Star.
London, England, 1828-01-22 00:00:00

tANAISA: PAPERS.
PROM THE WMTREIAL ViAterre OF DEC. 13.

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We learn that the Canada Company's agent bas ern-
ployed.Mr,Gibaon, the sticseyur of ,highways for this
county, to examine a block of 1,200 acres belonging
to them at the fords of the river, Humber, and ascer-
tain the most suitable plait for ivillage. lie has done
so; and the following are the 'plans and report. The
town is proposed. to be •laid out on half acre lots, of
which there will be fifty, thirteen acres bounded.by the
river Humber. .The town is ptoposed,to be laid out Oa
a Bat raised about 20 legit above the flits of the' river.
FROM TNL iippiftEnt, 1141161 X Or DEC. 12.
Ameititig was head 'at St. AndreW'S Chinas, on the
Sd, nod* COrnmittee a ppoilitestrto• procure bichinte In-
formation respecting the •nnoilier of persons in both
provinces, who are attached tosbe Church of Scotland;
and secondly, to put thg British Government in posses.
iion of the information thus acquired.
• An =gent, Proiierly cpialifita, is to be sent iotimidson,'
and petitions to the King and both Hou,es of Parlia-
ment have been drawn up and printed, to obtain those:
claims hitherto denied them.

Y " •
IMM.THE SAME PAPER, OF DEC. 13.
7"he *idle's to, his Excellency is constantly receiving'
accessions of signatures. Yesterday, at rhree o'clock,
therealerel.273 signatures attached to it, including the
most respectable inmates of the city. - •
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YORK (UPPER CANADA), Dec. 6.'
We mistake the present aspect of the British 'Cabinet
and House of Commons very much indeed, if next Fe
teary or March does not end the Earl of Dalhousie's
and Sir Peregrine's sojourning on this side the Atlantic.'
It is of no use sending Governors here who will not
goVern as the great body of the people desire. They.,
-Merely alienate the affections of the Colonies from Sri.:
thin, and pave the way for a revolution. We have
beard it said that the strict and invariable practice of,
the Legislature of England, however good, could often
.be dispensed with on this side the Atlantic, in provin-
eial'assemblies, to great adbantage—and it will be so
by and by..

'4IIIO4',THE QUEBEC GAECITIL
EIIIGRATION TO THE NORTH .AMERICAN
COLONIES. •

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(With the assivtanceaCths Gnierstment of the Ithitber Country.)
We have lately had an opportunity of perusing the
third Report of the Commitree of the House of Com-
mons on Emigration. It is dated June 29, 1827.
Mr, Wilmot Horton, late.. Under Secretary of State
for the Colonies, and .Mr. Stanley, who has succeeded
to :hat office, were both.of this Committee. The Report
is understood to be chiefly the work of Mr. Horton,
who enters. zealously into the project of effecting an
emigration of the unemployed labourers of the Mother
Country, but chiefly of Ireland, with Government as-
sistance. As Yice•President of the Board of Trade, to
which, it is understood, he was to be appointed, and
still a Member of the Government, this project will, no
doubt, continue to have his support. It is understood
'the business will again be brought before-Parliament at
the ensuing Seisinn.
The object is to relieve the Mather Country of a
redundant population of labourers; and locate them
in the Colonies, where it is thought they will better
their condition, and be useful both to the Colonies and
the Mother Country.
The emigration of course is to be entirely voluntary„
but a premium, by way of lean, in necessary articles,
to the amount of GO pounds sterling, is to be advanced
to each emigrant labourer, head of a family, on his
landing and location, to be repaid to the amount of
801. viar-i—at the end of three years 10s. 4th year 20s.
sth year 30s. 6th year 506. 7th year 60s. Bth year 70s.
9th you. 80s. 10th year 90s. 11th year 51. and 51. per
annum till full payment. •

Four thousand families are proposed to be sent out
in 1828.9, 6,000 in 1829.90, and 9,000 in 1830.31.
In all, 19,000 fitmilies, or 95,000 souls, at an expense
of 1,140,0001. sterling. The said sum to be procured
by loan, with a Sinking Fund, occasioning an annual
outlay of public revenue of 57,0001. till the extinction
of the Loan. The expenses of the emigrants till their
landing, to be provided by local contributions.
If the plan were successful at the end of three years,
then it is proposed to continue it; the 4th year 13,500
families, the sth 20,250, in the same ratio, 60 that
985,150 individuals would be removed in eight years,
exclusive of the emigration unconnected with Govern-
ment assistance.
- The Report is able, and the object, no doubt, bene-
volent, intending to benefit the Mother Country, the
pauper labourers, quid the Colonies. How far it would
have the intended'effect appears at least to tta tone
doubtful. "

A Fire-Side Book; or, genre -Account of a Christmas
spent at Old Court. By the Author of May Yuts
Like It. 12mo. pp. 229. London, 1828. Hessey.
It is a considerable compliment to say that the plea.
sant and congenial title of this voluMe is no shisttorher;
and we are happy in observing farther, that it is altn-
gether one of the most charming books the sesaon has
produced. A frame work_of a playful tsed.ingeni•nts
construction, introduces us• to the family of the Fair-
faxes. Sir Adam and the rest are skilfully portrayed,
and just the sort of intelligent and amiable personages
with whom good taste and good nature would desire
to spend Christmas, either at Old Court, qr' elsewhere
—•4 an old-fashioned place—a nook,where old customs
lingered long after•they had been turned out of doors,
with the fine old solid furniture from other old houses;"
and who then, so fit to preside over its destinies.as•Sir
Adam Fairfax ?

'- A gentlessah of the oldschoof, with a strong attachment to
tarty old usages, and owe old prejudices. He was, as. the olfl
song says—
' An old worshipful gentleman Who bad a greate esia e,
• That kept a brave old, house at a bountiful rate.
Be had also-- •
I A good old fashion, when Chrintnasse was come,'
to call In all his old neighbours, not quite " with bagpipe and
drum," but with a welcome to the full as hearty, though tint se
noisy. He had too much of that common sena*, which happi!y is
of all petiods, to be stilly, intemperate, and sinful, just for shy
sake of keeping up old customs. Though Sir Adam, being of
free and cheerful spirit, agreed In the thailm, that " to enjoy is.to
obey," yet be loved also to put this saying, I believe of old Jeremy
Tiylot's, into practice, that " no man is a better merchant that be
that lays out his time upon Goo, and his money upon the poor."
Therefore, at Christmas, though the house was generally 4114
with pleasant .and merry company, that which was first attended
to was the worship and service of the Logo—the gueats first cOh-
sidered were the poor and needy, who stand ill the place of Caw,
to their more wealthy brethren," ,
Christmas Day over, and the whole party assnalged,
it is agreed that every one present shalltalte it by term
to contribute a story and a song towards the amuse:
mein of the evening. Six evenings producer at mant
tales, And as many poems,—the first extremely vatted
and amusing, and the latter exhibktiag.mtich lyrical
elegance and taste. " Katherine Parr," and the " Sao
voyard Peasant" have already attracted the attention or
the public by their appearance in 'a perindi:al work.
The' Story of Patience is full of plaintive interest,
and affectingly describes the trials of a humble but •
virtuous attachment ; it ends happily. as such stories
should, and truth and patience have their appropriate
reward. 44 The Legend of Norway" is wild and
fanciful,-44 Monica," a finished and natural portrait,
—" Successful Ambition," a fearful and powerfully
wrought. up tale.' . -
In care our recommendation of this excellent volume
should be less effective than we desire, -we strengthen
it with the Author's parting appeal, which, we are sure,
must be irresic ible • •
" • few words with you, my fteadei., before we ptSrt. If you
do not think this little bottle the dullest in the world,—if you. have
found among its faults and follies (and I will not be slow to eonfesa
it has many) some few parts •to praise, bay the boot ; fhit lark
you have only borrowed it? recommend it, if the copy you _go
reading be your own. lam not selfish in asking this faciur,"elt-
cept it be selfish to seek an hooesell6l.lfrp T. an, (Int t•lfieb
I am t.. truth asking an alms of you for some elderly gentlewomen
of blameless character, who have been•brought very low, almost
to want, by no indiscretion of their own. It would be an insult
to them, in their altered fortunes, to publish their names • sir!
must ask you to believe me, that if the volume sells, my profits of
the two first editions will be devoted to them."
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DE LISLE—A Novae.: 3 raps 41brorr$41—
The work before us is, upon the %thole, a novel
.. uf a
he very superior order ; and if, as is understood, it he the
first attempt of the authoi, will gin 'far towards- eitll.
Wishing his reputation in the literary ;VW
character of the hero, the most striking feature of: tiktr
novel, is drawn with singular energy,.and, is.adnairahly
sustained throughout; it that of a person whose mis.
fortune it bating been; in it few inStanee., 'to 'dbierve
man nature in its least favourable light; is led by- a
,petulant' and hasty disposition to put the worst con-
struction generally upon the conduct of all around him,
and judge their intentions with deep distrustand apprg-
ilension—distrnst, it appears, engendexed by extreme
sensibility. Considetable ingenu and good taste are
displayed in the arrangelsentibr iily kilich nearly all the
incidents introduced are made conducive:to one object,
the elucidation of the character of the, hero. A slight
degree of attention, and-some curtailment. would have
rendered the unity of the tale more striking, and we
might then have pronounced it a perfect performance.
As it stands, 'however. it is full of. Merit, being w ritten
with very considerable talent and displaying an inti-
mate knowledge of mankind. We subjoin an extract t
The first time De Lisle met Lady Linden, after his return front
the Continent, he did not immediately recollect her. He bad never
seen her much dressed, or looking in health and spirits. He wits
not thinking of her ' • and, though there was a something he thouebt
he had seen before, he was by no means certain enough to bow to
her. She looked at him rather steadily for a moment, and turned
away her head; be was convinced he did not know her. -The
trowd thickened, and impelled them botia.towanls a door.way.—
She almost touched him, and the low tremulous voice in which she
said, ' Mr. De Lisle, I believe? instantirrecalted her to his Mind.
She was too much associated with Lionel, Seymour In hit memory
not to have some power to interest bin). They said, however, but
little, for she was evidently agitated, add he respected her ematfoh.
Afterwards, when chance-brought them together, • she, was More
serene, and seemed willing to convet se with bun as with others, ton
not more so; and as he seldom made tke first advances, their inti-
macy made no progrees. . ... •
" With-Augusta Seymour he found himself oil the same footing
as ever. She was less freshly beautiful than before he went ahromi,
but she was more fascinating. Fashing had not spoiled the Modal
manner with which she had charmed so many; but, what was to
be lamented, neither had experience taught her prudence A- cir.
cumspection. The levity and love of ash:titration that in a wild girl
in the country was easily pardoned, naturally became an objest of
censure, when conspicuous in the conduct and deportment nf; a
married woman. flad she been united to a suiet person, her
senior, who could have given her the continualthotection of which
she stood in need. ail might have been welt lajta; Captain Seymour
bad spirits es high and uncontrolled as her own, laid was both more
wayward and more selfish. His heedlessness andioncertain tens cr
perpetually exposed her to animadversion.
" As her flightiness saved her from feeling verPifenly the real
discomfort of her situationLsbe cherished it as a useful otialitirood
finding home duller even Vian she bad expecied, anti the weiftd
more attractive, she deaf r4l the •former, and sought foe sentise-
meat . and distinction whom both awaited her. No one was. tO
much the fashion, nu one had so much indolence in the set in which
she lived, and no one was Snore teartily Amed out of it.,
lighted in her conspicuous situation, received all homage with eqital
pleasure, and fully persuaded herself, that while she cared for no
One but her husband, she Might flirt with' any one else-she happened
to most. .

"Da Zak marked her with regret, flauering like a gay insectsin
the sun, surrounded by all the line men about town eulogised in
the most open manner to her face, and cruelly asintsed by the
same persona behind brr bath.• lie tried to
,reason her out of the
iniatuatioa that detracted so much from' her respectabilhy, and

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In ipotatuagy dew Iron, I.e thippiness ; and while the world
clar.tv In .... hrr 'mot wrecteehri Wittiest', he was approving
triter tracsaLse harapelfee than her husband.
replica co Ns -remonstrances, and reaped no fer-
-li.e. mi his frequent conversations, than the credit of
ti a man brillient taketts, who paid attention to no ern
else. She was prefectly satiated -with the result, and he was pro
Wilted with the cold-liMetbd malice that could condemn so youn
gay andg
and good-mewed a person, farm no better grounds dam a
eareiess manner. He lest vouch of his disapprobation at her cal-
loesnesw to censure, when he found that it was cast upon her in so
little proportion to the offence. The injustice of others bad the
usual effect, of making hint just the other way. lie saw a person
who never willingly inflicted pain herself attacked in the bitterest
mannemiseepreeented on all occasions, speeches given to her she
bad never uttered, or if she had, under melt dillerenttircianstances
.theit they ceased to have the same ineeningt be looked another
pay, and beheld the selfish, the ntalicioes, and the doubtfelly
sir
teems pm by, without exciting sarcasm or virulence in any one.
lieettributed this want of equity te systematic wickedness, thati
.opprewed dare only who were tee benevolent to be Censorious in
1
their turn. lie accordingly condemned the fashionable world at
owe, sod believed it to be to the full as base, treacherous, and cot-
Ter as the political re."—(Vol. If. pp. 241.4.)

THE EVENING STAR.

LON DON.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1828.

• .........
STOCK RXCHANCR, TWELVE O'CLOCK. .
'Dash settling day is the British market, eoasequendy the chief
business doing is making up their Accounts: the extreme Buena-
tion'this Accosot ins bees about Ste per cent. One defaulterhas
Sews declared this morning. Osesoh tweeted this morning at a?,
and at present any be quoted at SS to 87 for the Account, and,
tor Money 831 ea dividend.
lot the Foreign atosket frothing is doing.
• CITY. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
Since Tarok, ts'Onek Consols have been dose at 861 foe An.'
count, since which they have again improved, and may be quoted at
present at 861. Up to the resat gime three failures have take*
place, but their deli :knees are oat to a large amain*. It appears.,
to be a great Bear Account, audit is sot finally settled as yet. as
parties are still borrowing Stock.
lathe Renee Market Maims Scads have lowered. Is other
Pereira Securities little doing
Pit ICB OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Bank Ssoek 9091 2101 India Stock
.S per Cent. Bed. 461 46 Ditto Builds 93 91
gper LI. Own. 856 /1 South Sea Stock 931
n per Cent. 931 New Annuities, ex. div.
SI per Cent. 164.931 921 £lOOO lischeq. Bills 60 61
4 per Ot. New 1011 1001 es d. X Ditto 69 6t
4 per Cent. Scrip £lOO and £2OO Ditto 60 61
4 per Cent. 1898,1091 1 * Commercial
Long An*. 7-16 Canon for Feb. 851 11;
FORBIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bds. Sp Ct. Do. Ace. 47* 1 1
De Acct. 601 Riess. Bds. 1822, 5 per Ct. 931
Coknubi.in Hoods, 6 per Ct. Do. Amt. 931 1
D0.80nd5,1824,251 Spanish lids Sp Ct 101
Danish Bd.. 5 p Ct. a* . Do Aect.
(Week 8i0ni5,11125,5 p Ct. 1111 Pr. Bente', 3p C. 104110317.5 c
I
Met. lids, 1625, ap Ct 47* Eschange, 251 Isc 20c
iS It IT IS II •AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWU O'CLOCK
MAIM. ram.
35 90
100 291
100 23
• EXCHANGES.
Vinota, Jar. 10--Metalliques, 691 ... Bank Shares, 1030.
Automation Jan. 18—On London, 1 la. 95 ;2 M. 11ft. 90.
11•488886 s, Jan. IS--Oa London' 13 9; 2 M. 15 71.
u
- Esa"! Jan. 12—On London, 2hi 6 24
Sr. Pos;rassueau, Jan. 4—On London,
_ 3 M. 10 13-32.
Faasnvonv, Jan. 14—On Landon. 2 81. 1471.

BeatiUan
rubnibian
liezkan

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This afternoon, at two o'clock, the KING held a

'Council at the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park,"at which
the Members of the late and present Cabinet a►tended--
the one party to resien the Seals. and the other to re-
ceive them, and kiss his Mnisary's hand on the occa
sion. The new appointments will be official! y announced
i4l the Uerette of this mein.

FROST OUR CITY•COR R EIWONDEN
It is certain that Parliament will meet for the dispatch
of business on the day appointed, via. the 29. h January,
—.We have. good seshority for stating, that the only
business which will be done un that day will be
moving of the Writs for the re-election of two or
three of the principal Ministers, and that the Kato
'will send a message to his Parliament that he will ad.
dress them oa that day fortnight, by which time the
..Ministers return from Liverpool, and from Oxford, &c.
will have been received, and his MAJESTY will, we are
eonfideutly assured, be eufsled to announce to Parlia
went the treaty for the immediate evacuation of Spain
and the return of our own troops from Portugal, toge.
tber with tie completion of the meaty for the pacifi-
cation of Greece.

We received last night the Paris Papers of Saturday,
and the Gazette de France, dated Sunday. The former I
contain no news, and are chiefly occupied with com-
"lents on the Ministerial manifesto, which we copied
yesterday. The Gar,ette de France announces, under
ate head of Odessa, that the Emperor NICHOjJeII was
trpected at the army, and that war wa: considered in-
./nimble. We are also informed from the Banks of the
1144eube, that Austria continues to make preparations
Ilk any event that may arise—that the troops in the
Wirier of the Empire are in motion—and that a con;
-elddftble portion of the army in Moravia and Bohemia
bark leceived orders to' march, with a large portion of
astiliery, towards Gallicia.--It is asserted from Corfu,
that ISRAIIIM PACHA had abandoned Tripolizza and
other plecep in the Morea, and was concentrating the
*hole at biparce at Modon and Navarin, preparatory
to his quitting those parts of Western Greece.
We have received this morning Dutch, Han:burgh,'
and German Papers to a late date. These Papers con-
tain no news of importance. The following are a few
eat the extracts:

AMSTERDAM. Lui. IT.
After a rapid thaw had succeeded the short frost at
tie beginning of this year, we have.had another change
elf weather withia these few days, and the frost has set
is-again with such severity, that the Y before this city
it blocjod op by the ice. The severe east wind makes
the cold more sensible than might be expected from
the state of the thermometer, which has not yet been
lower than 25 and 26 degrees of Fahrenheit.
11A6UIL, .14‘17.

The Second Chamber of the States General. met yes-
teeday. but there being only S 8 members present, no
besiness could be done, and it 'adjoesey4 till Thursday,
die
ins firs 'rock in which the Chawklr wak copse

capeeted to be a bituji.ct ot law for the Cede procedure
cis*. The civil code, with the aktro,lons. is now
printed sad distributed sunaair the *Cabers of the
Suites GeneraL Numerous chingT have been made
in it. the principal of which arc
,p4;3, Si 6, chapters.—
Doha, Papers, Jest.l9.