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THE BRITISH-AMERICAN REGISTER. 
 
 :^^^^^^C^^ATURDAY, J 8th. DECEMBER, 
 
 1802. 
 
 PROSPECTUS. 
 A FEW Gentlemen in <iifferent 
 
 t;me paft, fhe«TT a difpofnion to fup- 
 port a Periodical work, which fhould 
 convey to the Inhabitants of this 
 Country, aU the Information in which 
 they are mterefted in a colleftive ca- 
 pacity; and w-hich fhould inftill into 
 the mmds of individuals, found Prin- 
 ciples, a love of learning, of order 
 and. propriety. It was thought at the 
 fame tune, that a work of fhis kind! 
 Jtrct T^ Pf;'<=«l^rly calculated 
 #or Canada, would naturally become 
 a repofitory of every ufeful informa- 
 
 in North America, and would there- 
 by he not altogether uninterefting to 
 Foreigners. I, . as therefore, refolved 
 to attempt the publication. 
 
 . ^"■^^^t ^^as foon difcovered that 
 m this Country, where the circulation 
 ot fuch a work mull be circumlcrib- 
 tdfor fome time to come; where al 
 
 mort ail the Inhabitants are' engaged in 
 trade and neceffary public or private 
 duMes, and where learning is far from 
 being generally diffufed, ft would be 
 equally difficult to procure, either 
 iuificent patronage to maintain an 
 expenfive eftablifhment, or an In- 
 dividual po/TeHed of fufficient abiU- 
 t.es and learning, who would devote 
 his time to an occupation at once ih 
 laborious and unprofitable 
 
 i 
 
 materuls, for a work having fuch 
 J^rf '^^ vi<r^ : and in the hope that 
 tais fuggeftion is not unfounded, the 
 Subscriber has been induced ti co! 
 mence the work. cu to co- 
 
 of Jh/'^^i *° ^°'"* °"' ^^' nature 
 
 Sloth. >i;? '■'^"''■^^' it has been 
 thought neclflary to draw up a lift 
 
 of the different articles, which it is 
 wifhed the work Ihoutd contain ; and 
 Kishererefpeafullyfi,-,^it,,d/^^j^^ 
 Gentlemen who are inclined to favor 
 the Hndertakmg. It may appear to 
 
 tr l"'^"^'?' '^^' it embraces to^ 
 "^.,"^°!y«^Vb„tiMs trufledthey 
 will confider, that „ .voi^Id have been 
 highly improper,.to confine to narrow 
 hmits a work to which every Gentle- 
 man of learning and abilities'throur/h- 
 out the Province, is invited to contri- 
 
 To abandon the defign altogether 
 was a matter of ferious%egretdts' 
 ^'ttnof /,7^^%g^ft«dt\atapor. 
 tion of thofe intervals of leifure 
 
 wh.h the moft urgent public oprl' 
 va e duties neceflkrily allow, would 
 willingly l>e dedicated by inteCem 
 and public fpirited men, fo Tefur 
 Pofe of furnilhing infonnation Zd 
 
 The Subfcriber muft of necp/Titv 
 be refponfible for every thing S 
 may appear, n the work ;-and that ref- 
 ponnbihty he is ready to afTume 
 
 ''^l'\ embraces fubjefls fo various 
 and of which it is an eflential q ulf: 
 
 to airthe''^"'^^^'l"^"^fr- 
 to all the King's fubjefts, fome 
 
 edlv exifl; but ,t is hoped when ■ 
 
 thefe are expreffed with decency nnj * 
 
 candour, he will fi„d , ..^Tnt 
 
 ^lugence m the liberality o/ the 
 
 public: and he trufts that no one ' 
 
 who would exprefs his opi..ons "! 
 
 ^ rr' S^I'" confider himfelf as invit- 
 ed to afEft in tiiis work. 
 
 On Che part of the Subfcriber, fure- 
 
 7 no effort will be wanting to nX 
 the work worthy t,f the publirfa 
 
 iity of Its fuccefs, in the words of 
 
S] THE BRITISH-AMERICAN REGISTER 
 
 century, on an occalionfomewhat fimi- 
 
 iar: « It will flourifli or fade according 
 
 « as the afiivity or remifsnefs of the 
 
 ** pubhc fhall promote or obftruft 
 
 « Its growth. It will flourifh if 
 
 *' men of information and learning 
 
 « throughout the Country will com- 
 *' m:t their obfervations to writing 
 ** and fend them to the Publifher : it 
 " will languifh if fuch communica- 
 «* tions, be too long intermitted; and 
 
 Intcrcfling Proc.ding, of the Provincial Le- 
 
 ^ItT'n !:^PP"-Canada. Nova Scotia, 
 and Nc'v Brunfwick. 
 
 Accr^atc Rcpor.. of all impoitant dccifion, 
 and ,nrercft,ng Proceedings i„ ,hc Court, of 
 JJiticc within the Province. 
 Paper, relating to the Political or local hiflorr 
 of Canada or to any of the B.itift Provinces 
 in isorih America. 
 
 Biographical Sketches of diftinguiflied Cha 
 rafter,, conncacd with the hiftory of Ca 
 nada. 
 
 •' it will die away, if they iliall en- L ""^;- ^ ,, ^ 
 
 *• tirely ceafe; for it is moraUv im- ^"7''' '"** ^''"'=''" °f 'he Count 
 
 tirely ceafe; for it is moraUy im- 
 « poffible that fuch a work can be 
 « carried on without the moft affi. 
 « duous and eager affiftance." 
 
 J. NEILSON. 
 
 -- ...„ ^wuuiry, and of 
 
 the manners of the Inhabitant,. 
 Statiftical Tables and Accounts of every part 
 
 of the Province. ^ *^ 
 
 Statement, of the Export, and Import: of the 
 
 Country fince the firft fettlement; and of 
 
 the fliipping and (eamen employed. 
 Paper, on the Natural Hiftory of the Country. 
 Philolophical Paper,. 
 
 list of the different articles ivhicb it is 
 
 -wished the rwork should contain, and cf ^^"' °" Agriculture and Rural Economy, 
 •which communicatinr,. t,,;// '.. .L.^Lr ., I '-t-conomical Effays. 
 
 --'""»", una cj 
 
 -wbicb co7nmunications luiV he thankfully 
 received: 
 
 I 
 
 Summaries of Debates Jn the Imperial ParlJ. 
 ament; and Important Speeches at full 
 length. 
 
 Reports of remarkable Cafes and Trials in the 
 Courts in England. 
 
 All important State Papers ; fuch as are con- 
 
 r.e£ied with Britifh America in particular. 
 Biiiifli and Foreign Occurrences. 
 
 Summaries of Britifh and Foreign PoU-lcks 
 with obfervations. 
 
 Promotions, particularly thofe in anywifc in- 
 terefling in this Country. 
 
 State of the Britifh arid Foreign Funds. 
 
 Dca-hs of celebrated Charaaers in every Pan 
 of the world. 
 
 Extrafts from Icarce and valuable Books, new 
 Works and Periodical Publications on ec- 
 neral fubjeas. 
 
 Accounts of New Book,. 
 Literary and Philofophical intelligence; and 
 accounts of new inventions and difcoveries. 
 
 Debates in the Piovir.cial Parliamenf, by a- 
 bridgmcnt. 
 
 Interefting Occurrences in the Province or any 
 part of the Britifh Dominion, in North- 
 Americo. 
 Exiraas, Original Papers and Obfervations on 
 
 any Subjeft under Public Difcuffion. 
 Political Information, fmall paragraph, on 
 thefubjeaoftheday, and remarks on the 
 Manners and Amufements of the times. 
 Anecdotes of diftinjuifhed Charaaers. 
 Weekly Tables of the prices in the markets of 
 Quebec, and monthly accounts of the 
 market, of Montreal and Three Rivers • 
 and price of Day Labour. ' 
 
 Prices Current of the principal article; for ex- 
 portation and confumption in the Province. 
 Deaths and (hort Accounts of Perfons diftin. 
 guilhed for their Genius, loyalty, bravery 
 moral Condua. 
 Regular Tables of Births and Deaths. 
 Meteorological Tables and Remarks on the 
 Weather. 
 
 Remarks on the prevailing Dcfeales. 
 
 Poetry, cither original or little known. 
 
 The earlieft Communication of all News- 
 
 Papers, Periodical Publications, and New 
 
 and Interefling Books, both in the French 
 
 and^ Englifh Languages, is particularly re- 
 quefled. 
 
SATURDAY, 18th. DECEMBER, PROSPECTUS. [3 
 
 CONDITIONS. 
 
 I. 
 
 The British American Register 
 will be publifhed every Satur- 
 day evening, on Paper and 
 Type of vrhich the prefent are 
 Ipecimens. 
 
 II. 
 
 It will be pubUfhed in the French 
 and Englirti Languages indifcrimi- 
 nately: each No. will contain 
 iixteen pages Royal Oftavo ; and 
 will form a volume of four hun- 
 dred and fixteen pages, every fix 
 months ; to which an Index and 
 Title page will be given gratis. 
 
 III. 
 
 A loofe fheet will be given along 
 with each NO. for advertifements; 
 which will be inferted for the 
 fame price as in the Gazette. 
 
 V. 
 
 The Papers will be .delivered in 
 Town by Carriers ; and when the 
 Subfcribers refide in the Country, 
 the Papers will be delivered in 
 Town according to direftions ; 
 or at any of the agents for the 
 Paper; or at the Poft Houfcs 
 within the Province. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Subfcriptions not countermanded be- 
 fore the end of the term, will 
 be confidered a* continued for 
 fix months longer. 
 
 VII. 
 
 The firfl: number will be publifh- 
 ed the 8th. January next, and 
 a few complete fets will be pre- 
 ferved for thofe who may after- 
 wards defire to become Subfcri- 
 bsrs. 
 
 IV. 
 
 The price of Subfcription wiU be 
 half a Guinea for fix months; 
 payable at the end of the term : 
 no Subfcriptions will be received 
 for lefs than fix months ; and no I 
 fingle Papers will be fold. I 
 
 SUBS,-:RIPTI0NS for the r,per will be received at 
 
 the following places : 
 Quiliic At the Printing-office. 
 
 Tliree-RkcTs MeiTrs Sills, Poll-MHPer. 
 Momrfal James Brown, Hck-hinder. 
 
 Upper-Canada John Bennett, Printer. Yor\. 
 
 New-Brumwick John Ryan, Printer. 
 
 John Howe, Printer. 
 
 H. Caritat, Bookfeller. 
 
 Cohbett & Morgan, Pall Mall. 
 
 Halifax 
 
 New-York 
 
 lONDOxV 
 
 Printed by John Neilson, no. 3 
 Mountain street ; to whom all co- 
 munications are to be addressed, 
 post paid.