revived, but not issued at regular periods till about the autumn of 1760; which was soon after Bushell died.

Anthony Henry commenced the republication of this Gazette in 1761. His first paper was marked No. 1, and a cut was placed at each end of the title; the one on the right appeared to be designed for a fowler pursuing game; that on the left was a ship. He continued to print it weekly, on Thursday, in a very indifferent manner, and with few customers, until 1765, when the British stamp act was enforced in the colony.' It. was then printed on stamped paper. Not more than seventy copies were issued weekly from the press. The subscribers did not amount to that number. The Gazette had been printed on a half sheet; but after the stamp act went into operation, it appeared on a whole one, because there was only one stamp on a sheet. Not more than six or eight reams of stamped paper, of the sort appropriated to newspapers, had been sent from England for the colony; the whole of which came into the possession of Henry, and in a few weeks it was expended; or rather the stamps were, unknown to him, by the assistance of a binder's press and plough, cut from the paper; and the Gazette appeared without the obnoxious stamp, and was again reduced to half a sheet. The imprint when printed on a stamped sheet, was "Halifax, (in Nova Scotia); Printed and Sold by A. Henry, at his Printing-Office in Sackville-Street, where all persons may be supplied with a whole Sheet Gazette, at Eighteen Shillings [three dollars and sixty cents] a year, until the publisher has 150 Subscribers, when it will be no more than Twelve Shillings, Advertisements are taken in and inserted as cheap as the Stamp-Act will allow."

'The stamp act took effect in Nova Scotia, Canada and the Floridas, on the continent; and in the islands of Jamaica, Barbadoes, Antigua and Grenada.

In 1766, another newspaper was published in the place, handsomely printed and well edited; but Henry, after a short suspension, continued his Gazette. In 1770, the other paper was discontinued; and, in consequence thereof, Henry obtained an accession of customers. He placed the king's arms in the title of the Gazette, which he altered to The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle. The size of the paper was enlarged, and the typography was much improved. The publication ceased in 1800, on the death of the printer.

The Nova Scotia Gazette.

This paper was first published August 15, 1766. It was handsomely printed, weekly, on a crown sheet, folio, on a new long primer type. The day of publication was Thursday. Imprint, Imprint, "Halifax: Printed by Robert Fletcher, and Sold by him at his Shop near the Parade; where all Sorts of Printing is executed neatly, correctly and expeditiously. Subscriptions received at Twelve Shillings1 a Year, or Three Pence a Paper. Advertisements of a moderate Length inserted at Three Shillings each."

This Gazette was printed until 1770, when the publisher who came from England, returned to that country, and the paper was discontinued.

No other newspaper was published in Nova Scotia till after the war commenced.

'Two dollars and forty cents. 'Sixty cents.

CANADA.

Only one newspaper was published in Canada before 1775. In 1791, this territory was divided, and another province formed, distinguished by the name of Upper Canada. There are now (1810) several newspapers printed in that part which is called Lower Canada, and one or more in the new province.

QUEBEC.

The Quebec Gazette, La Gazette de Quebec,

Was first published in January, 1765, printed in English and French, on a sheet of foolscap, folio, but afterwards enlarged to a crown size, two columns to a page, the first in English, the second, containing the same matter, in French. A very handsome cut of the king's arms appeared in the title. It was published weekly, on Thursday. Imprint, "Quebec; Printed by Brown & Gilmore, at the Printing-Office in Parlour-Street, in the Upper Town, a little above the Bishop's Palace. Advertisements of a moderate Length (in one Language) inserted at five Shillings, Halifax, the first Week, and one Shilling each Week after; if in both Languages, Seven Shillings and Six Pence, Halifax,' the first Week, and half a Dollar each Week after." Then followed an imprint in French of the same import.

'One shilling equal to twenty cents.

The Gazette was discontinued a short time on account of the stamp act, in 1765.

In 1774, this paper was published by William Brown only, the senior partner, at his printing house "behind the Cathedral Church." After the death of Brown, it was continued by his nephew Samuel Neilson, who died, and was succeeded by John Neilson, "in Mountain-street," who now (1810), continues the Gazette.

MONTREAL.

A newspaper in the French language entitled Gazette du Commerce et Litteraire, Pour la Ville et District de Montreal, was first published in that city, June 3, 1778, by Fleury Mesplet & Charles Berger. It was printed on half a sheet of crown, quarto, with a new bourgeois type. Imprint, Montreal, Chas. F. Mesplet & C. Berger, Imprimeurs et Libraires." The partnership did not long exist; in September following, the title was altered to "Gazette Litteraire, pour la Ville, &c.," and published by Mesplet only, who continued it until he died. Le Roi succeeded Mesplet, and published the paper a short time. Edward Edwards, after the death of Le Roi, conducted it until the year 1808, when it was discontinued.

Other newspapers have been published since 1775, in Quebec and in Montreal; some of which have attained a permanent establishment.

A Gazette has lately been established at York, in Upper Canada.1

The Canadian Antiquarian & Numismatic Journal of October, 1872, has an article on "The first printing establishment of Montreal," in which the first newspaper is called La Gazette de Montreal.”—H.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

Newspapers were not printed in this province until the year 1783; two or three then issued from the presses of those printers who, during the war, were with the British army in New York, &c., but who, when peace was established, left the United States and settled at St. John, the chief town of New Brunswick. I do not know of more than one Gazette now (1810) published in the province.