fen tj1 ktnrstov gwitie m cared aug f 8 1 8 r mills sir it your gaxetft of the ttth 7 iy vcv have rrpubltfhtdty rquelu amrnv t atiun stated to be frxm the canadian i iorwan3 under tfny otr- jurillslot it u defirabc that the whole of thefe trials i hould come on there i your correspondent makes out a very pccious prima facie cafe and juftly con cludes that ii the northwetl company have loft in the eitimation of their fellow citizen the pepondaauce which their wealth then influence thtir family con- itrant lut which orfyinatfy appeared w tcct an j had gamed th qnebec gazette ofthe 30th march jug there omit be tome cauie for it ton tufcrivdoftimt v rdj and he wih not alw that the publica- c t cply to that communication under thejtg- 1 t which have appeared have yture of ll m was infer ted f both in proc that effod becauie they have id the canadian con mt all been o- o n- liac thit the ht hehet gaette ant ran and you wii therefore oblige mr and j fa nurerou on y have ue lide as on the fl who wfl well to truth and justice fcfj j anc t an open and full dilcul- 0rt enemies to di fsnblifh in your tie tyhuh i feud you enclofed j am sir your obedient fervant l l- m montreal th april 1818 fr ndfctr the eon municauon which appeal in your fupplcmentary paper of the 30th jitrcn on tie fuhjca of the trial faid to be expfed to take place in quebec rvned with the difputes betwern the ortvft and hudfons bay com- panic fcemfl under the appearance of great planfibility to be a continuation rd that fyftem which has fo longj and fo f iccffsfuhy been adopted fr poifontog the pubicmmd and prejudginc ques- irim which are to be determined by the 4crli fa jury ercption and npprejtun to fion of t ljab g an ofljofte text ymfer that flgfattrj j tq b p anlwer the itatc- menu and arguments of their advcrla- rir with regard to the perfonai rei- i peft in which the individual partners of the nflithteefi cunij any are held that ha very little to do with the qucltion i but a- a bciy a focicty ut merchant i wh i y thii perfrvtfw c and powerf f mean had abiohtely monopolized a l crarive branch of commerce wn0 fc j become as ir were the an q i the trade it is well known x tuc have for years been locked upon with that jealonfy which is imeparable froti the pint of t traffic and that numbers were fecretly longing for an opportuni ty of overturning their profpiriry and of partaking of thole profits from which j they conceived themfelves umuily e clnded he mull be littc acquainted wh the human heart who doer notknow tr 1 1 1 -v- 1- iur inmiau now 1 writ rjor nckjtiniw your cortefpondentailumes that c kt 1 j 1 1 at the neure or gam 1 cvjtb iv pro la the notthwell company ho are j i mm k notthwelt company ho are jirticularly aoxfoufl that the tmh in c dtton hould not take plnce in mon- tcal with regard to the two indivi- ruau connetted with the northwelt company jately put to the bar tn the cant of kin bench at quebec but whofe trial has unaccountably after jalttrig two days bee withdrawn thus fyhjeing then to another fix months of grievous fufpenfe and imprifonment rkhongh the offence charged aainft them has nothing to do with the difpure hetweeo thetwagqmpanica it is to be remarked that their removal to qiicxc ww deci edlv againft their own defne and waft confidered by them a a haid mcalue ofl the pnrt of the crown rliceh they and otheis fad to be lipphcatfd in the fame affair but the i i u of i dftmem againft whom were rtfluvw i hv ihrtand jnrvat qufliec upeitedly pteffed to have their tnalnm the comt of oyc and terminei here but although not one fingle trial of any vind took place in tht court which adiourned at very early hurs from day t d for wsnt of employment their mtreuic were in vain the attorney general however prutlttfcd that they should have their trial in the court of kingv bench that followed in that coott a cmifiderable rime was oc cupied in arguing the competency of te couittotr- them and in the mean while the attorney general even named day f- their turaignment but afte the court had adjudged itfe if competent tor that purport he fuddenly declared that the prejudices he had difcovered to cxill in montreal were fuch that he could nor cither in jnftice to the crown or to the priioners confent to have their fate decided by a montreal jury in hefe cafes thus it is evident that h was the crown that was defimus of the removal it frems however very ftraige that quebec hould be fcleed j for the trial of hfm of thefe caufes vhift mcltcrf thofe which are of the grtatcfl importance as 1 elating to thefe dtfputet have upon the reprcfentadons made by the north weft company as farbackas march 1817 and in virtue of in ft ructions from his majtftvs min- ifter ecu ordered under the great feai of chi province to be held in up ce envy in thofe who do not fare as well as their neighbors in that iefpe and that envy generates a mire inveterate preidne than any other palh n lalent as this feeling was it ha been unden iably a potent cauie why the pnbtfea- ti os in queliion have been perufed not with a bias favourable to the north weft v ompany as it is aflunvd mull have been the caufe but with an avidity to find lomething in them for the con demnation of that aflbciation and this alone therefore would fat itadtorily ac count for the prtjifdiees fuppofed to exift iftheyarein fa6t fo preponderant as your coucfoondent ptedicatea but fuppofing an ablolute previous neutrality in the public although thefe ruiblcat ions have certainly not been all or one fide there have been more on the fid of ihr hudfoi bav company and of lord w than t de other and thtrt is no cnrnpanton a to tl le ingenu ity the force of language and the lite rary talents that have been exhibited in thofe cflential requifites ad captandum vugujy the advocates of the ld selkirk and h b company have had decidedly the advantage and whilft matter of faft found arguments and fair inferences have appeared in homely unadorned and fomctimes perplexed and illiterate anuage on one lie falfehuod fophis try and bad logic have on the other been arrayed in all the mcritricious al lurements of learning elegant diton and theatrical effect thefe are natural confequences of the refpeive lituation of the contending parties the one in- ttnfely occupied in the plodding and mechanical iirocete of their trade without either acquired abilities or inherent inclination for a literary con- teft the other with lime and talent at their command having lirtle elfe to do than to frdy how to attack and annoy o the fame caufe may like wile be at tributed the im me nfe difference there has been in the induftry with which thefe publications have been refpeflively cir culated affiduous attention has alway ben paid by lord selkiiks party to dis feminate every production in their favour thcir london publications have been put into the hands of every body throughout canada that could be prevailed upon to accept o them whilh onlv a few copies wf the one that wa per til nada the crown lawyers we 1 know that neatly the fame witneffe- wid berequfredm all the cafe that moll 1 1 printed in england in behalf of the of them are now in upper canada and j northweil c mpany were fent out for that after having been kept in attend ancefrom eighteen months to tw years if a cootviffio i to iflue for the trial theufeof the members of that body only and scarcely one copy iu now to be met with any where 1he paragraphs th fire of n part c caufes in quebec they i lhe p in the newsparrs have beet will have to be danced down thither and i i diligently multiplied and teechoed back a ainat enormoub expenle and i from l to london to quebec e tfcatell inconvenience the north- j ont cal to bofton and to new eacampaoy would be extremely wil j i york immediate french tranflaiions iintfubmit any queliion in which j f their piraraphs as well as original they are concerned to a quebec jwy conmumcatmnmn that tongue calcu- frryn who- they are convinced they t f l meridian of the voyageun would receive a moo impartial verdid have been made in french paper of the butaj ivthty who are dcfirous of pnnince jand ill fiiort no means have im futfi upow the irood people of your j been left untried to increase the number diflria tin birien of extra duties as j r lof converts to their crevd while the rynn whi ft upper canada is fo much j j bantlings of thofe who havelood forward preferable eve- to montreal lo tha j in rrhalf of th north we corrpa y pirvitee it is b luved no paruculai bias havc rren thruft fmh to th whd to prevail nfavo- of eihet of the rival ifcdrfiaitonr and to beatiftated companies and as well on that account f m- according to the prej- cv 01 the mdontheic r rf the convenience of indiftctrncrs of the editor of tic public pfcuii anu the faring of cxpenie a j printh in eithe- hemif he ijecaufe flfwnyof the tranfafti- n which are to be irveftitftcd occurred within the uckuowli dved umh of upper v a t fa arria r ri f m y lie w 11 laife and cau therefore nut be brought j probably lee fufficieuc grcuuds forauy i ii- thefc c rcumhsu-e- therefore i whnteve r orrefponeiu may thik i diminution fupirn f tofeatakei place that may apparent in thnatu- ral influence 10 montreal of the nc3rth weft company l l m nev york augusts latest p england yefterday arr h importer cap tain dingley i 4 days from liver pool bringing englifh papen to the i cth of june patliament 3 diftolved on the 10th of june by a ipcech from the prince regent it is faid tha- twelve hundred perfona have emigrated this season from guern- fey to america moflly to the united states houfe ofcomnousy june 8 at half pal one oclocl the ipeaker took the chair mr wilberforce obferved that he had rrceivei information on which he could depend that the flave trade was openly carried on to a great extent in the fitfnch colonies on the n- w coafl of africa and that this inhuman prajve waraccimpanied by circumflan- ces of peculiar itrocity murders having been committee by whoefale in its prof erution he concluded by moving an addrefs to the prince regent for inform ation on the fuljecl imperial parliament house op lords june to this day behop appointed for the pro rogation of patliament the doors of the houfe of lutft wee thrown open at an early hour an about 12 oclock the body of the hrufe was nearly filled by a fplendid atemwajje of ladies elegantly land fafhionably dreflcd on the right hand of th thvme feveral of the foreign amhafladori jith other foreigner of diftinr5tion wen- feated among thefe we dillinguifhej the grand duke mi chaeh with hi fuite the miniilers and officers of state appeared alfo near the throne in state uniforms the judges wer- prefent in their robes but the attendance of peers were not very numerous his royal hibnefi the prince re- gent entered the houfr about two oclock in the uniform of a field marfhal atten ded bythe grea officers of his houfehold on hi- entrance the curl fity of thc la dic feemed to acknowledjre no reftraint they actually as if with one confent clambered on the bctilhes and ftood du ring he entire ceremony the houfe pf commons having been fnmmoned t aufwl hk hfi hih nef the speaker accompanied hy feve ral memheih entered and with the tilu- al f approached the bar his royal illpfhnef the prince re gent then addeffed both houfe of par liament as follows my fiords and gentlemen it is with deep regret that i am a- gafn under the neceifity of announcing ro you that no alteration has occutred in the- ftate of his mijeftys lamented in- difpofftion i continue to receive frcm foreign powers the brongefi affurances of their j friendly difpofition towards this country and f their defire to maintain the gen eral tranquility m i am fnly fenlibtie of the attention which you have paid to the many im- ponat ebjeuts which have been brought befoe you i derive peculiar fatifarsion from the rrelure which you have adopted in purfuaucerf my rtccomrtiendation for augmtntma the number of places of pub lic wot hie dongtng to the kftablifhed church and 1 confidently truft that this meafure be produivc of the moft bencfic ffc on the religion and moral bbit f the people gentunisn of the houfe of commons j ct i thank y for the fopplies which you have granted to me for the fervices of the prefer t year and i highly ap- prove of tiit ftf y have taken vith i a view to th redjftior of the unfunded debt t i arn r to be aole to inform you that tfc revenue ia in a courfe of continued improvement jffy lords and gentlemen in fne this ffi n i think it nroper to ii fot tlial ft m n tention fijrfftwia to dtffdlve the prefent and to give diedinnc f ca j a ncw parliament m this communi- cation i cat rt fron adverting to the irnpo change which his oc curred in th fi of this country and of funy ficl i firft met you in i this place t tha p the dominion of the common en- had been fo widely ex tended ovet l utinent that refinance to his pnwc wa by rna deemed to be bopelfs ln tne extremctiea of eu rope alone rfww fuch rcfiitance effeftually maintained s j t unexampled exertions which you enabled mc to ke in aid f coun tries nobly ronteudin for independence fpiiit which wa kindled in length delivered frtr the hioll gpjitg and oppreflive tyranny under which it had ever laboured and i had the hap- pine is by the blefsing of divine provi- deuce to terminate in conjunion with his majeftys allies the moft eventful j and fanguinary conteft in which europe had for centuries been engaged with un- paralled fuccefs and glory 44 the profecution of fuch a conteft for fo many years and more particular ly the efforts which marked the clofe of it have been followed within our own country as well ah throughout the reft of europe by confiderable internal dif ficulties and diftrefs but deeply as 1 felt for the immediate prefture upon his mjeftys people i neverthelefs looked forward without diimay having always the fulled confidence in the folidity of 1 the refources of the btitifh empire and in the relief which might be expected from a continuance of peace and from the patience public fpirit and energy of j the nation thefe expectations have not been difappointed the improvement in the internal circumdances of the country is happily manifeft and prjmifes to be fteadily progreffivc and i feel a perfect afturance that the continued loyalty and exerti ons of all claftes of his majetlys fubjedls will confirm thefe growing indications of national profperity by promoting obe dience to the laws and attachment to the conftitutior from which all our bles- fingfl have been derived u then the lord chancei having received direction from his royal highnefs the prince regent faid my lords and gentlemen it is the will and pleafure of his royal highnefs the prince regent aing in the name and on the behalf of his mrtjefty that this parliament be now diflblved and this parliament is diftolved accordingly his royal highnefs then withdrew with th fame forms as he had entered and the c unmons having retired to their own houles the houfe of lords fepa- rated two proclamations were then tflued by the prince regent commanding the new parliament to meet on the 4th of augull from the niagara spectator mr go url ay to the worthy inhabitants of the district of niagara vuntiiuttd it was my intention to have entered an action ngainst mr macaulay at not kingston assizes as the most sol emn way of bringing the question to issue but i have been just informed by a gentleman of the law on boards that the opportunity will be lost this season uniss i send an express from york to kingston within two or three days from this date which i shall not do the action so far as it regards the damages to me will be equally- good upon another occasion and in the mean time i trust there is suffi cient evidence produced to induce the postmaster general to think serious ly of supplanting mr macaulay in an office where discretion and good faith are so very requisite when i get to queenston i shall be able to lay my hands on a few papers vrhich will still further expose the unwarrantable liber ties of the post master ffjfov ttiuhandtlte inclosed fo the j- itor of the kingston gazette robert gourlay mr john macanlay post office kiugon in conformity with my intention of passing through kingston on my way to england i had written to a friend in the united states to address a let ter with certain required information to lay for me at the post office king ston this letter bore upon it the post mark of the town whence it was sent signifying its departure viz 1 january and must have been a month or more at kingston prior to mr ma caulays advice to me of the 2d march notwithstanding my assuring him that i was srill to be at kingston mr ma caulay forwarded this letter to meat queenston with the kingston depar ture mark of 6th april nothing but the state of the weather and badness of roads had prevented my letiviu queenston on my way to england up to the 2d of april had i done so i might have rnhsed the letter which expect d to find at kingston audttfe disappointment would have been gnat for it contained directions as to oiy travelling on to new york and tftr addresses of many individual wiiom my friend was so good as to have pre pared lor my reception by the way the additional postage which i had to pay for this letter at queenston may also he mentioned though a consdr ation of no comparative coneqvuee to bring up this detail i hall give the copy a note which i wrote to mr macaulay a few days alter my arrival in kingston walkers hotel viy21 1818 sir being note in kingston 7 tavb to reyaest thafijov will give the rw- er the three trymhjp rcptyrtiyvthkh you informed me hyletwy sddre id to utc at qtteenytoiii had been loi ed xvih you ov master othe poj ojhc ave w ynuy sec robert gotfrut- to mr macaulay pest ofilci kingston niagara july 28 1818 in the kingston gazette of 13th january latl had a letter inserted de siring gentlemen below lake ontario to address for me at the post ojfite kingston the honorable thomas clark in a letter dated york feb 21 1818 wrote to me there are i understand many reports for you in the post office at kingston and this i noticed in my letter which appeared in the niagara spectator of the 12th march on the 18th day of march i received a letter from air macau- lay of which the following is a copy postoffice kingston march 2 1818 sir fheg leave to inform you that i have in this office three reports of townships addressed to you and wait ing your arrival at this place if you have altered your intention of coming to kingston you will please inform me where i am direct the reports and o- hlige sir your obedient servant john macaulay j mr robert gourlay i wrote in reply as follows j niagara march 18 1818 sir i thank you for your intew zenceus to the reports and your offer to forward thew i still shall be tff kingston and then shall vail lor them and by the p wmen wa t j fo many ftatwj coruinxn was at jrf t fost ojtficc it wiu vbuge me j i report sent me to thc fot djce t this note was delivered by mr to ter hamilton of quemsfon who brought me from the postotnve ww packets containing township repwj and a verbal message that the fliw had been returned to mr ilagcrnii- not a word was said of that which heard was withdrawn by col stlmli and whether nnv beside hnd br withdrawn fom the w spoken of by mr clark must rest with the discretion of the post master to dh- close to argue wih a man who prates i bout he practice throughout the wide extent of the british empire while he knows absolutely nothing of that within the narrow sphere of ins own department would be stooping low in deed i shall only call the attention of the public to the extreme injustice done me in the single case befor us by a depniture from the rule laid dowq by the british statute to elucidate this the suffering one package to i withdrawn is as good as if such liner ty had been taken with a hundred when i first resolved to go home by way of kingston i had no object whatever but to afford the people be low lake ontario the latest chance of communicating with me and i re peat that it was for their interest much more than for mine that i did so i repeat thai although 1 felt greatsafis- faction in doing equal duty to tlie whole province and should have had great pleasure in finding the inhabitant re pose confidence in me still it was h ether respects matter of comfort that every township did not send me a he port in that case i should have been overwhelmed with repetitions which could not have been left unpu5ihrd without giving offence while my rniin design would only have ben ciftgg d by them now if to do equal duty to the people of this 1iovince i was tt go iso miles out of the way if re posing confidence in the excellence of our laws i was assured that leltcis and packets would be in safe keeping at kingston post office how was it tosiiock my feelings when i came to know that not only strachan he schoolmaster had be- i from york to cornwall endeavoring to blast pufoic confidence in me not only that his pupil bethune was flying in the face of common settse to breed distrust of my principles but that t hi other pu pil of the post office was giving away my property even that which he bad asured me was watting my arrival without any obligation to hold the packets safe for me as post biattffj did not his own assurance by letter establish such an obligation the sin gle packet withdrawn h llnenuan wns in one sense of no viue i other ii wil- invaluable l cumstanre- the smaller the number of