The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-25 00:00:00

EMIGRATION.

" Hngland, with all thy faults, we love thee still."

AT a time like the present, when the rage for emi.
gration is so great, a few observations on the subject,

, regret, . poverty gives
pain, and many oppressions beyond the remedy of de-
magogue reformers and speculators—evils arising from
depravity of heart, which are the consequence of im-
mutable laws ; the effect continuing till the cause shall
cease. Yet,lat us ash our fellow citizens if there be
any other country that can stand a comparison with our

own. Behold it !—the seat of the arts and sciences—
with all the prospects that can delight the eye—her
spreading downs covered with sheep—her fields full of
corn, and her meadows of cattle—her bowels_ filled
with fuel—and, for its produce, the garden of the
world ; her daughtets fair, and her sons so brave—her
climate temperate and salubrious—and her harbours
filled with ships, and her towns with manufactures !

But, strange to tell, some are of so unliaPpy a composi-
tion, so insensible to all the blessings around them, con-
stantly dwelling on imaginary evils, and seeing good
only afar off, which their depraved dispositions will
ever keep from their grasp—they forsake the Lind of
'their forefathers, deludeil by others or deluding them-
selves, to brutalize in the inhospitable forests of Ame-
rica, subject to all the evils of an unhealthy climate,
the torment of mosquitoes, the croaking of bull-frogs,

the society of noisome reptiles, and the extremes of heat
and cold—and yet tell us, it is to avoid oppression, and
lift more happy lives. They call it the laid of promise
*we style it the barren plain of ditappoinimeng!

CAUTION TO EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA.

Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated 19th
September :—" On the Bth inst. the Aurora, Harris,
from Cork to Nova Scotia, was brought in here by the
passengers, joined by one or two of the sailors. The
captain had sued some of the passengers and sailors,
but they have been released upon Habeas Corpus, our
Court having no jurisdiction. It is unfortunate, that
for want of a convention between the two countries

both suffer material inconveniences. The vessel is
owned by Captain Harris, and he chartered her to two
men, who - engaged the passengers. These men gave
receipts to the passengers, to deliver them at Baltimore
or Philadelphia; and the passengers say they never
knell( the vessel was going to Nova Scotia until they
were some time at sea ; and that finding the captain
disposed to take them there, contrary to contract, they
obliged him to come here. It is reported by the pas-
sengers that the opportunity of going to Philadelphia
and Baltimore wus announeed by hand bills in and
about Cork. I have heard that another vessel, char-
tered by the same men, has been c►rried by the passen-
gers into
.Boston. This looks like a plan "
Nilson—The vessel alluded to is mentioned in the
following extract :
BosToN, Sept. 14.—Lately arrived here the British
schooner Ann Bryant, Cork, 98 days, with 52 passen-
gers ; was bound to Qutbec, but on the Bth of August
was taken possession of by the passengers, who confined
the Captain to his stateroom till her arrival here. The
mate was compelled to take charge of the schooner, and
bring her to :he United States.

A meeting was held at George Town, Demerara,
on the 'ZOth of June, to take into consiatration the best

means of introducing the tv,e of 6u:um-boats in that
settleinent, %%lieu one third of the estimated sum ncees-
sary for tuffs purpose was subscribed in the course els
ten hours It %ea.; expected the remaiaing shares
NVollia be quickly bought up, as the locui advantages
which would result trout their adoption wcre sU ObVIUIIS
6114 nArertaut.

:nay recall our countrymen toe sense of the misery they
inlx experience by following such examples. We are
not Ao blinded by the love of country, as to despise or
;think hgbtly of dither nations; we know how to value
America, lista bwoir on her a just proportion oTrikel
ti
but suasoot forget whims...ley szeibilenas she pos-
sess is derived. We, lased, see in Old England many
things which we regret, much poverty which gives us'