If i were asked to name the finest bay in North America, I should say that of Halifax. If I were asked to name the most miserable city in that country, my reply would also be Halifax.

The former, which is 2466 miles from Liverpool, is situated 400 miles nearer to the British Islands than any other port on the continent, and while the Canadian harbors are blocked up with ice during nearly half the year, it is always accessible. From Halifax to Quebec, through British territory, the distance is about 600 miles, and from Halifax to Prince Edward' s Island, only 150 miles.

The Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, was commander of the British forces in North America, and stationed at Halifax in the year 1799, and there are several now living there who remember the old gentleman, and who manifested much venerable delight at the prospect of seeing his grandson among them after the lapse of sixty years.

If Albert Edward lives to be King of England, he will not be the first ruler of the British realm who once in his life visited North America for William IV., in his early manhood—and while the third son of his father George III., and consequently with little expectation of ever succeeding to the throne—visited several of these provinces.

The present Sir Samuel Cunard formerly worked as a carpenter in the Ordnance Department at Halifax ; and Haliburton, of “ Sam Slick ” celebrity, was born a few miles only out of the town, in which, I may remark, murders are of such rare occurrence that no execution has taken place for fifteen years.