miscellaneous re si weuyax mcthuplstrf not tllskntrfts at i u meeting at launccston in fivr tff tht rahihfd church mr- branwell a wcsleyan av the following manly and honourable avowal hclcuc our national establishment to he de- rahlr t provide the means of reliaious knowledge no a irw scale to the nation genrally and to ro- tthf men of learning and piety to defend the faith from tin vlmfts of infidelitv popery and false doc- trim- the eons of the establishment have often eacd the truth with their blood in defence of our holy religion and 1 have no doubt that in similar cakfiicis the church would again send forth her sons in defence of the truth who would first defend her j i then dc in her cause loud cheers 1 esteem the establishment because her doctrines rire those nflliff jvew testament the only rule of faith to a riirfrinin- i esteem the establishment because her liturgy is the most scriptural form of prayer of hu man composition and rarely do i find my mind brought i to a more desirenble frame than under the pner of the liturgy if some should say why do y it n inetbodistt defend the church my answer is that i a so becauce i am a wcslcyim methodist loud cheering reference was tlicn made by the speaker to die sentiments of the rov j wesley the latter nf whom in his declining years became the subject of scruples as to the propriety of seperatinc fitwn the church reunited himself with her and died within her pale these references were re ceived with much cheering mr r- then read amidst strong marks of approbation two or three letters written by dr a clarke showing the strong attachment felt by that venerable and holy man to wards the church the authority of dr coke- ilfr jlenson and the late lamented r watson was also adduced in order to show that the speaker was justi fied as a methodist in joining to shield die estab lishment from the efforts which were then making ftgainst her sriftttrp conduct op a woman a daring at tempt rook place on tuesday niidit july 3 on ihe premises of jtfr j short black ilorsclnn the family rciired to rest about 10 about an hour after 1rs short thought she heard a door opening and going to the window observed two men carrying something towards the gate leading it llm streets they were soon joined by a third when jlfra s nitd her son were left to secure the vanquished thief ft sscnmuiiflg the premises tliev found several arii- rics put aside ready to be carried off the thieves were armed with a three pronged dungfork and a i m rart tilt slick which they had stolen from mr falk- rer nf castlefarm tattershall besides bludgeons shorts weapon the poker was bent doublebv mi the force of the blow the offended name is rich ard tireen a formidable and desperate character a noon landlord on monday last charles putlund esq of dublin accompanied by his agent mr jtfassey vistcd his estates in the county of klkenny and learning from several of the respec table tenants on that it would be impossible for the tenantry ill general to meet the present rents tubes cesss c- fie foigave them a large amount of ar rears amounting to several thousand pounds lie lsn reduced the rents in the follow in proportion such farm as were let in 1s23 at 31s and 21s per acre nrchilhe future to pay but 16s 15m ftphg aitl ihe mountain parts of his etat pcc sit now let for 4a the piece on 1300 am this kind truly excellent landlord has built pense for each of his own tenatt slated house he has asc lately yi s which paid build a school-bo- wc shall conclllt tietinn tmn x ins own ex- 2 cmfirlalilr en them 50 in e tirs para graph in the simple tut sincere and iinnflericd word of the honest former who cnminumrid the above intelligence to us may the hearth blessings of his tenantry and oppressed couuirvmen nuend af- putaudi tnd all hnmniio landlords and he ha he finally obtain it bef ire the merevi mav showed judgement scot o god iv at- font vfinnirlc aucrira mammovu in a rcceit lecture on ge- mf2y in hartford connecticut professor silliman tsoibiu hi hi audience one of the joints of the hack limie of u huge mastodon or american mam moth recently discovered inexcavaiiuga race way in iir v yi1 part of berlin in th valley of the fnmkdtty liver in connecticut the bono w in fine pre ovation the t rinclpa ctalltgc biing in the color it was piuvublyolv of the joints ncaruie loins where the back lone from this specwitrn must lurtc been ibout tightcon inches in circumfer ence i1u joint has a bone riding from the lop ol the vertebral column about fourtieu inches and icpilg ljckard at an angle of twcnty-fiu- oi thnn deroctf- from the perfect condition of the bonis thus incidentally discovered there is reason to believe tlui n cuniptcte skeleton may be recovered by a licisc- teriiiand diligent search in the morass where the specimen in question was found tueh a skeleton would be a noble memorial of the wist animal which once roamed through new england a j vnurur lamcntable evknttius mnrninjr at abcuthalf past tvx oclock a fire broke out in the front story brick store of messrs haydock clay as co whole sale druggists no 271 pearl street oppusife the fulton- bank which wuh its contents m entirely destroy ed there was mil a very full mock of goods which ts insured for 10 and is of course a total loss to the insurance compnuv the second story of the building was occupied by edwin r yale japanwarc dealer whose stock wa also destroyed but wlicihtr this gentleman was insured or not we have not yet ascertained the third floor m used fortlie storage of crockery ware by willis brothers who hud no insurance the building beluiiiid to the heini of the late j g kane and may be allied at 6 000 the nct distressing result of ibis conflagration is yet to be reearded aboutsix oviock and when the fire was subdued and many of the firem n villi their machines had withdrawn engines jos anil 13 remained on the ground to ensure safety in tin 4th story was stationed mr john mcbrair ibruiuitti of no- 10 and messrs artemas gower and uuuju- min ijionk assistants with their hose aiidjiipe a in the 1st story messrs edward croner bitffone ihitr mill- inein castinc ins underbill predeick ward and zoj bew of engine no 13- mr mcrirar in the fourth story h eyes upwards observed several bricks beinr aware that all the interior of the rear llatlbcen burned away and the roof much injured lu caution ed his associates of their danger histoids were scarcely spoken when the peak of tin arable end of the south side of the store having nothing tu mip- port it fell in with a dreadful crash earning all the llucrs down into the cellar mr- mcliirar who was three or four fnt from he fioni window instincihely spranc to lite sill on uhich he hcld thereby saving himself from destruc tion while mr gower and mr blonk wcr precipi tated into the second story among the tailing ruins mr gower was completely buried but with prompt asistancc was rescued alive uu i houtcf very much injured both externally and internally mr blank was more fortunate he found himself shield ed by a franklin stove which fell diagonally over 4 saw the mutilated fragments looked more liken piece of indian r ft eleven oclock when the alarm bells called for fur ther aid and found four streams of water playing from the eneiues our worst fears were realized itfr underbill and mr vud are without doubt dead beneath the ruins several attempts have been made to get them out but the bricks with which they are covered are eo hot that they cannot he handled and the insecure situation of the walis renders it ex tremely hazardous to venture in the cellar the walls are now propping- it v- com jtttv painful occrrenccs intelligence from sara toga springs furnishes us with several items of dis tressing events at that place on tuesday last the lady of admiral vans died at that place after an illness of a few hours- at the tme her son and two daughters were with her the admiral says the gazette bad prece ded his family to his new location at stanford up per cnnadn to prepare for their recption and could not have been advised of his wife illness on the 4th of july mr william conk a respec table merchant of albany died while seated at the dinner table he was observed to let fall back his head and was dead when those at the table took hold of him he had been ill for some time with an afiection about the renion of the head he was a man universally and deservedly esteemed and bis demise has caused general and deep repret on the same day and in the same village elia- kiin oarkcr and a mr snpcr were dreadfully wounded by the discharge of a cannon with which they were firing a salute mr liarker had one arm blown off and received a wound in his side 3r soprr had one hand blown oil above his wrist and the other near his elbow a gentlemen who was present say one of the hand rubber than human flesh something nkw unokr thr sun an jrriat steam boat a irenileman in cincinnati by the name nf mason has invented nn ferial steam boat in which he proposes to ascend on the 4th of july it is said that the inventer is very sanguine liming already made to hint a very satisfactory experi ment the boat is thus described in a cincinnati paper lt is about ten feet looff the ribs bcins covered with silk in order to render it very light the engine of two hprse power is placftl in the middle and turns fmir vertical shafts projecting over the a j7h 4fffci int hith if ndtirdi nrv ftvd l7tm spiral silken wings which are made to revolve with a sufficitut velocity to cause the vessel to rise over the whole is fixed a moveable silken cover designed to assist in counteracting the gravitating force at the same time tending to assist in its propulsion the whole boat including the engine weighs 60 pounds and has cost about 300- w- jamaica the legislature is quite busy making arrangements for the good government of the colored population after their emancipation- orfranizinc an active police and suggesting plans of prison disci pline a most horrid murder had been committed tn the body of a dr hull who was shuckiugly cut and mutilated a petition to thr assembly for an island bank to he regulated or conducted nn principles similar to til same institution in vieat britain was about to be presented by the merchants the subject of saving banks was also about bing botuiitd in the wnuk tme of jtxn vi sri or plastfr of paris m attention tu ihissnhject is culled at this time by the circumstance nfsgoing bcvgitt fanners mst week sow plaster on their crass lands the first i saw was mowing it on a giass field aoonluu a fair into to cattle and ol course a lare portion of it wnnld never reach the ground where 1 conceive darter ntiffht to lie but what striuk mc as most remarkable in thiscae was that the lipid in which the plaster wassowiug was filled willi cuttle ilonosa sheep that would nrccssurily eat a inrgti portion ol it and illicit would then be invl to the furmer btll what was still worse the eating of so much phistei must be injurious to ihe auimnls which are obliged to feed upon it on this subject there can he n mistake and if ibid man had lost a cow hoisv ol a few sheep at this time it would have been attri buted to any than but the right cause- ifsiter dis solves a small portion of plaster the remainder hardens into an indissoluble must and those who arc experienced in rat killing take udvnntngo ui this rircinntuncc ami adiuuiiatcr it lir the iles- trnction ofthul animal this man ought to have his satad fu dinner well sprinkled with phttvr and hermue hrurtkully ueqnaiitted with both its uutonnd ellectf on guinea little further 1 saw another furmer sow in j fluster on a firhl well covered with clover uiuif ihtttl half knee high by far the largest por tion of it must therefore lodge on the expanded and broal leaves of tllo elovr and very little of it would ever reach the ground plaster a a manure has been used about thirty years aod it argues bad farming that the proper time for sowing it has not been yet determined i hold that the practice of bowing it on the ground before the storting of vege- tauni in the spring aod upon the half grown plant cannot both be right 1 apply plaster us 1 do every other kind of manure 1 spread it on the surface of till ground expecting itlqi the rains as they dc scuud will jiysolvc successive portions of it and carry these portions into the earth where the roots of the plbnts which come in coutrast with it will ei ther absorb or be stimulated by it to a more vigorous growth besides mich portions of it as remain un dissolved on the surface of the ground have the pe culiar property of attracting moisture during the de composition of which the plants in the vicinity can avail themselves 1 am likewise anxious to reap this second advantage it is judge bueps opinion that plaster to be u8c- fid oilght tube sprinkled on the ground very early in the spring before vie utioi begins to revive the j pring nd atlrtuner rains gradually dissolve it yicldsuni it fructifying qualities as the plant re quires it dining the season it appears to me also horn the slight knowledge 1 have of vegetable pliy- siology that sowing plaster nn ihclroadmid expan ded lustvca of the clover is interfering with its inwli and doing it a positive injury the leaves are denominated by botanists the lungs of plants they fulfil in the vegetable economy what the lungs do in theanluial they nre the organs of respiration and nir a as nictvary to the first us it is to the second i hey imbibe through their upcr surfiee carbonic acid and give out oxyircit muct to chance- upon tins important subject it igh time thai nil the light thatcau be borrowed from the riences of botany geology chemistry ax should he drawn to now he t and that the darkness which ilispewd gentate fanner 1rovincinl fro n ir lower to do this freely ctltnotm all plants sue supplied with imiov which are very huge in pro- portion to thfj other psut of iheni that their repi- liitiun mav be easy and thus conduce to their speedy evolution when the upper leaves nf ihe clover ii covered willi line plaster which the tirst tlov converts into an adhesive mslc it must ly interfere with the ravpiration ul the plant him whhoui crushing him from this s taw him wiih difficulty extricated and fl comparatively little iujui ttiauon we ure happy to say won comparatively little injurv not m with thegendeinen on the first floor ihe received the whole contemn of all the stone upuii them and were dashed into the cellar mr crook- er uiter remaining in this horrible situation half an hoir wi dug out from the ruind terribly burnt ttdd iinitilaled air mills wasaloo taken out much burr at nine oviock when wc left the dreadful ronofl jwr underbill and mr wid remained bu ried without any prospect of being taken out alive l0mcailrf- we viired the ntalapot ngalu i are the rain or natural m tor three luiinjis ul its upper surface i coveitd with this coating- ucidi it must be to ii a source ol irritation andalihouh a mail ipianii inny ik alt- aorbitlillto the plant in tins unnaturtl way atill it it an inttsi terence with respiration which retards itw growth aod under any circumstanced it docs not re quire where toostttlht use in mowing plaster in clover more than half grown it can he of no h r- vice to a ulserjunt crop because n very smill por tion of it only will ever reach the ground uud the clover having already attained alargeie its own growth does not require it the truth of ihe mat ter iv some farmers sow their plaster at the in crease or decrease of the moon and do not reason any further on the subject these lacts go to show liow very ienorhiii we are of die profession we fol low and how neceatry it is that we irayodotue set tled ruleu to guide un very oprrnlinnslmwha wnnt of system and thus the hucctm ot litnningilelt too v thift gentleman ioetor barker we were iu- formed t 1 1 mayor of toronto had denounced the am jrenvilfe gazette as not to he depended upoi a the approaching election for publishing their disapprobation of some treasonable expressions which appeared in a letter addressed by joseph hiuie lq to the mayor of toronto and publish ed the advocate to this we answer that if mr mckenzie entertained the idea that those who went the whole length of the hog with him tu become a bloody kobespterreau revolutionist m order to cast off ii hancful domination never experienced he is and bus been grossly deceiving himself or if he or any uther torv in the province ever imagined thai we by advocating the principles of a isritish consti tutional reformer were ready and willing to go with thosi who would east ol britsh supremacy at the nod of a disappointed demagogue traitor they have also been egeregiously deceivimr themselves from this moment we denounce mr mckcojc and eve ry other man thinks as he does as traitors to the good cause of constitutional reform to uritish rule british supremacy and tc good government these are bold expressions and we itsftun the pub lic tint it is with heartfelt regret we feel ourselves in duty bound to our god our king and our country to publish them ii ackenzie has unquestiona bly deceived us if revolution and dismemberment of this province from the mother country ever was ins object for it never cntcied into ourlteud to con ceive that such could be the case until alas we read it in language too plain to be misunderstood for the good that vr mckenzie has hitherto done in provincial reform weheurtily thank him but for the traitorous object be has had apparently in view we detest butl in our heart and soul with british reformers he can no longer be classed nor will the loyal u e reformers or their descendants recog nize him as such for the future he and the editor of the courier are twin revolutionists thev have hitherto appeared at variance withcach oilier but tt is tuie obvious they have had the same object in view and a fair understanding with each other as to mtocwm iu ta imitwnell tiwfoiih cuiibevlil with such political i nonc mr mc kenzie did right t expose mr eycrson sit the lime an d m the msi nncr dici hu hp m wicked- ly wrong to betray friend jlr ii mnc and ex pose that veteran f reform in language that was never intended for t public ear to palliate or gloss over the reasonable lanugncc in that letter by either the friends ol jifc hume or mr mckcnsie would in our opinio be adopting their sentiments and proving themsclives traitors to the bind of their birth and rcisoes to the most liberal constitu tion in the world that ptovincal domination has with a very high hand been exercised over these provinces by a col provincial government the most confirmed tor cannot dare not deny but has not the nioihr country j 1 eat measure removed the evil find is shu no now doing all iu her power to redress the wmoifning abuses what then could induce any rational being to wish for a crisis to ar rive that would dftevcr these provinces from the units crown tr idea is preposterous it is ihe conception of a lodas and the treason of devils had the home government exercised the same ty ranny over these provinces which it did over her for mer colonies now ih united states we certainly would be among tho first to do all in our power to hasten on the time which would throw off so baneful a domination but when the mother country like a tender parent is diving all that lies in her power to redress every grievance and as far as is practicable endeavoring to daw her children of every grade iv description on a level he must be an ingrafts at heart and a dtfspjcu4le wretch that would return her evil for cood rob plunder maim and drcrerp her to aggrandize binwrlf and that too at the expense nf ihe lust blood of his other brethren we are willing io adtnh thai mr luine wrote his letter from the impulse of an irritable moment ami wc ure sure that no pcrsoi enjoying the feclincs of a imm will deny but mr rversonv conduct towards mr hum was enough h excite rhe worm pnaainna of a lcs sensilive dispniion than that of ur iluniev unt what arc we u think rf that man who in his cool reflecting moneuls would betray die weakness of his friend by pihlishiiiji umpialtlied expressions wlndi were never utended to he placed before ihe die mckcnh must huve lieen well hvkuc ous to his printing be letter that ihe enemies r provincial reform wouw pounce upon any expres sion however innocent in its original intention coin- mg from a reformer that it could be played upon to demonstrate as ihey icrm it the sinister ohjecis or the reformers ill cotitradistiuciion to the mure di abolical measures of the tory patiy therefore he is inexcusable for giving publicity to that which makes the ememies of retortn and good government rejoice and which wouindsthc feelings of the oidy trite and loval part of the community because revo lution and a dismemberment of these provinces ne ver had a place in theie conceptions or ever will whatever difference of opimon they may have hi therto entertained on poetical subjects of miner im portance in upholding and maintaining british su premacy they were always united and determined in the language of passion and petulance mr mf kenzie remarks in the editorial matter of the inst advocate that it can moreover no longer be a matter of doubt that the provincial periodical press and its conductors arc sngy opposed to reform and honest liberal responsible government if mr jurkcnzi means a reform which ought to lead to anarchy and revolution he is perfectly correct in slating thai llhconductrfw of mw reform press are opposed to such hellish measures but if nn the uther hand he means rai they by opposing ins unguarded and cxtrava assertions are opposed io the redress of existing nbusw be la much mista ken it is upwards of unity one years since we were enrolled in the mipm brmnh ronsiitutionul leformers nor have we ifh rfoht nor lme we turnh to the left nn a l ww of limesoliciledfavorsol r1 altered governor e have kept a straiht forward coonw exposing min- i ule and dcmaiidini redlf of grievances as often ss thev occurred if worm coolly written be real representations of idea wi arc conhrmed the to nes areas much if no greater revolutionist ihm messrs lvkioienr itue consequently consider thenrnemiesto urilmi piviwiy and blull silwuvn treat then ww certaniiv be hovesihe loyal reliiruui f very grade and degree to unite their envies pliysically and morally in order in oppose the m revolutionary spirit which is stalking abroad nwwf the assumed garb ol reform lorvisiti and lovv- hiioiiicontltotion- il reform was never in re danger ol being impe ded by the mad 7ml of f gtt men in a crowd will make more noise than all the rest of the assemblage the bluster and turbulence of the one like the noisy veilings and imprecations of ihe other ought only to be taken as the evidence either of the titter hopelessness or the utter worth- lesaitctt of the cause which they respectively advo cate of tin- whole 30 newspapers iu the province on ly aftrealmve openly aancttooed mr humes propo sition to rebel ngaiotthe ifriiish government and they are the conatiian correspondent u 4k advocatt and put previ thebiifyffii strntes the stale ufnuhh pnnmi upon any suhject hi any free country so wedlym iho witimenw of the press if there b decided majority ol the newspnper press in liw of any gn en proposition t mav be prcitviafelv nferred that theris also a decided miiority of tfc rp vor of the aame proposition for w ihe press cm only besuppoit- in the people mow ux b cxpres- the sentiments of l people this is too self- evident a proposition to admit of disputation and although three m four ttive turbulent kditorud spirits may make more l0 00 bluster than thirty or forty contemporaries w arc diametrically oppo- d torhem i three o four drunken piarreuoine prop ed sin rrfirrmer wo place the correspondent first as we shall hereafter always do because in point of talent it is infinitely superior to its humeite associates and equal if not superior to any of its provincial con temporaries and wc can only lament that those talents are not engaged in a more righteous cause- the papers which have heretofore to a greater or lesser extent advocated the cause of reform but which have now openly and determinedly condemned the sentiments of mr humes letter are the follow ing viz the hamilton frte press w british whig kingston 41 british american journal sf oaths u niagara reporter 44 christain guardian and 44 grcnville gazette prescott 1 he other provincial journals which have most decidedly condemned mr humes letter are the following sandwich emigrant patriot st thomas journal part hope warder lmdon true patriot cobuurg star western mercury belleville standard dundas post hallotvelt free prc niagara gttanrr kingston chronicle canadian wedcyan kingston herald canadian freeman cornwall observer the courier of upper canada thus we have 23 of the upper canadian papers decidedly condemning mr hume and his revolu tionary doctrines and three only supporting them but there are three more yet to dispose of and these three are the most contemptible of the whole these three to use an americanism are astride of the- fence they are the ifrnlvilh ifawtvi kingston spectator and st thomas liberal these three at the outset evinced a disposition undoubtedly their real dkspotiion to sanction and adopt mr- humes revolutionary recommendation and made one step in advance towards doing so but finding public opinion so strongly evinced against them they baited iu their career and now stand between the two parties too timid to advance and destitute of the courage to retreat leaving these three papers altogether out of the question as being whichever way they may at length chance to go alike useless to their friends and harmless to their enemies we think the union of the people of upper canada speaking as they always must do through the press of the country- is strongly enough demonstrated to be 23 to 3 against the evolutionary sentiments attempted to be incul cated iu mr humes letter t courier death by drowning a coroners inquest was held un sunday the 6th july before geo duff gan esq on the body of philip sergeant a medi cal gentleman just arrived from england and who it appeared in evidence arrived in this city on tuesday the 1st instant from oswego on board the steamer united states and is supposed to have been accidentally drowned by falling from the wharf while getting his luggage on shore late iuthe eveoiiiff when it was very dark mr sergeant it appeared by letters found in his baggage was from callingfon in cornwall and to have a wife and three children in england several papers piilo- mas vr and 20 sovereign and a half in money were found on the person of the deceased tlw bady was seen floating on the water in the bay on saturday 1 days after the accident a was picked upon sunday a silk handkerchief vvas grasped in the right hand of tha deceased when lonnd with which it is supposed he might have been wiping his face when he fell from the wharf the flight being very warm among the papers was ft copy of a letkt from jos jlfnlachy gunnislake cornwall- and a letter addrehsed to himself by a female patient named elix grigg dated trcueath fcbry- 28 isctl hi papery and bfuxsagk are in the hands of iheguroner it from private letters wc are happy to be informed that it is likely to meet with the best encourage ment as it is instituted on very favourable terms for the public allowing three per cent interest on all deposits on the principle of the scotch banks and charging the usual rate of six percent on discounts by allowance of interest on deposits the emigrant cnjoran advantage not hitherto held out by any similar establishment in the two provinces while it enables the bank to increase its discounts to the merchants it is understood that upvard of fifiv thousand sovereigns were lodged iu the banks in toronto last year by emigrants waiting a favoura ble opportunity of investing their capital which will future be transferred to the agricultural bank in unless the others follow the example we wish it all the success its liberal policy so justlv merits the number of emigrants at gfosse isle is stated in the boarding report of that station tube i330und there ure one or two ships below the island wulltattfc numhersof passugers so that we bcli we are correct in statiig that ihe number already announced to this day is fully equal to or exceeds the total num ber of the whole of the last season wc shall pub lish a correct return on tuesday from the books of the chief agent for emigrants man herald tub wandkring piper this far famed and most eccentric person is now in this city and has announced his intention of tunine his pipes fit the city hall this evening at 7 o clook and tomorrow evening at the same hour most of our readers we dare say have read the various stories which have been at different times put into circulation regarding the motives objects and the identity of this singular personage willi regard to the former it is generally understood that the extraordinary freak of travel ling as a piper originated in a wager made between him and a french nobleman some six or seven years since by which the scotchman who is also understood to be a man of rank and to have been in the army was to travel oer the british isles and ihe american continent in cop as a piper and the frenchman was to travel over the european continent as a violin flayer and the party who collected the largest sum in a certain number of years was to win the wager this at least is one of the most current among ihe many stories on the subject the piper hasbeeuoutnowsix years two of which he was con fined from the effects of a broken thigh oceaioicd by the upsetting of a coach in ireland one year he wandered over this continent the whole of the money which be receives he bestows to charita io purposes as he goesaloog keeping and exhibiting a regular account of his receipts and expenditures and a journal of his proceedings his identity has never been discovered he h now we are sorry to perceive in a declining state ofheahh apparently from affection of the lung altho he is naturally a powerful and athletic person ftith tih accent ib a strong scot- we meniioned on saturday that mr john david son succeeds the lute mr timings douglass as clerk nf the crown in chancery ihe gazette wow add- that mr douglasss second appointment has not ijclmi tilled up this accumulation of offices in the same person of v inch tin into mr- douglass was one insiancc id we ik tud bo by the mr davidnon is another ctutnol hut be looked upon as an evil in a colony as it gives io iiiflis iduais incomes fiir uiiimo the society generally fhicmv of example creates habilsof can but ill altord the who draws the incomes isily indulge besides extravagance in those who manner of living in which he of two or three olaccscau t in iking one man wealthy the custom prevents two or perhaps three men from enjoying easy eircum stance in canada an office of c200 or 300 would enable a man to bring up a family rcspecrb- ly yet it is seldom that tuch an office is considered worth holding unless with the expectation that another will he tucked to it there is only one cams in which an union of offices is justifiable namely where the duties required in volve a djgrce nf responsibility ami demand consi derable knowledge and yet do not take the whole of an individuals time besides which a salary cannot be n horded to either office to remunerate such nua- lincationsaseacli office requires jhott daitfadv we noticed in ii late number thai ihe agricultu ral bank iti toronto had commenced operations the dalhouste steamer is not 4 consumed by fire as stated ny ihe montreal herald nor is there any derangement in her machinery unit we are aware of all the fire that occurred during ehi accident was not worth mentioning arrange ments are abont being made to raise her when we trust she will effect bur wry up the rapids and take her place on the kideau line as was originally ic- tended by herpropietors cornwall observer whoever wrote the report of a certain examnia- tion which appeared in thursdays gazette has little taste for displaying either sense or veracity the foolish and ignorant writer would find it difficult tn pay higher compliments to joseph scaliirer or tu ourselves than those which he has exhausted on a gentleman whose only public manifestations had proved him equally destitute of temper talent and learning if mr ijiack is really rash enough io de sire that the truth should be told as to ins scholavn and literary qualifications let him iovhe competent judges in addition to thosu who are parents at leat to witness the examination if not to institute an ex amination themselvis j he absolute falsehoods mi shouldnnr haw driigmd iu iiatinn but bit nluitft cues implied in the assumed superiority o mr ij to every teacher in montreal demand and justify the most severe reprobation the foolish puneirv rial of a crafty pretender knows well that loulrcal contains at least two schoolmaster bcide other that the foolish panegyrist mav not be expected to know to each of whom mr black is as far inferior as mr black youngest pupil is to him we need not name them hoi we speak advisedly when we state that the advanced pupils of one them are quit able to puzzle tv gentleman whose mind is richly stored with classical literature we cannot trust ourselves to say more for on such occasions we do feel a degree of indignation which no personal in sult or injury has ever mused men settler by die report of the proceedings nf the corpora tion we are glad to observe that dr nelson success fully resisted the mayors proposal for printing a hundred copies of the act of incorporation dr nelson is too sensible and independent a man not to feel and oppose the danger of introducing into the corporation the printing mania of our assembly or of the american congress the typographical ex penditure of our assembly is bad enough but that of the congress borders closely on dishonesty that august body uncercmoniouslyordcrs a reprint ofany standard work which a majority of members may desire to possess gratis and such has been its shame less extravagance on this bead that nobody would be surprised by its ordering five hundred copies of sir walter scotts works from messrs conner and cooke ib fiom the kingston chronicle of saturday last wc extract the fullouuig editorial article in fulfil ment of our promise we this day publish the letter nftha hon- i mctiitl to the editor of the mon treal gazette on a sunjectwini hae conferred such painful celebrity upon the tfetiler- this letter should terminate a discussion by no mean creditable to the original calumniator but uiniticnilv calculated to enhance the value ui a gentleman and a clergy mans moral integrity hitherto unimpeached am peculiar circumstances prevented us from seeing the preceding number of the chronicle we were not aware of its having promiseh to republish mr mc- oilla letter but we are at ali events delighted to find that it has mlmved in the wake nf sv abb and udcpcuduutjoina uic ituacuc un j7tmj u- vertiserand the settler whether the painful ce lebrity has been conferred on the settler by our contributors or our correspondents or our ourselves our able and independent brother of the kingston chronicle condescended not to specify but injus tice to the gentlemans philology wc must own that the epithet painful is most appropriately applied to our celebrity which has been long a thorn in the sides orjin one instance in the nncside of many a jealous and malignant blockhead the first clause of the second sentence this let ter should terminate a discussion assimilates our able and independent brother in point of disoigeuu- ousness to a certain reverend gentleman and some oflus zealous champions the onlj inference thai can be drawn from it iu the absence of less partial information is that m letter was to the best of our able and independent brothers knowledge un answered and of course unanswerable now be fore saturday last our brother had had for unit time in his possession the settlers ol 26th aod 30ih june which had respectively ground to powder the offensive and the defensive works of the hon mr mcliil if any gentleman prompts or encourages the republication of any thing that demands or jus tilics our reply he may wonder at our using our humble efforts tu defend oarsclvcs how quietly our able and independent brother tries to beg the question iu ihe use of original ca lumniator and how innocently he really designates by that expression the be v edward bhtdt what tl le man means by the value of a gentleman we are terribly puzlcd tn comprehend lie must have analogically used the commercial language of yau- keetown where such a thing as a black gentleman is valued like a loc of wood or a barrel ol pork mr blacks own violent v vituperative language would fully justify us iu shewing that his moral integrity has or been hitherto uimniieaejied by an ample exposition of ft certain occurrence alluded to in our editorial reply to mr mcljidv letter but wc shall not dow at the eleventh huuc descend from ihe mond superiority which lias throughout the come tt distinguished the settler am which has cut oar opponents more keenly and more deeply than any thing else to disinterested judges we have fearlessly submit ted in our journal both sides of the questnm a piece of generosity which perhaps costs us utile for from a careful comparison we had nothing to dread for either our moral or our literary character the liiplc alliance ol abjeet flatterers may injure us but it shall not daunt us it will take inure than three spaniels to keep a lion at day if there be iu addition to the chronicle another honest journal in kingston it will on the broad principles of justice give this short article an inser- tion mon settler inpoiol ation wanted of john mcglowin shoemaker a native of coun ty derry in ireland who left his wife and child m montreal about two years since he is supposed to be in the united states tersons knowiim mtfhl of the absentee are requested to cotumunicute with this office kingston july 11th 1331 u