ing writers will compose gibes and quizzes, and that on all the nations of the earth, our own included. Is Ame rica to be an exception? If she thinks so, she claims a more tribune-like sanctity of character than she is likely to find universally recognized. She should be above this folly.

Before we conclude, let us add, that she lays herself sadly open in many particulars. We laugh at the French calling themselves the "Grande nation"-at some Scotch blockheads dignifying Edinburgh with the name of the Modern Athens, and its very mob, with that of a nation of gentlemenbut what must be the extent of the cachinnation to which that people are exposed, who vote themselves, in a grave council of their national representatives, to be the most admirable nation in the world? How can we feel when we hear the exploits of five or six sea-captains, who in favourable situations captured a frigate a-piece, (we rather think we are exaggerating the maritime trophies of America,) equalled to those of Nelson? Or when the deeds of some captain of bushfighters, who did not run away from an inferior force, or who in a strong position repelled a rash attack, is put above Buonaparte or Wellington? When we are told gravely, on the strength of these renowned actions, that the American nation is dreaded in Europe, where they are not heard of, and acknowledged to be as great in the arts of war as of peace? Nay, in this very North American Review, there is a most amusing display of the same kind, when the war of 1812, (Mr Madison's war,) is gravely compared to the Persian war of Xerxes against Greece, and the nation is assured in consequence, that it is "quoted, feared, and courted abroad."!!! (Vol. XVIII. p. 401.) Can flesh and blood stand this without laughing? Poor blundering Sir George Prevost, with his four or five skeleton regiments, and his handful of raw militia, compared to Xerxes, in barbaric grandeur, at the head of five millions of invaders! and the European quotation, fear, and flirtation, induced by the celebrated battles of-God knows where -for, without affectation, we cannot remember a single action in the field, nor, if we heard the name of one, could we tell which party claimed the victory!

May not our angry feelings, too, if we thought it worth while to exercise them, be called forth by the regular tirades of vulgar and lying abuse poured out against us, on the fourth of July, all through the States? What would the Americans, who roar under such flea-bites as articles in the Quarterly Review, say, if any statesman of the rank among us of John Quincy Adams, were to make and print such a speech as he has done or if John Wilson Croker-a Quarterly Reviewer, by the by-our Secretary to the Admiralty, were to sit down in Kensington Palace to write a sham journey through the States, full of libel and falsehood, as their Secretary of the Admiralty, Paulding, has done? As Croker's fabrication, in all human probability, would be rather cleverer and sharper than Paulding's absurd bundle of ignorance and stupidity, we doubt not but that they would be almost ready, on that our provocation, to proclaim war.

As for ourselves of this Magazine, loving our country, its government, its great men, its very soil, with the intensity of love, we have every respect for America, and have always shewn it. We are not blind to her defects and weaknesses, but we remember her origin, and we know that she contains a vast number of mer, virtuous, good, and wise. We shall not, however, address her in the language of undue flattery, nor, as some among her sons think we ought to do, in the accents of envy or fear. We feel neither; and, but that our article is already too long, we should tell her why. Perhaps we may resume the subject where we are now breaking off, and hereafter discuss the Future Views and Policy of England and the United States of America, as they mutually bear on one another. We have never seen it yet done satisfactorily on either side of the Atlantic.

Meanwhile we recommend Jonathan to keep his temper-laugh at, or answer, hostile reviewers, as he pleases; but let us have no threats of embittered feelings, of angry recriminations, or deadly war, for such things. If we are to fight, in Heaven's name, let it not be for pen-dribble. Wars are seldom very wise, but that would indeed be the consummation of non

sense.

Anderson, A. Lloyd's coffee-house, master mariner.

Barlow, R. Claremont-place, New Road, billbroker.

Bartlett, A. and R. Bristol, ship-builders.
Carter, J. Downing-street, victualler.

Cato, W. W. Little, and W. Irving, Newcastleupon-Tyne, drapers.

Duncombe, J. jun. Little Queen-street, bookseller.
Ellison, J. Keighley, Yorkshire, cotton-spinner.
Foster, J. Abchurch-lane, merchant.
Grist, J. Midhurt, Sussex, bricklayer.
Harvey, H. S. Oxford-street, hosier.

Hatfield, W. and J. Morton, Sheffield, cutlers.
Hazard, D. Hackney, merchant.
Helm, G. Worcester, linen-draper.
Hewett, J. Mitcherm, butcher.
Hirst, G. Manchester, clothier.

Hopkins, G. and J. St Philip and Jacob, Gloucestershire, timber-merchants.

Humble, S. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, stationer.
Hyde, N. Nassau-street, Soho, jeweller.
Isley, J. Wyfold, Court-farm, Henley-upon-
Thames, farmer.

Jackson, E. Uley, Gloucestershire, clothier.
Jackson, J. Gerrard-street, Soho, picture-dealer.
Johnson, R. Burslem, earthen-ware manufacturer.
Jarvis, W. G. Penton-place, Newington Butts,
coal-merchant.

Jones, R. Westbury Leigh, Wilts, clothier.
Jones, W. Ratcliffe Highway, grocer.

Lees, J. Matbank, Lancashire, cotton-spinner. Lewis, T. C. and C. Bevan, High Holborn, linen-drapers.

Liddard, W. Charlotte-row, Bermondsey, coalmerchant.

Lond, T. Dover, corn-dealer.

M'Cormick, J. Jubilee-place, Commercial-road, victualler.

Manley, D. Southampton-row, Russel-sqaare, wine-merchant

Mardall, W. Water-lane, Tower-street, brandymerchant.

Marsh, W. and Co. Berner's-street, bankers.
Mayell, W. Exeter, jeweller.

Morris, J. jun. Stingo-lane, St Mary-le-Bonne, stage-master.

Nicholls, R. Ruthen, Denbighshire, druggist.
Parker, W. Oxford-street, ironmonger.
Peck, J. Andover, linen-draper.

Peel, J. Rochdale, shoe-dealer.

Perks, J. Monkton Combe, Somersetshire, brewer. Pennan, A. Batson-street, Limehouse, mastermariner.

Poor, J. Wapping, Bristol, victualler.
Richardson, J. Manchester, cooper.
Rickards, J. Dursley, Gloucestershire, cloth-ma-
nufacturer.

Roughton, L. Noble-street, Foster-lane, wholesale druggist.

Sawyer, J. Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, wine-merchant.
Scrivener, H. H. Scrivener, jun. and J. Wilson,
Kentish-buildings, Southwark, hop-factors.
Simmons, A. Strand, tailor.

Smith, J. R. North Audley-street, upholsterer.
Smith, T. Derby, nail-manufacturer.

Stott, S. and J. Road-lane, Spotland, Lancashire, woollen-manufacturers.

Tappenden, T. Cumberland-street, Middlesex. hospital, victualler.

Walthew, J. Liverpool, linen-draper.

Want, G. S. Skinner-street, cabinet-maker.
Wilkins, S. Holborn-hill, stationer.

Wooding, M. Ducket-street, Stepney, baker. Woollett, J. Queen's-Head InnSouthwark, tavern-keeper.

Wren, J. Great Titchfield-street, Portland-place, carpenter

Buchanan, John, late bleacher in Lylyburn, now miller at Glenmill. Comb, George, tenant at Redheughs, and merchant and trader in manure at King's Stables, and coals at Port Hopetoun, Edinburgh. Fife, John, cotton-spinner in Johnston. Finlayson, Robert and Alexander, merchants and fish-curers, Lybster.

Gilfillan, John, and Co. late merchants in Glasgow. Gilmour, William, importer of and dealer in spirits, in Paisley.

Hodge, William, flesher and cattle-dealer in Glasgow.

Honeyman, Robert, formerly merchant and shipowner, Grangemouth; afterwards miller and coal-merchant, Port Allen, Perthshire; presently residing in Edinburgh.

M'Robbie, James, mason and builder, Paisley.
Macgregor, James Murray, merchant in Leith.
Murdoch, Patrick, merchant in Hamilton.
Orr, Andrew, bookseller and stationer in Cupar.
DIVIDENDS.

Douglas, William, merchant in Glasgow; a first dividend on 19th October.

Hughes and Williams, canal contractors; a dividend on 11th October.

M'Ewen, James, ropemaker in Perth; a second dividend after 2d November.

Maclean, John, and Co. merchants and shopkeepers in Glasgow ; a dividend after 4th October.

Shannon, Stewart, and Co. merchants in Greenock, and Shannan, Livingstone, and Co. merchants in Newfoundland; a second dividend after 1st November.

The deceased John Robertson, mason and wright in Glasgow, lately residing at Pollockshaws; a final dividend after 1st November.

The George Street Coach Work Company, Glasgow; a dividend on 25th October.

The concern which carried on trade in Greenock, under the firm of John Hamilton and Co. and in Liverpool under the firm of William Hamilton and Co.; a third dividend after 13th October.

Wannan, George, carrier betwixt Perth and Dundee; a first and final dividend after 14th October.