4a a tk mtolutioii of the iroft tender connexions life being riiily thf beginning this been the cafe the whole city would have been a heap of ruins rf totid k ivpanuion only fis at grains in france three thoufand ct r aftcw red in hope of people were killed by the explohon oi a r magazine near the town and at dublin one hundred men wee dtliroyedby the blowing up of 2 1 8 barrels of powder on the 4h of january 1649 fixty houf es including a tavern full of people were blown up in the city of london by the ac cidental explolion of a lew barrels of powder at a fhip chandlers a child in a cradle was carried on the leads of a chinch and found bl omirt with redoubh u freilmek and m icfuhv employ he intermediate pace in lh preparations as ihdl make us mare wor- v of the meeting we implore fiiend- jvp in lh view when founded en virtue l 1 cllcm a union of mteielk and aiiections fympahy of feeling and inclination afltime 3 n- w value ijiey are nut for a day but for etrarty they may he fufpeuded for a fhort tint they will be renewed for we are lirx to inpyof- 1 hot tlere are no friend ibps fa evry intelligent bing augments h frlwy by participation he that has ij ver had a friend u a lirangcr to lorne of the ii t etootiobs and to one of the molt ex- q iie afcejiott of the human heart and ivhat augnnmts our virtuous felicity hue ii aojfiiitui it hereafter ye my friend oar eouuexfo will he n newed with a thou fand advantages unattainable here we lhall be 111 1 i moicueferving vi mutual eftecm and we f 1 no longer be liable to change such are o 1 e f t e reflections which ef- tawiiu the polition that we ill al 1 know each other in heaven they will footh if they en 1 cure our prefuit afflictions which vvjil u no longer iniaerabe but like a cloud pbi noting 1 he beams of the fun you walk b f v- llep- and get from under its hade the grave to the chtillain has little in d dreadl it is a fhep till the morning of the joyful rrection ivl f edinburgh lofl his amiable jn r whom he tenderly loved at the birth her fourth child being- a man of cx- tmi it feeunr his trrief ku w no bounds 1v took the greater delight in cherifhhig it and choit i le deceived poiilely the at tentions of hii friendii it vao evident thit thev afforded him ro oniolaiion hi- health i tftu lapiulv lo h c 1 1 1 cr aid il friends wvtre fikd with anxiety and alarm to himiei t n 1 yj l11h 1 j v l1wh lij ihulviull f ti th it coines yon look at the v ll iiiit ui uii oloul ok i run 1 1 i n k for the kingston gjzittm mr rrror thk late fires whch have threatened us a few diyia pill at the barred within a few yards i the powder mpsnzwe puts me in niid i ourpenluus gtuation in cafe the magazine ihoiild tkeiie the luilory of inch events is not ii poittlejn of many rea der bur few are able to calculate en the trrnbeand fitd eflecl- of an explolion from a certain quantity of powder at a given dif- tance hie following well atulunticated fvicls are fubmiited to public confideratioh they ae a ftw from a much greater nurn- be- in the hands of ilie writer i the year 1 769 the lightning fet rire to the povvdci n agyzine at brefcia in italy containing upwards of 800 ton thi terri ble event almoft ruined thrit larpe and b au- t city a ijxth part of the houfes were thrown down bv the violence of the exnlo- lion and the reft were fo much shattered that ihy ttrcateued deftruclion by their fall to ihoc who iahibted tiiern three thou- ind peifons perifhed by this accident a ti w 1 of cut rone built ova the vault which contained the powder was carried wholly in to the ar and in different parts fell like a mower ol loses which deflroyed a great number of churches hotels and private hou- fes by tlii- explofi n large hones were car ried to the difhmee of a mile and a half the damage occasioned by this accident was valued at more than two millions of ducats on th- 1 8th aoguft 1783 the powder ma aine at malaga took hie a great part of t le edifice was thrown down and the whole city would perhaps have been entire- lv diloycd had not the inhabitant by a fphired rehlunce fucccedcd twu years before in the removal of it to a place a league dif- twit from the t wn this magazine gener ally contained fix thoufand cuintals of pow der on the 4 of may 1785 the magazine rar tmgkn explode the building was bv n up w a dredfl l0 and the grea ter part of the neighboirg houfes were throwi down the mock was fo violent th it the whole city was fhak n and the doors 8ifi windows v-ci- all broken luckily a gri1 part of the powd bad been taken out a hv ii3p hf e aif fhere remained only cn hundred d twenty quintals had not ucutariy one thoufand houfes and a prodigious wrtiio uiiiurt number of inhabitants were fwept away by an exploion of the magazine at bremen and by the lame accident at abbeville in fiance one hundred buildings were tin own down and no lefs than one bundled and fif ty inhabitants peiilhed in the ruins on the ifland of corfu belonging to the venetians 1800 men were killed by the ex plolion of feventy two thoufand pounds of oowder and more than ilnee hundred lives were loft at the blowing up of a magazine near the town of trinchinopoii in the eaft indies the powder mills in the plains de gran- adis in france were blown up with o vio lent an explohon that windows were broken at the diftance of three leagues and neatly 1000 people were killed or wounded it would exceed the limits intended for this communication and be a trefpals on the readers patience to detail the many hock- fng circumllances which accompanied the ex- pofnn of a powder magazine at civita vecchin in italy bv which it was almolt totally dettroyed or to invite a more par ticular attention to the efiecu of the fame accident experienced fome years fince i the weft india ifles and in the year 1762 at the city of clarleilon in south carolina we only hint at thofc tragical events tho a minute detail of them would prove more interfiling and perhaps be more ill point to the relative fituatiou of this town to write them is by no means a pleafing taik k may however not be unprofitable to hear them i cannot coneude this fubj cl mr ed itor without reminding you ot an event that took place during the american war a ho rip i imjr lu trie foulh well of auiiiy uhaif and aim oft equidtltant from new- york and long ifland fliore was itruck by lightning when her magazine containing yco barrels of powder exploded the ef fect was dreadful a viitcl at the diilance of a out 200 yuds liad thirteen of her deck beams fhivcim to prece and ieveral of her timbers completely diilodged she was aa mere wreck the city of new- york fnffer ed much damage from this accident houi- e fi nj the l litre of lie ex iofion tco whitehall and to peck slip were fome oi them unroofed the windows generally droves in glftcs broken china and aoekery were demolifhed a lady then at burling slip mention- that he was in a meafure unpifiedl by the violent concntion of the air and thal lit r young woman was driven by it the length of a large room the gentleman who informed the writer- of thofc particulars and whole vera ity is un- quellionable was then fitting in a renr piaz za of a houfe and together with his friends wars caft down and driven fome yards from his ftat the intervention of a huge biek buiding w hi- h leltened the force of air that ruflictl in upon them he fuppofes the meana of lav g their lives the veltel lay from this place by the befl comp itation a mile i only add that the explolion was fo vidi lent that at the diftance of one mile and a half on the long ifland fide feveral doors and window mutters were unhinged and thrown down the reader mould remember that thefe are the aftonifhing effects of fifteen tons of gunpowder quere what effed would the fame quantity produce in the event of explolion on houfes not more than a tones throw from a magazine how would the blowing up of 500 or a thoufand barrels op erate on the t- vvn of kingfton there u no harm in anfwering theft queries nor in deviling ways and means of fafety ft is the firft law of nature who will fuppofe ii ab- furd in individuals to pay a decent relpect to the prefervation of life and property and to mark thofe who endanger boih is not this the language of humanity intentions do more harm than good no one deny the legioature fliould therefcte giftrate mould be clearly defined anu by providing forms and declaring the amount of fees guard againft thofe errors to which the clafs of men to which i belong are par ilv liable ut farther preface then fuller me to afk to whom is this warrant of detention to be directed i to the hie iff of the diftri ot to any conitable of the town or townfhip is any and what form to be ufed will thejultice and airelling officer be entitled to any and what fees or is it underftood that the one is to htue the procefs and the other to ferve it without compenfation i the aft does not authoriie the magiltrate to hold to bail is it underjlood for it were abfurd to en quire if it be declared that the perfon at reli ed is to be conducted to prifon from a dift ance of fixty or a hundred miles for the pt- ifnl fum of forty hillings or is he to be detained in thecudody of the officer until a capias can be procured in the event of an cfcape will the officer become liable for the debt i am ir yours a country justice for thk kingston gazette editors journeymen a to the editor of the kingston gazette 1 was exceedingly gratified by obferv- ing among the a6ts palled at the lad feition of our provincial paliairunt the titles of which you gave us in your lalt gazette at act o extend perfonal arreft to the fum oi forty lhillings and prcftimtng that the bill at the fame time pubifhed has become a law or this province i take the liberty ol fubmiuing to the framer or fiamers of it it ftvv enquiries which appear to me- the more neccffaiy as the act is enurely ilea on tju mr editor with emotions of indefciibable af- tonilhment i lall week perufed the commu nication of your correfpondent w d and though i mould be lorry any one mould fuppofe lam mote afraid of a moderate dan gerthan other people yet i think the prefent oecafion will warrant a confeffion that i feel confiderably alarmed for the puvpofe of obtaining for w d a degree of credit on the fcore of fagacity it appears i am to be expofed to caftigation to chevaliers de jmufquafooy and three cubits and a fpan of ad refpondtndem i entreat mr editor that every polhblc publicity may be given to this my folemn denial of the charge exhib ited againft me i declare upon the word ot an honed man that 1 know no more of or the faint um faiictornm of itarvation than if i had fpent my life in terra del fueeo i therefore lope that both my peronaj weliaie aucj poflhumous fame will be taken into con- fideration by thofc aggrieved as they mult be aware that while inch mifchief- makers are fuiteied to remain at large in the world they may themftlves be rendered liable to the ef fect of fimilar roifreprefentation so much for my individual exculpation but i mnfl now advert to a matter of much more intereft on perufing the paper in queftion fome little time elapfed before i could poflibly conjecture what might be w d s motives for fuch a proceeding i am now however convinced that there is a plot on foot to overturn the government thofc numerous portions of his letter which are to mod of us perfectly unintelligible and void of meaning arc i have every reafon to believe concerted modes of expreflion for the purpofe of conveying information to the difafiected in tins part of the province it is of courfe impoflible for any but one of ihtmfelves to point out with certainty the exact meaning of any of the fufpicious paf- fages i lhall therefore not attempt it but i earnediy recommend that immediate deps may be taken to if poflible circumvent their diabolical project in my humble opinion a general meeting of the county mould be im mediately called and a fecret committee cho- fen to collect all the evidence that can be obtained i need not hint that i conceive the militia mould alio be warned to be rea dy at a moments notice when i recollect the foul attempt to im plicate me in this traitorous undertaking the longer 1 write mr editor the more indig nant i become and my courage riiing pro- portionably i think 1 feel confidence enough to demand proper fatisfaction this i here by do challenging the faid w d to meet me with or without fpectacles at any time or place he may chufe to appoint i remain ice c absalom randy to be believed the law refpecymg the ways become alniod a dead letter artel whol y inefficient for the valuable purpofci w they were intended to effect matter hoc ever are not quite fo bad as all thik though i fear that in fome iutlances t j much ground for the bnpuration w th grouna mr uic imputation wnclea and as the quarter seffi ms will be held in few weeks 1 vvifli to direct to this fiftla he attention of thofe gentlemen wl fumtroncd to attend there as grand j coming from different parts of the diftrift they mud collectively pofiefs much 1 knowledge on the fubjesfc and can prrf defaulters without the obloquy and ill that too often follow the mod difinterdy individual informer but this doe not de volve upon them as a matter of propriety only they are fummoned in behaf ufthe didrict for the exprcfe purpofe of taking c nizance of thefe as well as other delinquen cies it is a duty therefore which they an mod imperioufly called upon to perform and which they cannot neglect witiiout dif- regarding the mod folemn and imprdlhe oath which it is to be prefunud they will not do to favor any offender by fubmitting thro the medium of your paper thefe obfervations to all partiescjp cerried you will gratify many vvayfaim men betides raring youi humble tervant viator foreign intelligence o -f- o a new decree hi london jan 7 been iffued by the danilh government ly which all trade with england is prohibited under more fevere penalties than any yet in flicted by the cruel napoleon it is declar ed a felony punifhable by death in the cp- tare f a ihio ttuttataiiiuig inurlomii vu engl l ana letters were received from hol- lmd yciterday to the date ot the 2 j ft mftarjt the conivripi iortwas extended to children of the age of thirteen the scheldt beet was moored in ruppel it is iaidthat in norway 3000 men intende- to man tliefips of war there toj refilled to proceed to holland and that the darrih troops v liicliwcj ordered to compel them had decu- ned any interference liv j rr- 1 1 a r fa a y v b r that at length the marque wellefley had i rioully appli fj mind to the cimidtion of th important qaefiion of the orders in council and has advifed hu rl n j l leagues in ofiice to a final refok tion on the fubject day laft an order was lent e read or an n i a a rrn armed vefiel to h nients notice to carry d patches nd to america and we uncierharid they were yefterday difpatdied on sunday lafr lord grenvillc harfan audience of three horns with the priree of wales fuppoied to be on bniireh 1 eipccl- ing the peent ftate of the kingdom jan 12 yrfterday the deputation from both houfes of parliament went up to car ton houfe to prefent to his royal highefi the refolutions to which afur a long uiicu fion the two houfes had agreed the firft refolution exjrcites the neceffiiy of providing for the exerclfc oi the royal au thority the feeond refolution dates that trie pow er veiled in the ivnce of wales hall not extend to the granting of any rank or dig nity of the peerage of the realm to any per fon whatever the third refolution prevents the regent from giving ar office in rcveilnni or grant ing any office for any other term than donaj his majciiys plcrafuie except huh as by law are required for life dming good behsrfof the foun h refolution prevents the dffpofi- tion of any of his maeftys real eltate or re newal of leufes the prince of wales in a very handfomfi rtpy ebferves u i do not heliiate t accept the office and hi ua tion ptjopofid to trie ftrictcd as iluy are idll retaiing evt o pinion expn ited by me upon a tiomer and ii niar du4rtffitg ociaffon to the fords and gnifmen hi olfertc ei voli ulj communicate i his my anhverm tl fr lc two h tlcs aeconiiued by riy rnoi vmit vmms and nayos th the iv will rnay extricate us a d 1 he nation co mm jti jc tlin mr e hear from every nnar- ter complaints of the bad late of the public roada of neglect of duty on tle t the commdhoners and overfeers and of obiiinacy 7 fe whole labor is to be d pldnnderhcndireaion yct comes fowad with any fpecihe chal or come a prolocutor inwhf many othera ae itenflrj ecmallu u i hpnrtivn ih fcffl and thus if thefe y t a j li i acon vvmui fcj f tl ie gi n vois irdatr illi m j l f ut s willing to he cciildltlin by th- fpeivl iciluthv mjelly iwdth i ol w i he d ni iti hi 1 lien v u x if j i u ii l d il 1 i hi ii