In the evening I began to reflect on the mysterious ways of Providence, and was now more than ever convinced, that there is often a hereafter in the course of our present lives which discloses and justifies the ways of God. Mystery and darkness, therefore, must of necessity take place in the course of things. Onr present state can be no other than a state of twilight or dawn, where dubious forms shall often present themselves to us, and where we shall find ourselves in a middle condition between complete light and total darkness. Had we enjoyed no evidence of a just Judge ruling the earth, and of his Providence interposing in our affairs, virtue would have been altogether deprived of its encouragement and support. Had the evidence, on the other hand, been so strong as to place the hand of the Almighty constantly before our eyes, the intention of our present existence would have been defeated, and no trace of virtue have remained. Instead, therefore of complaining of the obscurity which at present covers the conduct of Providence, we see that, on the whole, we have reason to submit and adore *. Had not the Almighty afflicted me with this fever, I should have embarked in the above-mentioned Brig, and consequently would have shared the same fate; but for some wise purpose or other my life was preserved— probably to bring the crimes of a second Nimrod before the face of day!Graham was a native of Knapdale, in the county of Argyle. He had been the greatest part of last war Commander of a Revenue vessel at New Providence, and acquired a handsome fortune by captures; but it is in such hands as his relatives will never make honest.

Dr. Blair.

The following statement, though not perfectly accurate, will, however, tend to give you an idea of the portion of land capable of cultivation :

Of the above 400 lots I find an inconsiderable number only under cultivation, which will be seen from the following view of the exports to Britain for three years:

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As I cannot get admittance to the Custom-house books, I am unable to give you an account of what is exported to the United States and other parts; but I know it to be considerable, for this reason, that the majority of the planters are so much involved in England (old arrears, contracted before they ran away from other Islands)—that it is their interest to send their produce to the United States. One planter, particularly, of the name of L...., formerly of Antigua, stands, I am certain, as conspicuous as Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling, in the ledger of the late John K....n, Esq. of Lime-street, London*. But, as my subsequent correspondence will treat of such characters, beg leave, for the present, to lay them aside, to pursue a different enquiry. I say, they consider it their interest to export the whole of their produce to the United States, whence they draw their supplies, instead of sending it to the Mother country, to whom it is legally due; hence the benefit accruing from this colony is comparatively small, as you will observe by the above statement.

The loss-for I consider it a real loss-is the baneful manœuvre of the late Governor and Council, the major part of whom stand in the same predicament with

* "An honest man's the noblest work of God."

Mr. K----n was upwards of fifty years an eminent merchant in London. Without exaggeration, he was a man of real worth, and added lustre to the character of a Eritish merchant. An incorruptible integrity marked his characteristic features to his latest moment. He died at Bath much lamented by all who knew him, some time in the latter end of 1798. I was abroad when I heard of his death, but I did then, what I do now, bestow a sigh to his memory.-To apply the words of POPE,

Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather or prunello.

L...., and may well be said to be a disgrace to human nature. Permit me to lay them also aside-they shall be attended to in due time. It is high time this predatory proceeding should be exhibited, which aims at so manifest an injury to Great Britain, and therefore ought to be stopped in this, as well as in other colonies; more particularly in Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, &c. provinces that hang as it were, like a millstone about the neck of Britain *.

It appears, by these returns of the Exports of this colony, that Cacao is not cultivated, and but little Cotton, although the most seducing article of cultiva tion in the West Indies. Formerly it was not so lucrative as other articles, yet of late years we see what immense returns it has made to the planter, particularly in the Carolina.. Its returns are much quicker than any other article of West India produce; and it requires

It may not be amiss to notice, in this place, a notorious instance, of which I had ocular demonstration, and which confirms the opinion Dr. Johnson advanced, that, "A merchant's desire is not of "glory, but of gain-not of public wealth, but of private emolument." In the summer of 1800 I lodged in the City Tavern, PhiJadelphia. Two merchants, one of the name of M'T, and the other of H-, arrived there from Canada, to fit out on of their annual ships for China; this is done under the veil of a Mercantile House in Philadelphia for so much per cent; the finest and best furs of Canada are brought by land and water carriage, and shipped on board; the return cargo is smuggled into Canada, by which the revenue of Britain is plundered, and we are deprived of other concomitant advantages. I heard M'T. boasting, that he could undersell the British India goods, and supply the whole of Canada. This I found, in the further progress of my travels, to be, literally, a fact !-Yes, it is a painful fact, when it is considered that 700,000l. is taken from Great Britain annually, to support the establishment of Canada,

fewer hands, fewer buildings, and less labourers. The

soil of the south-east side of the Island is congenial to

the cultivation of it to a great extent; it is moreover

very healthy, and, in my humble opinion, well adapted for a White Settlement. I have seen some beautiful samples of the cotton that grows here, which I prónounce equal, if not superior to the texture of that which grows on the Sea Islands.

Gossypium, or Cotton, is a genus of the polyandria order, belonging to the monodelphia class of plants, and, in the natural method, ranking under the thirtyseventh order, Columniferæ. The calyx is double, the exterior one trifid; the capsule quadrilocular; the seeds. wrapt up in cotton wool. There are four species, all of them natives of warm climates:-1. The Herbaceum, or common herbaceum cotton, hath an herbaceum smooth stalk, two feet high, branching upwards; five lobed smooth leaves; and yellow flowers from the ends to the branches, succeeded by roundish capsules full of seeds and cotton.-2. The Iirsutum, or hairy American cotton, hath hairy stalks branching literally two or three feet high; palmated, three and five lobed hairy leaves; and yellow flowers, succeeded by large oval pods furnished with seeds and cotton.-3. The Barbadeuse, or Barbadoes shrubby cotton; hath a shrubby stalk branching four or five feet high, threelobed smooth leaves, glandulous underneath, and yellow flowers, succeeded by oval pods, containing seeds and cotton.-4. The Arborecum, or tree cotton; hath an upright woody perennial stalk, branching six or eight feet high; palmated, four or five lobed smooth leaves, and yellow flowers, succeeded by oval pods filled with cotton. The first three are annual, but the fourth is perennial both in root and stalk. The culture of cotton