kurt fa ewwm oftlicffi difeof the petition of thomas gourlay hat tv committee of camqo- vrrus youi 1ciiu ik n- iwc iade further enqtiity into ihe lattice of th- j col mitm admmiltra j0iv and into th oiufeo which have influreed the dirtc- ion of puolic affai8 that your petitioner having done fo pith an unprejudiced mind and i p l feffion of i vait body f informal n it i lift lokmn opinion ihai a full and par ticnlar enquiry ouht immediately i be i4 by vuir honorable houfe iiitoj the hate of the province and that a com- j niflion hwuld be appointed to proceed ft england for the purpofe of laying thcrefultof fuch enqnhy befov the throne in order to iforf mraurcs- for future peace and proipenly now endangered j that in the mean time your petltl- mer entreats to be examined at the bar fyour honorable houfe sn4 to be al lowed an opportunity of fuhftantiating the fafts here above alleged and your per loner hall ever pny robert gouhlay niagara feb 19th 1818 niagara fall mills feb 23d 1818 to the editor of the spectator sir in your paper of the 19th inft tinder the bead of elucidations and remarks and figned m robert goutlay 1 perceive a following wor tlumiil shbh ktji thtt jroilf petitioner ia a native of futflure north britain where for up- vvaids of forty ycarsi your patitioners father was the molt extenfiv improver of land and for the gieater part of that time in ihc comnufjion of the peace that your petitioner was bound ap prentice to a writer to the gnet in ed inburgh merely to qualify him for the liberal puriuitsof a county life at home but having changed his views he has now come t upper canada and meant to engage in agriculture and the gener al branches of commerce that your petitioner underftands that your honor in council has a pow er of 1 anting the wild lands of the crown to britifh lubjes your petitioner therefore folicit a grant of fuch quantity a under circurn- ftances may feern meet and your petitioner hall ever pray signed thomas goulay january 9th 1 si 8 kingjlon jamaica dccemler 8 houfe of affembly friday december 5 report from the committee appointed to inquire into the prefent ftate of the i fc colony on part of the mbjeft matter re paragraph in which the- r r v r s r tl i ferted io them preiented read and lerer- ds viz il that my brother q r r crl to commitee on the btate oi the lenceb inltoud t uiied the i hind agent to iciyionluate in the fumed manner aghfi tlule orders to infill upon the tight of the legiflaturc of jamaica to kgulate the fees and remuner ation to be received by all publicofficers where the nature and extent of their fervices can be better known and ap preciated ihwi hy any perform not refiding in te colony to late to his majeftys miuifters that fhould it be made to appear to the lioufe that the officers of his majeflys culloms are not fufficientlv enumerated for the fervices they pertaiwi this houfe will a in fuch matter with ita accuftomed liberal ity but tat this hottft will neve recognize authority in the lords commiffioik of hi majeftys treaforj or the comilhoncrs of the cuftoms to order the oncers in the fervice of the cu loins in jamaica to demand from the public fees not fanioned by law but on the contrary that this houfe will rcfift the fane as a dtiedt violation of its mod important rights from a vein an artery fhrfbtd he clt 13th that a surgeon is often disap pointed in the quantity of blood he wifh- ea to draw by placing hia pal ients hand in a late of fupiation he oatu tally turns it to allow it ro flow into the ba- iin and thus renders the fedion of the kin and vein not coincident 1 have tome more opinions to give but fuppogng thal you will be atuncq with a bakers dozen i conclude yours fir s married on thnrfday evening laft by fxi rev john wilf n m ritt merchant of bellvil 1 mid may ann hawley of lmttl town i would have no other an fw to his rztttwn than what j had received to miner wj fir- wryour committ lacdaaa anfwer grven to me fy one of t i the prefent te clerks of the executive council at york to my enquiry rcfoefting an ap- 1 phvation for a grant of laud to mr coailays bnuhei and afterwards f delivered by me to mr gnirlay l bould not have troubled you on a fnb- jvft in which my name appear merely from accien did not the word above ftatcdapear to me liable to a conftruc- tin different from thofe i afmily iade bfeofto mr gourlay and i have theie fee to rrqneri ihrt y ffl vffill be tjooi tnough to give thi note 3 place in y ur nrxi paper and to acquaint you th it rhe j nis 1 male nfe of and h- tfnfaw iv- trtrri at the executive con ci oftic aa as follows tlvit the anftvtr to his btthers petition nvts fiifk as that fbhtck wat given to his own 1 am si yiir humble fervent samuel street niagara 24th feb 1818 sir mr street of the fall mill has hewn me a letter addreffed to yon for puhlicati n in your ncwf itier wherein he coiiefts a milhike f mine in in report f what wa told him at the executive council office refperting the fate if my brothers petition the pub- licwill obferve that there is a little if fcrence o the wordn owing to my writ ing from memory hut nme in t he meaning which in the leaft affeftb the point ar iw and i am glad fiat mr street fhould with his fig nature confirm a proof of the ftrane way of conduinj affairs at york that rhe public may fee more cleaily what i have been ad- vaiiclf i annex a copy of my brothers petition it will be recollected that mine prayed for an ajfurance as to a grnt flii 1 in the event of my coming out here to fettle and that theanfwer was hatte rvafive confidering not nn the clar intention on the fare of the pe titi k but the previous trouble which bd been taken by me to make that in- irittotl obvious st patricks dinner sir lad tuefday being the 17th of march the anniverfary of st paterick a number of irilhmen met at walkers hotel to celebrate with their utual hi larky the return of a day which every irrhiman holds facred to the peace and happlnefs of hi native country among ft the company were a kingstoin tuesday march 21 181h v 9 coxm un ica ttons tee ap- pomico i iiiqmre ttito tne preicnt ftate of th- colony to whom was referred his grace the governors 8h meffage relative to a fcajc of fees which the lords commiflioncra of his majeftya tieafury ordered to be obferved in the fevera cuftomhoufes in the weft indies confidered it aeccflary to fum- mon before it the adlng coflcdatf mr m vlr inow one of the waiter and searchers fr the port of kingfton and examined them in rhe moft foicmn manner refpediug faid fees alfo touching an order recently received fnm the lords of the treafmy autho rizing the water grle officers to demand aid receive certain fees on exportation of ihe colonial produce the c mmittce having put thcfunwlng q iftion to mr muowhu d- ytj or do you noi conftder yourfe f bound by the laws of th ifi md in rcrrd o fees demanded in your office he immedivtely aufwered w i do nr it annearhiff fcin mr e ditch r infrtion of the following tnles for finding the day on which the feaft of eafter u zo be obferved my tend to j remove the doubts which many of the jrood people of thi province feem to have entertained refe6ling thecorreft- oefd of the almanacs of this prefent year the ecclftasticah and not the real full moon eeuate the time of thl chriftian partover thefomerifi not found by aftohomica calculations but by menn of the golden numbers and certain tables prefixed to our common prayer books in the firft table we are directed to uink for the golden num ber of the year in th i ft column agamfl which ftandnthe day of the pafchal full moon 1 gr gol no 1813 march number of highly refpeable engltfli and scotch gentlemen as friends who j greatly added to the enjoyment of the evening after the cloth was remov ed the following toads were given viz tifiim maj lirrfrimiii- fiouri like be cvcrgrrrh shamrock and ner ennnir- fnil oyn snaroa ater which liio duett of erin no hriisb kym sting tik siiahaock- whilst it lovingly embra cer the rom- and the thistle may ibey ihre ourih ib pride aodgtofj ofcuch other and iiit envy of the whole world after which the nvlndy of the gtcn manorial sinamrcck bmw mng oramiawail may unanimity and liberai- ity evei ie the h ailing characteristic of be chiliirrn ilier wlich the melody of rich tint hare icrretfn- gam she wore wa sung scotland maj tlie bonnet and plaid v- erbe hhi tp a ihc emblem of honor hon- tyand integrity aft t scots wha hca wi ivtttfae hu it nasbtuu enrlaxh ma her hearts of oak uver feel the worm of dfeaffectron and bcr tn ve maintain her uauut uperiorit over die world the members o the kingfton pres byterian society are hereby notifi ed to meet at the court monfc ii thta town on thurfday the 261i1 mtlant at half paft 6 ocluck afternoon to takr ii- to confideration the fulijcct of coilefling or difchargmg thesubfcripi-on- fo- buil ding a church and any other bufiiefs which may be laid before the meeting by order of the trub cr d washburn secntqrym kingston march 20 8 1 8 books by auction fcje onging to a gentleman who o u about to leave this for england on h iturday evening march 2 the fubfenbers will id at thcil vendue room over heir stnrc hooks paper a gold rvafck sfc sec c fv lint it anoonng i i iljpl ilg cvidenc- fo takvn that t e the t ui the only fees xiv si 09 c ictogrned and cctually tnkefl by the olftccaidf thecollum of kfngllon re x y to tht contrary to and in violation of the act jmddbythe lerifluure of ghti iflmd iiithc 56th year of hi- prefent tfajeityi icin entitled an act f rclati g the offices and fees of the officers of thecuftoms and receiver vaeal in entering and clearing out vffeu and for rcpalingr iomnch ofth- pafled in the year 1711 1 m refecta facli fva your committee therefore dec m it their duty to tecommend to the houfe to adpt fuch meafuves m the occaffion as fhall effedually compel the ufficers in queftion to aft in conformit law- of the land houfe refolved itfelf into fuch com mittee the chair being returned mr stewart st an from the com nit- tee reported twelve refolutions which were deivered in at ihe tabic where the firft ten being again read were agreed unto by the hmfe 1 ft recommending the houfe to agree to the report made from the com mittee on the state of the colony 2d recommending the houfe to come to the following refolutlans refolved that ft u the inherent bt of his majeftys fubjeds of jamaica tube governed by their own laws and that any attempt to alter rflterfere with or coutrou the operation ofrhofe laws by the loids commia- lone rn of iiis majeftyg treafury is unconllitutional and ought to be refilled that a law wa pafled in the 56th j year of his prefent majrflys rein regulating the feea to be taken by the fevera officers of his majellys cuftoms in this colony and that any officer in the fervice of the culloms who ftiallj prefume to a lc take demand or receive jjt sintffii tetteror i8tft hence 2il march u the ecchtialli- cal full moon j and 22d of courfe ealler day in tin fecond table we are direc ted to iubk f v the sunday letter in the 1 i tlll rhjinuv icul ml ll n and ihe trolicn no in tlic uppermoftltrvj m b j den nh and in the lame t- iu mn o if 1 rt s e holiday letter we inve imte under t 1 1 r a e inonih on wuicn c a tier tin day of tn m vi i c u 1 r s i hiw wiih a i v ijol i t l id u ouuduy letter wc den ibci h 1 j have 22 m v n t ii j t n is wa eilabiilh- d at the i im orc 1 i -ir- ive and it wis recognized by umrftcll 0 nl 1 1 7 l n n r rlltureat the tuni that the bntfh is was adopted the new itvr t ci ms in tfie dir ns affixed to the tabic fter fromo a d 1900 ti for finding t c tderg wilt rind an alluhon 2 too your rt a- 1 r n l 1 fhlticlcand reajtml mwons to th- ecclcg a lion mde that they may of li as nea aily as and alfo pmv r 11 l- ne flays tdll on the fas 7 t j ours cle qy sir pinions tn ated to a burgeon been told that you public- having tj ot hiving talked a great ly acculed me ft b deal without tll w i conlultedon t if lever whch lately prevail th lt ft pubbckiy to acont fo nc now giving i 0 in few wor c- 1 f l i 1 ft then am option that the fever in wa3 not typhus 1 2d that it wassynochus d that if no1 in kw formida ble 4h that l nio the inflam matory aftion in the beginning the debility in the lattcr fta wll bc ics fened cth that lts wot fymptoms arofe from undue e 6th thnt thcre was one indance of exraordinary recovery the bad fymp- omsofwhich cafe arofe from wne my brothers petition p for a grant of land lie being asuaiiy arrived lo retrain a fettles in the country and now a how could the fame arfwer anply both to his cafe and mine it is plain that he ha been treated in this manner becanfe of his connection with ine and that a total difregard of difcre- tion cxills in the executive council of fice 1 wifh the public to underhand that i neve petitioned for a favour from tht in- dividual who are paid by 0vernuieut for performing the duties of the execu tive branch i petitioned in my right a a biitifh fubjeft to be t tea ted in tint character according to my lation in fc during this winter i h ve repeat- cdy wiitten home to my friends to mace w offer direlyto lord bathurlt for ny contracting to fettle the country wh britifh fubjefts i now fay that a government will give me the manage ment of the public lands of upper ca nada for 30 years 1 will maintain du ring that time two regiments for his wajclty repair and keep in repair al the forts and for the la ft twenty years of the term pay an annual rent to brit- am of a hundred thouland pounds fter- img robertgourlay ride cy fmpofe indirect y a x on 1 hould ferve to 0 aruie him of the nature his honor samml smith administer i n r without tfie conteni ofaf the complaiuint and coniequent neces- any other or greater fee than is fpeciji a were gtirefl y brandy fied in the faid aft renders himfelf j th that f an error from a vain lijbie to beprofecuted fr fuch offence a piehenfion of typhus to leave a pa- 1 hat the orders of the lords com- i tivnt feveral 1 without bleeding miffionen of his mafcftya treafury w difeafe m pneumonia fn t down to the houfe in his grace the governors meftage are ii lets objeftiouable in the rates they feek to eibifh than they are fnadmiflible in princijle more efpecialy the order which remunerated the waterfide officers out of the produce and exp rts of this c lony for fervice in which the col oy ha no intercll an which are 8th that 1 the warm bath will not cure enteritis oth thar i mnn wno confides in it wil not lofeft one patient merely but every one that ma f under his care 10th thatt the lancet is the anchor of hope in this dkeafe i ith that t the debility which attends it hould not j- and would not derer a alor h- rfictm to the revenue of the wc i formed 1 medical man from ufing mnher country atid fuch r er havr a i tht i- tiumeutut but on the contrary the kivo the pftrsce regent tn rial tamily tiie dtjkeov wkimngtov accompanied ijv the sorjx fiiie sprig ofsfiiulift tlie flaitoitters of rrin mh thmrvir- if- ivft atimitlatp irilimen loacnof honor tie mttuoyofrtlm late siii egbert iati tuo cavaoas success and prosperity to lhfm the lktilativb poijmil jstr llhc ahtjv o home ad abroad during mk rveiiit e fvfral beautiful spprf- ftue irish music wweifjvnboui w- r ftnl insirwmental tegether with several aptiropriiue toasts for many of hich we wen 1 to oitr kind guests ihe company kp up v 11 liu hur afio- vrv inur hn imki- iii i u late hfmir ilii pverv inun liil 1 itlj itronmd hh rhioiiniefc in u howl of hi- vativi countrys hki- aaier kinitv lotli march 1818 mfho monimv meeting of r pimimit f tlir hiugtttn companionate soriti at v nmkoofmn hv k h cvutoih the visit i fr th last month reported that die sum of t s 6 i had himn expended by ihom in affor hn relief 10 ohjerfs rreorurnendeij to tb etirit ami aistaflcf ofljff society viiorfor jhe ii lirsr month jt rtmomsonmvq rev h g rvui irp a jenny i hli wed chee line j ijtnou m dream ispasl 1 ee ainhioin linetnred hue uia- reached thy breast at last h mv com rhoo cruel be fo me when in the poriiye croud 1 though tbave tript el down with thee my long hid love avowed how oonldst thou liappoiut me jane a passive fon to make rejected too by thee a stain in time iny heart will break c another frfi on tuefday eve ning laft about half pad 7 oclock an other alarm of fire altailed the ears of om citizens which proved to be a barn be longing to mr eaton about z miles from town which was entirely confum- ed together with a quantity of hay and grain the fire caught by a candle fal ling out of a lantern into feme ftraw gurracoa feb 14 letters from lagoayra mention that official accounts had ben received therefrom spain stating that 18000 hussion troops had arrived at cadiz and were to embark immediately to take possession of the floridas spain having ceded that country to russia what will england and america saj to this the hopes of both nations be ing has frustrated tkorner moran n b- amu- gfl the collenn is ihe be iutiyh fsi otland wi a 8t engravings in the belt order sale at 6 ojock the books may he fcen on frtd 7 and the day of ale march 24 4 joseph murdock tobacco srff candh manufacturer store sret kinfton informs his fiends and e pfy he chat the above trtipies arr man- ufciclured by him and he hopes to givi thofe merchants and houfe keepers w i favour him with their cur m the a- bove artcles zi good md en as reafi ble terms as any that can be imoorter and he alio thinks it reafonawe hat tiny mauufaaurer in thefe province fnuili be encouraged provided hi article ate equal to aiy that an bc oltained march 2 it8 43 tf the fuhferiher inform al ihefc who are iikiebfcitohiri irrier by note bnd or othcrwlfe tht unefi ihe fame difchared on r befote tht 6rfl day f j me next enfuing the dale hereof their refpeflive account will he pliaced in the hands of an attorney fo colleion y george douglass kingston march 23 1 s 8 atf stg8wqrth aycock gardeners eg leave tn jif rm t inhabit- antsof the town o klnrrfton and the public in generar that ihcy wi i undertake the abov bufinefs cither j y the day or year fiom long rxperieni t in the ab- ve branch they trufl that they will be able to pivt fatisfadhpn o all who wifh to employ them applicarin o be made to the fuhferiben 4th con- ceffion of kingfron or at the printing ofuce in the town of king lion garden seeds of thefirtt rate quati ties for fale as above 43 w fr safe on reafonable tctms a larc tvo story ftrnc houfe in the town of kingfton for partcua8 apply to mr kauris the owner in montreal q to the fuhferiher kiriffftoij nicholas mori 7 kingston march 23 1818 45 3 tog te government of upper canada th ir ncfentativw in the houie ofijlity of blcedtnig li council jffmby jj i2ih thatt if blqod cannpt be r4a got notice at a meeting of the minifler and paiifh loners held in st geor gep church on monday the 23d march the following eentlemeri were chafen church wbrlcnrf foe the cnfuinjf year dr james geddesj mr l00mi3 norton kingston assembly the next will be ftn inday the ath inftaol to let 4nd pofftffion given jrpmnwdiately tbe large houfe lately cccupied by john size e iibiy fitnated in stote itrret either for a tavern or lore ap ply at this office march 17 1818 40 t for 84le and poftffion given immediately ad ublc lot ih stmrttfllcb a which 1 a brown earthanware v mjv faaory in good order a fram- boufe anda stable f fmther oiricuar appiy to the fohfcriber nn the ucmilcs marturin foumaisc kingston march 18 1818 my d iybljeas fiaphnl c a n m f f ik- has left my bed ha and refute ui lf with mc this i therefore t forbid al ierfo karboor- ig or trdtfr w tf j nm a i wid not pay ny ebu if i crtistrad mg aftc- tiii- a e 1 gdblot kingston march 2 j 1 8 1 8 j h