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IITTRACT.III. A I.IITTZR F^
.OY REL.°, DATED DEC. 2.

Sir J ohm Sinclair, the President of the. Board of Ae.- ricurt-
tare, h.o. been spending ►ome days on obis iseiglitiourlinott,
in completing his Sane, of tin insproveil districts in Scot-
land.

He commented his examination at Pleura, sad visited•
somefire rams on the comes of Rostsirgh and 31ackei slur,
in particular Redden, posiesseol by Mr. Nisbet, of Me. Jug.
ton, and some firms 0. enpitd by Mr. Walker, of ffnudea.
Mr. Walker, of 3fidlcndrua, end Mr. Ilog.rtle. of Remount.
He afters Ards proceeded to Mr. Robertson's, of lAdykirk, so -
celebrated fur his matnigement of stuck, as well as tho
of amble laud, and the. spent a day with Mr. Los,
of Woodeud, whose shill itivaloing laud is so universally se.
ittiowledgi .1.
After reasoisinir a well-eonstreicted art of offices at Moe.
sington, he then protectled to Sir John Iltiddell's extensive
improvements in the tipper part of ItoeL•irghshire, and re-
wrote', cm Friday. to attend the weekly market held lien-,
where be had asi 'opportunity of taveting with several
put firmer., some of whom were invited to caret loot next
day, at Sir Janos ISMS Kevs, previous to his rttuni
to Gbu-
bur.h.
At Sr Joh. flinclaies desire, some expresses(' are try ing
her., t. mrs the bearded spring wheat with new wisest, in-
stead "film wheat of the preceding year, which is not always
to be had, particularly when the tamer crop is deficient.

bea;sted spring' %twat is of a hard and flinty quality,
and will probably br found as rieelleet mixture with Dew
wheat, which, *lour, is so general too soft for abiding ur
Whin; well, till it has slued some tiaseia the stack.

DRJYTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Al the annual meeting, held at the Taibot Ina, Drayton,
ow Tber.lay, the Holt of Plorrniher, tOO% atirJoho 1141,
Hart. President. Rer. Haley Ciewir, vice-Pria,de•it ,
'Ube claims tbr et-rural randidettas Air Inv:moms were
enaaidr red, and the fulluwi g (lin tied to tr. pad : L. a d
To Mr. J. ft. Harding, for Hie heel dairy of
*twee Silver cop.
To Jo'so Within, day labourer, fur 47 )cara'
mime,
Juho Corflrbl, ditto, fur 17 yearo ditto.. 0
Tsl Rohert Hattie, ditto, fur briacie; np a la-
• daily, (12 cb4ldrea;

. • between 0. Crowe and Wlliewe, ilia forme,
to oh" a j, gy sod 3-Yr-ara alit half-bre.l Merin.wether
▪ rezvulvt a New Lence.ters, of carne sort end vtes, for
O you.. llr Crrw revive.' f,rfrtt, one of Mr..l, Hi ..re'v
sheep 13..vint onfostoostely &ed. The. al.a.ch n cesniused
tor J Moo, years.
YE•telll,ly. in t 0.-otirt of CoinnlOD ricaS, not
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.” • thiug -

ile;

ruyintanee occur:rd.

431EkIC4N POLITICS.

FROM " THE CON NECTIOUT MIRROR,"
OF OCTODWIL S., tang.,
A brief history of political parties in the United
Stites may be of some use in estimating the cha-
racter of those who pretend to be the real, and al-
most the exclusive trietids of the country.
When the Constitution was formed, and offered
to the States for their adoption, it met with strong
opposition from various quarter., by. a party, who
were, Irma that opposition, called Anti-Vederailists.
Anniog these were Thous Jefferson, George Clin-
too, Condo Gerry, and a consjderahle number of
others, who have since figured on the stage of poli-
tic.. as the great friends 01. th it very Constitution,
lend of the people. abuse affairs were to be regn-
Wel by it.
Opposed to them, and in favour of the Constitu-
tion, wrre George Washington. John Jay, Oliver
Ellsworth, Charles C. Puickury, Alexander Ha-
milton, Rufus King, and the multitude of
guished names, lay whose labours it was formed,
adopted, and conducted, for twelve years, and who
composed the heads of the party, which, from the
year 170, to the preseut tiine, have been uniform-
• ly known by the name of Frileralisis.—Thiu party
have been uniform aud tinchungeable in their po-
litical conduct. Gen. Washington was their illus.
trious leader ; and in the path which he pointed
oat, they have steadily proceeded.
When Genet made his entry into the United
States' as the Envoy of the sanguinary revolution-
„int. of France, he found it expedieut to mould the
old anti-federalists into • different shape, in order
to create a French influence amongst us. For this
purpose, in insitation'af his -con wry-niers at home,
be organised Jacobin Clubs at Philadelphia, New-
York, Boston, &c. and established a scheme of in-
tercourse and co-operation, which, in its progress,
bade fair to coutroul the public affairs of the station.
One great object in view, by the formation of these
Chiba MAN to imaloite a strums and conformity of
opinion among the party. Although iiidig-
nation soon frowned these associations into comical
silence, yet the ituportaut cousequence which I ,
have mentioned was effected. The minds of the
party throughout the Usitcd States were soon
drilled into perfect discipline, and they thought,
spoke, and acted, only us they were directed by
their superiors.
After a constant and vehement attune on the
Federalists, for a sitecesswo of years, '`mud under
the eye and direction of Mr. Jeflerson, they
gave way, and the Government posed. into the
hoods of those who opposed its formation and
Adoption. Thnse who were at first called anti-
federalills, and secondly democrats, became
the ruling party, and were eutrusted by the
people of the. country with the charge mud
mu-
uaKrment of that Constittation, with which they
hail, from the Goo, been in a state of hostility.—
Thomas Jefferson was chosen President, roil
Aaron Burr. Vice-Prasident.—As sons as the
fact Ives ,ascertained, public . rejdkiags were
made, wherever people enough to snake a frolic
could to collected, and the party gave thanks to
something for their sums", Their Hee illartrious"
leaders were dotterel. and idolized, in the most
extravagant and fulsome manner. From the time
the result of the election was known, until the votes
were counted in Congress, the tide of popularity
and glory set with equal strength towards the two
candidates.---But upon discovering that the Ace-
tate had bestowed upon both an equal number of
votes, it became necessary for the House of Repte-
sentatives to determine which should mount the
Preshiential Chair. The federal MY01114.111.• having
the greatest dread of Jefferson, gave their votes, to
Burr, and for several days it was a matter of doubt
whether the former, after all his pains, would reach
the object of his ambition. Eventually he suc-
ceeded; but Burr, for suffering himself to be placed
in competition with the popular idol. was marked
for that destruction, wadi has since overtaken
him. Those persons who, a few da)s before, were
his warm admirers and panegyrists, became trans-
formed into implacable foes and calumniators; amid
he has been dogged by them, front step to step, till
lie has become " a figgitice mid a rageboarl on the
earth." Mr. Jefferson, however, retained his po-
pularity. was elected Presideet the second time,
and hod few hid colleague, George Clinton, another
of the anti-federal party. Although far advanced
hi life, still he was young enough for Viee-Preti-
dent, and the party praised bun touch for his revo-
hitiointry services, sod for his general patriotism.
'Flits lamed until wear the expiration of the scrawl
four 'ears of Mr. Jefferson's presidential life, when
he having concluded net to be elected the third
time, it became necessary to deter toe on a suc-
cessor. iu a moment. Mr. Chigoe became too
old for the place. For. Vice-Presideut, indeed. be
might answer again ; but, as for President, it re-
quired a young Virginian. Accordingly Clinton
was decried, sad Madison elected.
A schism was probieed by this state of things,
ammo; the friends of Clinton, not only in the coun-
try at large, but even in the State of New York.
His old companions. those who had grown grey is
the political career with him, turned their backs
upon hi:n, and threw their influence into the Ma.
disunian scale. And, at the present moment, the
rancour of party spirit is no where in a more un-
mixed state, than tu New York, among those who,
two years ago, were genuine Cliotonians.
In Virginia also, although those who formerly
composed the Jeffersonian party agreed in uue
point, viz. that the successor of M r. Jefferson should
lie is Virgiiiian, yet they divided On the candidate,
mf,,ne being for Madison, and
.some tor Monroe.
Both of these meta had been fivouriter, with the de-
mocrats ; but when they both set their faces for the
Presidelitial Throne, "part of the people followed
'Fihni the sou of Ginath, to make him king, and
part followed Omri. But the people that followed
One prevailed agninst the people that followed
Tsbni : so 'Mod died, and Churl reignell."—,Mon-
roe. in his native state, the ,Waleture of which,
on his return from Europe u short time before,
:vented his virtues and toleuts in warm terms,
was able to draw off only • moderate portion of the
people, anti had no other comfort from the contest,
than that of bring outstripped iii the chase of office
by his rival, stifled by the efforts of his rvi,
hullnw-
hearted friends and admirer.. That state has, it is
true, t MOuroe party, and a Midtown party, .bittn
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of them formed of the lineal ise.seetidants of the an-
cient anti-federal party.
From ibis cursory view of the United States, let
us for a moment view the situation of some of the
individual States. About the time of Mr. Jetfer-
sou's first election to the Presidency, the Pennsyl-
vania democrats, after a great struggle, seated
3P/iean in the office of Governor. During the
preparation for the election, this gentleman was ex-
tolled for his virtues and patriotism, to the demo-
cratic lieaveue, by silt the *presses, and leaders
of the party. De was scarcely elected before he
lost the favour of the principal characters among
them ; laud, though he was reelected as long as the
Constitution admitted, it was by the greatest exer-
tsous. Ills lisinter flienclis. in great her., be-
'came his bitterest enemies—Simon Snyder was
hunted up among the multitude to lie his rival,
and, with the utmost difficulty, was al.lieati able
to hold his groucd. A. soon as he left the office,
Snyder stepped forward. end carried the election
with a high hand, his majority exceeded all example.
It is not a year since Sown has had a legitimate
claim to the title of Excellency, and he hiss been
for snore than six months of the time the sub-
ject of the most incessant and scurrilous abuse
from the very men who held the stirrup fur
him to mount. Duane reviles this elnd•hspping
Governor, for the want of talents; Michael
Leib, sod others, join the hue-sudscry ! while
Sinn. and another section, insist upon it, that Leib
and Duane are little better than villains, and that
Governer Snyder is the most excellent of men—or
at lcusit of governors ! And this patriotic party,
thus divided iii the middle, are preparing, with all
intaginall'ie alacrity, for n most tremendous con-
flict in an election which is to take place two years
hence. As a sample of what may be expected when
the campaign fairly opens, it may be mentioned,
that at en electioneering meeting, a few days or
nights ago, preparatory to the choice of the mem-
bers of the Legislature, in or.near the city of Phi-
ladelphia, the Snyderites and the Leihites got to-
gether by the ears, and, in the opinion of Duane,
by their boxing and bruising, republicanism was
iliagriced. •
Nor has i., in any respect, fared better with the
party in the state of New York. The old mai-
(ederalists, headed by George Cliutou, formed a
body there for a number of years. During
• ilstimgCsne.that Mr. Jay was Governor, and federalism
eosin vogue, they clung together with much ap-
parent cordiality; but %%hen the Clintoniars re-
sumed the reins of state, and a younger race com-
mented their political career, the teeth of discord
began to sprout :Ismaili; the brotherhood. Governor
Clinton was called away, to fill the office of Vies -
President, and Morgan Lewis was nominated his
successor. The Clintenians joined in extolling hi.
virtues and his talents, in the most extravagant
manner. Ile was elected: and calumniated by the
very persons who procured him his place--and,
after enduring reproach end obloquy, for a consi-
derable portion of his three year's, was deuouoced
as altogether uutit for the place. The party split ;
• young mass, of the name of Tompkins, was ran
against him in the guhernastorial race; every nerve
' was strained by the Clintoniane en the one hand,
• and by flue Lewssitea on the other—each candidate
was in turn lauded with contumely sad Billings-
gate—but victory electives' in f of the new-
comer, and Lewis was thrown aside, as but little
better than a broken potsherd. If any man would
wish to make himself aequailited with the unadul-
terated elements of party malice and vengeance,
he may introduce himself to Dewilt Clinton, Am-
brose Spencer, Tunis %Portman, &c. in New-York.*
This detail might be amen more extensively pur-
sued, if it were thoaglit expedient. Wherever the
party has become strong, it has ailment immediately
divided and broken. And when the section have
been brought tutu conflict. nut king can crewed the
bitteroess of their contention. It is to be doubted,
greatly Bathe). all proles's to dislike federalism, whe-
ther they would not prefer-mixing with it, rather
than unite with their aubtlieisione. Perhaps there
are no twe presses in the United States. which at-
tack each other with more undissembled hatred,
than The Aurora and The De•nurratie Press, is
Philadelphia. The former ii-the champion of Lei-
bum, the latter of Snyderisan. In short. leek
,where you will, where democracy prevails, and you
will find dissension end reproach. seprrility and up-
pugnation, and occasionally broken heeds and
bloody noses!. . .

It i; out a little strange, that the people of New-
York and Peonsyteania, who hove been wituesiies
to these things, 11111 possibly beliese, that the
views of men, who are thus embroiling and dis-
gracing the country, are directed in any med-
ium to their good? Afler basing tried Miran
Lid Snyder, Clinton. cud Tompkins, and
born disappointed in them all, what reason hare
they to expect better things from Lout and Duane..
Dewitt Clinton, Ambrose Spencer, or Tunis Wert-
man? If they would use the smallest particle of
COIIIIIIO4I Milt, they could not but know, 'hut
these men are strilgieing for power and profit ;
that instead of consultnig the general good, they
are in pursuit of their own ; that when once they at-
tain their object, it is osanitest that they despise
those wile promoted theta; and that all the profit,
as well as the honour, flows directly sway from the
people, and intu the clutches of the demagogue who
flatters them. •

It would not only be wasting time, hut degrading
federalism, to compare it with this shuffling, split-
ting, backbiting. slandering party. The steadiness
of its conduct, the patriotism of its counsels, the
dignity of its diameter, will form its eulogy, and,
first or last, will be ucknowledged by the coui:try.
At prti.ent, the people are learning, by erperienee,
the difference betwerii men who dotter and liirtra;
them, and men, who, front holiv..t and enlarged
minds, are the real friends to the freedom and best
interests of the notion._
Friday 180, 313 men, of the 09th regiment of
foot, marched into Drogheda for Omagh. Ni•st
morning they proceeded on their way to Du 1,11,1,
where they were to embark for England.
Tuesday evening, a man in a footman's dress
went to the tlarritus of Hanby public-house, in
Kennington, and ordered a pot of beer to hi' sent to
Nerv..treer, with change. A seresiit girl was teat,
and the fellow came from the dour, took the
and change, and gave her a stippostd good no•t,
wluah on her return wus found to he only a two-
penny note. The sharper in the mean etyma's/.

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krAPAL I VTELLIC Eire&
PonTSMoVrii, ANC. 6.
Arrived the Mreynterle, Curtain Cathcart, from
Gibraltar; and Jamaira,Copt I.ysaght, from New.
10111014nd ; left that place with seven sail of Illt•r.
chantinen under convoy. six or which partedoo
their passage in a dreadful gale of wind.
The Dapper gun-brig takes convoy to the
Downs, and the Drrirh to Plymouth. '
PLYMOUTH-DOCK, DEC. 5.
Arrived the Adrian hired cutter, from ott Koch.
fort.
Came up the harbour, the ljekna sloop of ear,
to be refitted.
Sailed the Honor, 3n, Capt. Skene, fur Coern.
soy ; Crams, lion. Capt. IValpole, for Falmouth ,
Orestes sloop of war; and Reps/ate gun-brig; alas
the Harkyuisi, with a convoy to the eastward.
YARMOUTH, DEC. 6.
Arrives/ in the roads, yesterday,' the Calypso
sloop of war, from Walcheren, whither she conveyed
two vessels with live stock on board. Site' beluga
intelligence, that these vessels are returning without
having been permitted to land the bullecks, and that
the Island was to be evacuated on theSth instant--
Arrived from the Baltic, the 4:dgar man of war,
Captain Macnitakara; ehr has brought in a small
prize.

DOVER. DBE. S.
Several men of war, West iniliamen, Ate.. winds
passed here •from the Downs, yesterday,•enth the
wind from the North, have bore tip and returned
to the Dawns this afternoon,' to couvequence
of the wind having come round to the Westward,
and blsn strong ; .among them was a large
French brig privateer, which lied been captured tie
the Westward.
Sailed the bias hired armed cutter, ow a cruise.
Caine iu the Mary, of and from Sunderland.
Richard Foster, with a cargo ollcoals for Dover.
DEAL, DEC. 6.
Arrived the Ajax, Stewart, in 39 days, from New
Providence. The Townley, --, and
from Cadiz.
Put back the outward-bound that sailed yester-
day, and reina:u with the shps as per hit.
Suited the !hike of Montrose, and Leander, for
the River.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
GRA TVIEND. Dee. 6,—A'rrierd the Pettridge, Gardner;
C..tteer, Ty:er ; sad the Dorset, Struwet, frua Quebec ;
Clinker, Pnlen, from I.ishan ; Erteinkhip, Trepans, hunk
Ono+ to; Ane.on, Oliver, hum Malta; and the Three Friend*,
Wyk, from hliddleiturels -.-Sailed the Daphne, Denning, hoe
Jam:tit:a ; tuluo, Otme.cll, for Rio Janeiro ; Fortitude,
Miller, fiir the Canary Island*; and Ihe 'fhunnoiht, Tbutup-
WM, fur Dublin.

Three Dutch schuyte, each laden with 11 brass,
64 pounders, destined by the French for the ford&
elation of Flashing, as soon as the place is eekeuated
by the British troops, wrre, a fete nights ado, cut
out of the Scheldt bythelioats of the Diana fr.% ALV.
Fktweeu fhity and fifty sail Sttranspurts, with.tr•lops
from Flushing, arrived at Yarwouth on Ttletirli,.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT GUILDHALL,
TO-MORROW. W U.
Henry Smith Radiators II olton,lste of Charlethetrster,
Middlesex Hospital, coach-makers . . 14'1
David It ohrri.on, Foistiors.srmare, wine.morehohe , IS
John W. bh, late of Great Purtland.strret. hatter" • . S Ai
Sudtmot. Fi.lier, ::-.l..c.streets l'oeter4aoe. ware.
houseman . . $ 19
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John Chit', jun. narking, resew; brewer . . g i a
Thonta. lamer, King-street; Holborn, C001,11:1101*911, 111
tl'illhon Thornton, funuergy of 1/rvonsthlre-strese.
Mary-la•houna, Middlesex, miChsto of Gad* wet.
rhaht . • 2 I
• Israel Vlrxtinder, late of Duke.strert, Aldgate, broker i i t
Jain,' Soddrile, 13ig of Wood .street, Loudon, hosier 2 is
1111lians 111•11ki all, Tottenham-cow-I.mA, linen-
draper . . . 9.11
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Suomi Bishop, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, hatter-
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clamber . , . . 2 II
Edward Duffin, now or late of Buckingham, lilies-
dreamy . . I IS
audio y Davis, Broad•street, Bloomsbury, dealer and
chttoissan . . 1 to
%%Allots Ar yet, late of Hare-atm t, Rumford, E.ssen,
victualler . . 111
• John Jrftray,date of the East India Chambers, Lead.
enhalbstrert, I.ondon, merchant - . I II
Christopher Peet, Kiugdstreet,Cheariide, wareletruse.
wrap . 1 1
EdwardStaitford, Ctotle.strect, I.eirester-firlds, livery
stable.hreper . I 11l . .
John William Sherwood, Nevrgate.strert, Laudon,
cliceseinuoger .

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