: between 4 and 5000 students at present are at th:, ancient place of learning. Nothing pleased me better than a visit to the house in which Shakspeare was born, in Stratford-upon-Avon. - The coachman gave us' half an hour for dinner at this town, ,and although quite hungry, I postponed the dinner . to pay a visit to the birth-place of the cerebrated poet. The house is en the main street, the lower part occupied as a butcher's shop. It is a miser able looking place, very narrow and low, and rough enough for a stable. The room iu which Shakspeare was born is about 14 or 15 feet square, low ceiling, and built as though it was • intended the house should last for ever, as most of the English houses are built. I found the walls, sides, and over head, written so full of . names, that it was quite difficult to find- a space sufficiently large to put down mine. On passing ; through the butcher's shop (he occupies the first story) I looked sharply at -his meats, for there seemed to be music in the very bones of the joints- For ten miles before you- get to Birmingham, the coal smoke suffocates one. I have often heard of their inventions for consuming their own smoke in England—they must mean by the inhabitants, for each one appeared to me as though he had been assisting in the consumption. I am delighted with the appearance of the com try. All England is like a flower-garden—in.. deed it is so highly cultieated and so beautifal, that one gets almost fatigued with seeing such a continued sameness of beautiful fields and hedge fences. Above all, nothing can compare with the neatness of the English cottages. They look, so neat, and are enlived in their appearance by such a profusion of flowers, which are to be seen in every window, as well as in their gardens and then, too, the smiling and healthy counte nances of the cottager and his.family, with cheeks as red as the rose, and eyes as Wight as a new sovereign—one has little time for any thing but admiration at such scenes as these. Englund was never so prosperous as at the present moment, and the most perfect good will, and most friend ly feeling exists towards America. The peo ple speak of Our country with admiration, and , 'so far I have found them agreeable and sociable to such a degree, that a blush is constantly put upon American manners. 1 was not very much surprised at any thing I had seem until I had reached London. I entered this world of a me tropolis at Hyde Park corner, the fashionable and west end of the town. To describe to you my feelings I ceenot.. It was at the moment when all the fashionables and nobles and gentry were in modal). It appeared to me that what. I saw was magic—that the whole world had met in a single street—thousands of carriages, with Ser.., vants in splendid gold and silver livery, elegantly dressed with white coats, red plush breeches, buckles in their shoes, cocked hats laced with, gold and silver, two servants behind a carriage, with staffs in their hands—then the beautiful horses and the glittering harnesses—these car riages were coming from the various streets towards the main street, and add to these a thou sand vehicles of different descriptions, men on horseback, and the great mass of foot passengers —my conscience ! what did I expect but that every moment a trethendous rush would be made, and horses and carriages ana people all he dashed to atoms—yet they passed each other like magic without apparently a touch, although the, space through which a carriage,would pass, or a heavy - waggon with sik horses tandem, appeared to be not half large enough for a , •wheel-barrow.— ,-., (New York Paper.) LONG ETTT Y.-Mr. COTTON, of Teigranouth, is now in his 404th year, and has never_,Oxpe— deuced a day's illness. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1825. I N D I A. ( From the Calcutta Government Gazette, March 7. ) METAMORPHOSIS OF THE SHAESPEARIAN COIR ROPE • BRIDGE OF SIISrENSION AT ALLYPORE INTO ONE OF SYLIIET CANE, OR GROUND RATTANS. This curious change was, we untlerstabd, ef fected with ease in a few hours. The result is very interest ing, inasmuch as it proVes the great facility and economy with which these ingeniouS structures, can be composed and. suspended. _ _ It appearS that canes from 100 to 225 feet in length, and from one to nearly two inches in . diameter, are procurable on our North Eastern frontier, merely for the cma of the labour in collecting them together. The Governer-General's agent, Mr. Scott, when at Sylhet, sent down to Calcutta, at the request of Mr. Colin Shakes ear, a supply ef canes coilA up like rope ; and of which he has constructed the present small bridge, of 130 feet spar, by 3 feet in width. Not ,only the road-way, but all the •radiating guys, catenary curved swings, preventer braces, and vertical suspenders, are of cane, none ex ceeding one and a quarter inch diameter, and many not three quarters of an inch. The use of iron thimbles throughout the composition, gives an air of symmetry and neatness, -while they greatly diminish friction, and add much to - the strength of the bridge, which, like its rustic predecessor, had only one ironjointed arm in the centre. The appearance of the arch is singularly light, even more so than rope ; and it is in reality lighter as a whole, be caus the bamboo cross slips, forming the road-way, are lash ed at once to the canes and thus it becomes firmer thhn in the rope bridge, in which the tread-way is distinct, and lies over the strands. Eighteen canes of 150 feet each forms the bearings. These are lashed together at each end of the bridge, and then bound round four open hearth, in substitution of dead-eyes. Thus the setting up power acts in the same 'way as with, the rope bridge. There are no friction sheaves in the standards, with the ex ception of one for the lowest guy, the angle being acute. The strength and durability of the cane is by some consider ed equal to that of rope, but this it a question that.time will solve. Meanwhile it is quite clear, that if.the cane should only last a season or two of the rains, and it is strongest when kept moist, the advantages gained to the_ country, abounding in that useful and cheap commodity, will be incalculable, no bridge whatever, we believe, having been attempted in that quarter up to the present time. And we may conclude, that the natives, from habit and method in working up canc. will improve both on the neatness and strength of Cane bridges now to be intro duced, especially as they well know, front experience, how to choose the best kind of cane, and to cut it at the propetseason for the p Arpose intended. The Right Hon. the Governor-General visited the cane bridge on Friday morning, and his Excellency was pleased, after a minute inspection, to signify his approbation of so novel and Useful a structure. _ _ _ . The original experimental Berai Torrent Bridge, still lying at Allipore under cover, was also exhibited to hie Excellency preparatory to its return to its station, for the third season of the approaching rains. It is tlien, we are told, the Postmaster-Ge neral's intention that it shall be accompanied by a new bridge for a torrent a few miles west of Bancoorah. _ _ _ • This facility of transporting and erecting rope bridges of all dimensions naturally leads to the question, whether such machinery would not have proved very useful in the present warfare on our East and North East frontiers, especially with General Shuldham's division in Cachar, country intersected with innumerable nullahs, and no, enemy in front. CELERITY OF EXPRESSES AND TIIE COMMON DAK. _ We are happy in recording a very extraordinary instance of further increased celerity in the progress of our Mails to Madras. On the 4th of last month, an express from Govern.. ment to Ceylon, via Madras, reached the latter place in the short . space of nine days and three quarters of an hour, having thus exceeded by twelve hours the greatest speed yet attained, even on the improved rates which of late years have taken place. The measured distance, it is well known, is 1;044 miles. The common Dak, which brought this intelligence in little more than 11 days, now greatly surpasses all former ex presses on the old regime. From the Bombay side of India, an express reached Cal cutta, on the sth inst., in the short space of 13 days and a half, the distance being 1,300 miles. On the advantages to Go vernment and the Mercantile Body, thus acquired by these very expeditious rates of communication, it would be superflu ous to say more, than that they reflect much credit on the Post Office Department. The Madras Suppkmentary Gazette, of Tuesday evening►, 22d ult., brings accounts of the safe arrival of the French ship Anna at that port, after having struck on the Pulicat She had on board two Shakspearian bridge models for the Madras Government, one a highly finished town model, the other of the rustic order. ENGLISH AND BRISTOL CHANNELS SHIP CANAL. Yesterday, a Meeting of the Subscribers to this stupendous undertaking was holden at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of electing a Committee of Directors, and to transact other business, connected with the measure. On the motion of SAattlEr. BOSANQUET, Esq. ; seconded by Mr. WATTS-- . DAVID PoLLOCK, Esq. was called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN', in opening the business of the Meeting, said he greatly regretted that so important a duty had not devolved upon some more competent person. He also regretted flat pe culiar circumstances would not suffer the Committee to post pone this Meeting until more of the subscrib e rs were in town, as in every thing that related to a concern of so great magnitude as this, one that involved so immense a capital, and that pos sessed so strong a hold on public attention, it was mostdesirahle that every measure should, if possible, obtain the sanction of every Shareholder before it was decided on ; however, the Act of Parliament made it imperative that a Board of Directors should be named within a limited time after the passing of the Bill, and as the term prescribed was nearly elapsed, the Com mittee were obliged to convene a General Meeting of the Sub scribers, even under the disadvantageous circumstances to which he had alluded. It was not necessary, he imagined, to go into any detailed statement either of the plan or principal of the undertaking, because these had been sufficiently explained by the prospectus and other documents which the Committee from time to time had thought expedient to lay before the public, and which, so far as he could learn, had given abundant satisfaction to all who had impartially perused them. It was certain, that a determined, a persevering, and indeed a most singular oppo sition, had . been set up by some individuals against the mea sure, but it did not succeed in preventing the passing of the Bill, and that great point having been accomplished, it rested with the subscribers themselves to carry into full effect the ob ject contemplated. The first thing required by the Act of Par liament was that a capital of 1,750.0001. should be subscribed, and then, and not until then, the Directors would have autho rity to proceed with what he might term the, operative part of their powers; and that clause having been complied with, it now became the privileges of Suircribers to nominate and appoint their Board of Directors. With respect to the plan itself, he was aware that objections had been set up by some gentlemen on the score of its being likely to injure their estates, by the canal passing through them. No doubt it was but right that the feelings of those gentlemen should be consulted on a matter which so immediately concerned individual interest, and the promoters of the measure being aware of that fact, took every means thatnlay in their power to give the fullest and most correct infortration on the subject to . the public that could pos sibly be afforded under such circumstances. - The most eminent engineers were employed, elaborate surveys were made, and plans were deposited with the clerks of the peace of the different counties through which the Canal was prOposed to be cut, • and those plans were open to the inspection of any gentleman, who thought proper to make the application; and all this was done with the view of ascertaining whether any alteration or im provement might be made, on the suggestion of‘ the land owners, whose opinions they were at all times most anxious to _consult. Two gentlemen, in particular, had started objections• to the line of Canal ; one.was Mr. Collins, a large landed pro. prietor, and the other Mr. Portman, also a proprietor of an ex tensive tract of ground through which it was proposer: to cut the Canal; however, after the affair was investigated, ;he for mer gentleman expressed his satisfaction, and withdrew all active opposition ; Mr. Portman approved of the plan gene rally, though he disapproved of it in detail, as he represented that it would seriously affect his individual interests. On this representation the Committee consulted with their hang-Ire ors, and it being not impracticable to avoid those grounds, a ciat.a.t ALL IN ONE DAY, WEDNESDAY, 31st AUGUST, (THIS MONTH). When every Number will be , decided, and• every Ticket a Prize. Tickets and Shares are on Sale at BISH'S Offices, 4, Corn hill, and 9, Charing-Cross, London, who Shared and Sold in the last few Months, Four of £30,600, and Four of. £20,000, &c. &c. ; And in the Lottery drawn 15th July lrst, No. 3,613 - - £21,000 No. 9,776 - £21,000 No. 8,687 - £2,000 No. 4,837 - £1,050 Entitled to 16 Pipes of Wine, And several other Capitals ! This Day was published, By'John Letts, jun. 32, COrnhill, AREPLY to a I) A 'MP MAT, entitled " A Refutation of Cautionary Observations to those who contemplate an Investment of Property in New Docks." - " The Earth has bubbles, as the water has " 'lnd these are of them." NEWSPAPERS. TRANSMISSION OF NEWSPAPERS TO THE CO- - CONIES. TO THE EDITOR. General Post-Office, July 31, 1925. Sra—An Act of Parliament has passed ) re. pealing that under which T enjoyed the privilege of franking Newspapers, &c. to the Colonies. I therefore take the earliest opportunity of apprizing you, that the privilege ceases on the 10th of October next, until which time I shall continue to forward the Newspapers, &c. as usual ; but I cannot frank any Newspaper after that date. It may, how • ver, be useful to you to be inforMed in what manner Newspapers can be 1r tnsmitted to the Colonies after the 10th of October, and I enclose an Abstract of that part of the Act which relates thereto. I atp, Sir, Your obedient humble Servant, F. FREELING, Secretary. By an Act of Parliament passed this Session it is enacted,. that, from and after the 10th of October, 1825, printed News papas, and other printed Publications liable to the stamp du ties; may be sent to any of his :Majesty's Colonies or Possessions beyond seas, by the packet boats, upon the payment of one penny halfpenny for every such Paper (that payment to be made at the time the Newspaper 1s put into the post) proiided the same be sent in covers open at the sides, and be put into the Post-office in any town in Great Britain or Ireland, on the day on which the same shall be published, such day to be ascertain ed by the date of the Papers. Also. Newspapers printed in the Colonies may be sent (in covers open at the sides) by the packets to Great Britain and Ireland, for the postage of threepence on each Paper, to be paid by the persons to whom the same may be addressed. If any other Paper or thing whatsover be .enclosed or con cealed in . such printed Papers, or th ere s h a ll b e any wr i t i ng , other than the sonerscript.on, upon such Papers or their covers, they are to be charged with treble the postage of a letter. And Papers sent from G reat Britain and' Ireland, whicli if any liable a re to the Stamp Duties, are not duly stamped, they are to he stopped and sent to the Commissioners of Stamps Also, if they are not put into the Pod -office on the day of their date, they are to be charged with a single rate of postage. N ew spapers published on Sunday, may be sent as above, if put in on t h e. ensuing day. This Act does nnt oblige persons to send printed Papers to or • from the Colonies throti:;h the Post-office.