Newfoundland Mercantile Journal, 1826-02-09, no. 616

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NEWFOUNDLAND
ercantiie Journal.
No  616.
SAINT JOHNS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1826.
(One Guinea per annum.)
BY AUTHORITY.
PBOCJLAMATIO^.
B.v Hi's Excellency   Sir
Thomas John Cochrane, Knight, Governor and Commander-
(L. S ) in-Chief in and over
4Tho_. Coch ran a. the Is'and of Newfoundland and its dependencies, and Vice
Admiral of-the same,
Etc. Etc Etc.
WHEREAS it has been represented
to me that t ere are a great number ot^ynlicensed Ale and Spirit Shops in
S< J"hus, and in other parts and places in
this Island, in. which Ale and Spirituous
liquors are sold, lo the great injury of lhe
ised dealer.    And Whereas by an Act
!i Par i mien', passed in tue Fifth year of
he iteign ol liis present M-jesiy, il is
herein enacted, as follows, vis : —
'* And whereas the Ju-tiees of tbe Peace
j*. ii NewfounsJiaiid have been used to gran'
•J* Licenses tor (be retail of Ale and Spin*
iiious Lquors, and it is proper lo regulate tlie sums io be demanded upon such
License-, anil to make provision for the
appropriation thereof, and for preventing
ranting of such L censes.
of Spirits by unlicensed
Colony ; be it therefore
ii shall and m*v be lawful
rove.nor or acting Governor oi
lundland to m-ke, establish, and
such rules and ordinances as to
ay seem meet, respecting the nrat.t*
ing of such Licenses and th« recalling the
same, ant. ihe amount of the sums to he
demanded and taken lor every such License, and the appropriation of such
sums to Hit M.jestj's service in the said
Colony, and for preventing the Retail of
Ale and Spirituous Liquors by persons
not duly licensed, and to impose such pecuniary fines or other penalties as may be
necessary for enforcing obedience to any
such Rules or Ordinances as aforesaid."
I do, therefore, for the purpose of pre-
i-venting the abuses above-mentioned, and of
protecting the fair dealer in hu trade, nnd
in conformity wiih lhe provisions of the
belore in part recited Act of Parliament,
hereby ordain and declare, that if any per
uersons shall, alter the time hereinafter h-Iited. be found vending any Ale or
Spirituous.Liquors without having received
_ License from the Magistrate*! so to do, he
or they shall, on being convicted thereof
before a Magisirate.psy and forleit.for every
auch said offence, the sum or penalty ol
Ten Poanr/s Sterline.--one half ol all which
sums shall be^pphed to His Majesty's service, and tbe other half be paid to the iu-
f ot mer.
And in consideration tbat a considerable
time has elapsed since the selling by license
bas been strictly enforced, and many per.
eons may thereby have supposed that the
necessity of takiog out a License has be-
«ome obsolete; and as they may under
those circumstances bave laid in a stock of
Spirituous Liquors which, by the immedi-
operatinn of this regulation, would re-
a 00 their bauds to soma loss, It i* there-
fore hereby further  declared, with  a view j
to n fiord all such unlicensed persons reasonable time to dispose theruof, that the  lore-
going Rules and Ordinances shall take efftci
Irom the 1st day of January ne.it.
Given tinder my Hand and Seal, at the
Government Hou-e, St. Jvhns,
Newfoundland, this 30 h day of
November, in the Sixth Year ol
the-Reign or His Majesty King
George ihe Fourth, and in lhe
Year of Our Loid 1825.
By Hit Excellency's Command,
E. B. BRENTON,
Secretary.
BOO SAVE THR KING.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
St. Johns,) \MJ~E, the Undersigned
lo wit : f ▼▼ Magistrates, in Sessions assembled, do give this PUBLIC
NOTICE, that Hia Excellency the Governor, taking into consideration the
prevailing custom of depositing Fire-
Wood, Spars, Casks, Rubbish. Manure,
Carts, and Carriages, in the Streels. L*nea
and Roads in lh;s Town and its Vicinity.
— haih appo.nted ('or the piling of Wood
nnd oiher Timber) the Hill of Chips, nnd
Barrens below Fert Townsheitd Fuel
Yatd and the vacant Ground North of the
R ad to the West wat d of lhe Eastern
boundary o) ilie Ships' Room, loading lo
the River Head :—Aad if any Person or
Persons shall be found acting contrary lo
tins Pt.n_.ic Notice, they will be Indicted, and punished "villi the ntm'-s- R'gor
of the Law,—and the Constables are
hereby required to pay strict attention to
this Older.
Given under our Hands. St. Johns,
28.li November, 18*25.
JOHN BROOM, J. P.
P. W.CARTER. J. P.
FOR SALE,
NICHOLAS GILL,
TAc CARGOES of lhe Brigantines Kaie
and FAroRiTE,from Barbados,
CONSISTING OF
RUM.
SUGAR,
MOLASSES.
Also, of former importations-**
Coffee, in Barreljr
Crackers, in Half-barrels,
Quebec Bread and Flour,
Tobacco, in Hogsheads,
New Cordage,
And a variety of Shop Goods.
For a part of which, (if applied for Immediately) Madeira and West India Fish
will be received in payment.
Nov, 24, 1825.
FOR SALE,
TWO ACTS of PARLIAMENT.
passed on tbe 24th of June last, for
regulating the Trade " between His Majes
ty's Possessions in America and the West
Indies, and other parts of the World ;" and
between " tits Majesty's Possessions in
America and the West Indiea and other
places io America and the We.t Indies.
A Minfbai.ocicai. Description op thi.
P_.ovi.NCb or New-Brunswick.
(From the New-Brunswick Star.)
Inc. cc-.inga Mrieo.olo_.r-al .Memoir
wiih ibe Geology and Muir>i_.logy of ibis
Pr„vi.,ce, I cannot 0 mi. HO me variations Of
.he barome#*r, «III cli ..ecu. al .tiff-rent nea*
sons and aKl.ffe ent place*. They are not
deduced tro n a regular series ol experiments, but aie ihe rrauli ol observations
made tli.. fl. indie   months  of  December
wiih scientific re-earch. nfTirils-d me an op
portiimiy oi lakmg ihe highest elevation of
the mercury.     As iht->e variations, were di-
stsceriained ;  but us 'his br uch ol scien ific
duiH or result of observations thai may be
io the possession of individual- throughout
the.Piovince, will be proportionally ep-
piqciated, il placed wilhiu the access ol the
public
\\ ere the variations of the barometer
carefully determined in different elevations
of this and tin* adj-iceni Provinces, (heir
height above the level of the sea would be
correctly ascertained, and many oiher im*
pertnnt circumstances, connected with the
gravity ofthe atmosphere, discovered.
The range el the barometer ia found to
be creates! from thr 38th to 50° of latitude.
— Cs.nsequ_rr.dy ihis section ot America will
exhib.t a mean point, proportionate to this
calcination.
The central opinion i«, that the range
bee imes g eater fr im the equator to 'I.e
po-.-; bui a recent a.-t-ior (..is advanced
suti.e experiments, which limit any 'urther
increase li -yond 'he bO° of north latitude,
and this luci is cot timed from the resutof
some obse'vaiion- nu-.it* in Quebec in ihe
winter of 1810, *-.h-reiu :_»■ range was not
found greaiei than even in much lower latitude*.
The following nfe the mean Doin's, at
two differ-iii e.evaiiot.si m tins Piovince,
iib..u- 300 ml es fr in die _.-_ coast, and ss
n.e rnn_;e i- greater in ihe continent of A mere, lhan in err. s„..ndi„g •etitudn in Europe, 1 will exhibit a comparison of a few
littinjil-s, near y parallel lo our own —
Fo. ihe two winter months, December
miti January : -
At belie,,-, 20" 74 usually in January.
Al lowest, 27° 90 only occurs in Dec.
Difference,    1° 84.
Mean between the extremes, 27" 97.
For the first ten days in thd  month of
June.—
Ai highest. 28° 40.
At lowest, 28° 60 one doy only.
Difference,    80.
Mean between the extremes, 27" 80.
According to these experiments, it appears that the mean height of ihe barometer
in this Province, J9 as great as can occur in
more northern latitude*, or even at the
poles. Ftom observations made by a recent traveller in Russia, at places in the
60° of oor'h latitude, ihe gieaiest mean
• eight of lhe barometer never exceeded 28'*>
8, and  the lowest mean,97".
I-, couiuciing the abu.e experiments, a
small -arialirtn occurred from the difference
of the elevations where the barometer was
expo-ed, bul 1 never found il exced half
an inch.
To exhibit tbe comparison between this
latitude uud others corresponding, tbe following sea e is drawn ur : —
Place.
Lat.
We.gn
Kaon
:::::
Range.
N*»w-Bruns.
45° 20
27
97
{  lucb,
Marseilles. .
43° 17'
27.
0
i     .*
Genoa . . .
44"   0"
26.
93
1     . .
Lyons . , .
45° 22'
10-12
Pari*. . , .
48*.    o'
-   27.
0
!* .i*
Before I proceed to offer some remarks
upon he effect of this vaiiabieciiii.de o*i
health and vegetation, I propo.-e conn ctiug
t*.nh ihe Metforology ol ibe Province, a
theory oi Prognostics, (predicting llie **-*a-
'her.) adapter), as near as possible, 'o ti e
whole ol the North Easi section ol An e i-
ca. The indications are ali'geiher im e-
pcndtiit of (hose collected from the barometer, thermometer and bjgromo't-r. being
isolated, and lhe gieaier part pe.ullfr .0
this country.
1. Mis's on the low gronnds, which disappear as llie sun rises, indicate dry weaiber; but when covering or skirling the
top* of highlands,to. bode rain the day fol-
lo--ing.
2. Vapor arising from lakes, and visible,
is a sure sign ol rain,
• 3. Wheu the leaves on shrubs nnd fo*>_t
treei are long  in   falling, a   severe   w-ir.-r
may be  expected, as  these show (li
mer io have been wer. ^H	
4. In the three summer m nth*, June,
Juiy aud Ang.i-!. when it rains immediate
ly a'ler a shift ol wind, hgliuiiug and un.u-
der wi<l folow.
5. Wheu either of the three winter
ononlhs. Decern-er, January _..<) F brna-
ry.lia- been rainy and open, the spring will
b. . r.;u aud late.
6 ll the wmier is d'y and severe, the
spring will he w«t a.d fur ward—-Late
showers in the auiumn, announce wiuter at
7. A mild winter usually follows a diy
lumn e .
8. I' a souih wind an creed a nor'h vriod.
rain commonly follows, but conliuues not
Ion-.
9. Thunder seldom is followed by clear
weaiher.
10 Rain will lol ow a sudden change
from cold lo heat.
11 1'the m-ddledf Ju'y is fair or rainy,
the next six weeka will be -iniilar.
12. If May is rainy, September will be
dry.
13. If the first days of November are
wann and rainy, January and February
will be cold and diy.
14. The rain coming from the south,
with a high .und, wiil not cease but by a
north wind.
15. The Aurora Borea-is announces fair
weather, oftener than high winds.
16. If a rain begins an hour or two after sun-rise, it will common y continue all
day.
17. When no storm occurs immediately
before or after the vernal equinox, the ensuing summer is dry, ai le.si five times oui
of six.
18. Six or eight days of fine weather in
succession, witb the occurrence ol a south
west wind, are commonly followed by a
long drought.
In addition to tbe above me*poro!o«*ir*l
theory of our climate, the Indians have long
observed, that the degree of co d during lhe
uter, are in proportion to 'he quantity of
rain which falls during the aulu . n.
That the colder the early part of the
spring is, lhe more favorable it proves to
ib* fruits of the earlh, as a frost generally
'ollows in April and May, when the spring
has opened warm.
In winter, our prevailing wind, in f-ir
v* eather, is the north west, and iu wet, north
oust, while a change is attended often wilb
asligh. rain, resembling the " spray from a
.-■i dd of water."
In the spring and summer, our most
pleasant winds are the southwest, and
north-west;—the former brin.
.iU
tatty r
freshing showers, and moderates the heai ol
the weather, provided it is. succeeded by a
BauNswiciitji.
atr.li-we_t wind.
STEAM-ENGINE.
(From the Scotsman- )
Dund e and Xtwh*ven Ferriet.-
sS.e_r.ri  lu.at*.  Sic— The   Ism    r,un.„_
tn    l.duibntgh Philosophical Journal, <
tarn* au lutein--ung arucieltom the
ol C«pt. lUi\. Hal, «.n ihese ferries, ami I
ai'apti.ii. ol twin steam-boais lo fe-ry oat
nation.     AI ler noticing the previous stale
Ihe Dundee  terry,  and   lhe   tisgical evi
which more immediately led to its imp'O
mem, he gi.es a detailed view of  the  \
reeding* of the  trustees, a   luminous   de-
sciiption of the twin steam-boai,   and the
vast facilities it . ff«_rds tor the  trenspc
on ol   passengers,  horses,  carls    carr
and  catile      1-   api-ears   ihal   p-eviou.
18-21, when   Ilia Steam boat   began  to f
j the   average  num-Jer   <*f foot   u..«se.i?ete
j seems noi  to have ezceetied 70 000 nmu.
ally, a d the rece pis were ue-er much up-
I wa.dsof £1,000.   .-i.ereaa last   year,  -he
j number oi   loot passet-ges exce. rtrd   J00,-
! 000, and the receipts were £S.7'JQ,
(From the Fife Herald)
In the >eai 1792 wh chanced io be af the
qna\ beiow D.unlries, tor the purpose of
sea baib>i.g. a..»ru"?>j^|| nev„ ,or^( (i a
m'ere.i with wmch, on\ pleasant summer,
or rather a hai vest altetnoon, we behelu «'
Urge etoub e vessel making her .<ny along
the sNuh without sails, anil by ihe aid of
iiirschinery alone. U| on inquiry, i- pro. trJ
ihat ibis was only one of '.* Miller ol DiU-
winion's ,...n .-os m-ggots," a, wtllcll (fc#
count-) ing-neral, and ihe sailors en ihis
occasion in "particular, i0 .k the libc-iy of
lauehing immoderately. We had, mdred,
heardagsinandaga.n of Mr. Miller, but
had always been laujjht by the sage and
calculating neighborhood to consider hmi
as au individual bu. one remov* f,0m insanity, who look delight in spending great
sums of inon-y, nobody could see juiih
what v ew, or for what good purpose. Little dm we think ai ihe lime when the vessel cas.erl us, that we are actually wiiness-
mg ibe introduction of a new a a into i|,e»
• riof navigHt.orl. and lhal vt_. were joining
in foolish and popular ridicule, and even
con'empt of a man wh.,r*e name will go
down to posterity, whilst names at tl,-., tin.tf-
more likely to be remembered, will be entirely forgot. From a paper which wh hastf
iu-t rs-ad wiih great inte-est in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, we find that
F .trick M.: er. Esq. the .son of .he late Mr.
Miller, ol Drslswinton.in Do.nfrie«hire,_n_d
comelorward, and in a distinct aod m.-«.»
saiisfaciory and conv.'ocing manner, „.,„,.
ed his la her's claims to the appl,< a',..„ c[
die seam engine to the movement of vessels The ime I i steam-engine used by Mr.
Mi.ler as lar back as Ihe year 1788, lor the
puipose of propelling a small boat upon his
nleasuie lake at D iLwin'oo. is still pteserv-
ed by him, and this will remain to many
succeeding generations, ia all probability,
an heir-loom in the family, and an evidence
of that in.alculable debt winch his country
and ihe human race owe to this en.inenily
enterprising and enlightened individual.
We bave bee* led lo these observations
respecting Ihe double boat of Mr. Millerk
which we actually saw launched in the y*r
1792. from observing ihe similarity ir
construction to those which are nor J . "
with such  success  betwixt W S
rt    a _.- , -'•Port and
Dundee, upon which, as we'.i .„ „
n    j j xt     l u-'0n   -h*
Dundee and Newh.venp8M8/?„weht
a very sensible and interesting piper ;„ „
earn, periodical, from the m,9!er|y a'od .„.
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Jioyal Navy, uim