that he saw i at quebec ii was never in- tended to tax the indians svv r said it was asked by the flon- otu ientlenian mr kraser ii htswouljj tix regions off the north west fits hill wont to tax clergy and crown lands nnd lands belonging to schools ho was not fond of travelling from the north west to the north eait or dragging persons frftim one part of the province in the oilier the in dian lands as the law thud stood were rotw- a all doubt ottght to be done away to a- void an indian war and if taxing oring it on repeal the law it was no interest of his in dividually but it was a rjoat interest l i he public for the reasons slated last year ho should recommend the adoption of the llil as it would be adding to the property lie was as anxious as any nrni to encourage learning and hoped they would foroj the clergy to benefit themselves by levying the rate and laying out the sums received fbr their benejit lie did nor mean the present bill to o so far as to tax isirraeks in york or the government house as some gentle men apprehended mr burwcll had no doubt c fhe jntini- tions of the honorable rontleman hejng good but if the present bill were passed in to a law its operation would b unjust there were 8400000 acres oneseveulli of which were clergy and onesventh crow re serves trie tax upon whkh would amount to 20000 and upon a second calculation 0000- thc speaker said that according to tiie presentbill the indians mut be jurors as it wasfrom the assessment rull that jurors were selected upon the motion of mr fraser the com mittee rose and upttu tie question being put if the report he now received mr nichol moved that u the report ho not received ii knew bills to be smug gled through the hou order order ac cording to proceedings in the ihitish parlia ment a bill once lost cannot be introduced the same session the principles of folution c were given with the anfwer the firft principles of folutlon were very good but not fufficieut- ly inftruive to many i have been grat ified to fee fo much emulation excited by the grindftone quulion it has given rife to many other inftmive queluons which have afforded exercife for fome and grat ified other and i truft has not been un acceptable to any of your readers the port hope gentleman approved very much my endeavours to encourage the genius of the canadian youth but his fol ution of the queftion was incorreft he fhould not however be difcoraged at the firft attempt the cramahe gentleman is accufed of guefgng feveral times and guefling wrong but let hin not be difcouragtri at that ac- cufaiion for there id nothing like trying again there appears to be a difference be tween tiro and j s m u tefpecling the females fortunes which 1 fhould like to fee cleared up but as i am a poorfcholar i cannot pretend to judge of their mer its or demerits but recommend them to look ovet their leffons again as i have to do this gentlemen is my fecotld and lad appearance for this feafon poor scholar feb iil 1820 for the kingston clittonicxe mr editor in your last paper you gave w the value of the imports and exports at the port of quebec for the pad year 1819 the former you eftimatc at fourteen or fifteen hundred thoufand pounds the latter at feven hundred and thirty- fix thoufand pounds currency the differ ence mud be remitted in bills of exchange and gives a very good average of the expenditure of government in thefe pro vinces what the fituation of the cana das would be without this immenfe fum fpent by the army and navy which during the lad year was not lefs than qt70o000 beetling your readers may cafily perceive by looking at the deplorable condition of new- york the great em porium of the united states but i write nor to expatiate ou the vad advantages which we reap rom our con nexion with our mother country and the little return which we have yet been able to make nor on the gratitude which every well difpofed peribn in thi province feels for the land of his forefathers my object is to put you in poffeffion of the imports from great britain to the colo nies about feventy years ago by which you will fee that there is reafon to be en couraged at the progreflive increafe of our trade dr franklin dates the value of the imports from great britain exclufive of scotland into the northern colonies at two different periods viz from 1744 to 1748 and from 1754 to 1758 taken as is fuppofed from the english cudomlioufc books as follows 1744 fi lit 1 is 4 7n v till 9 1746 75445 3 u47 756618 5 1743 g3 ic u o total f348fth8s 1 1754 1755 175o 177 1758 secanj period il24ji5 1 u 1177848 g 10 l4 is 10 i 7 n i s 10 1s94 18 10 total 1auxait4 i the great increafe of impoits during the lad period of five years was owing undoubtedly in no frrull degree to the war then exifting between england znd france and which occafioned greater fhfpmenib than ufual to the colonies in order to fupply the troops during thoie years this war which has been generally called the french war of 1 755 was oc cafioned in a great meafiire by a coteft for boundaries and limits in north america between the engl ml and french the trade to the canadas you will perceive mr editor is greater now than the average of the lad of thefe periods if taken at one and a half million of im ports and very near an average of only 1400000 and thefe were years of war and confequently give more than the ufual ttade of the colonies had there been peace but the lad year was not only a time of profound tranquility but of un common commercial prefturc and if not withstanding our imports and exports were fo great we have fnrely good reafon to anticipate a rapid improvement it is true the vad fums of money fpent by government in the country give finews to enterprife but thefe will not in all likelihood be diminilhed and 39 our means increafe we fhall become able to avail ourfelves of the great privileges which jwe enjoy in trading to all our fitter colonies as well as to great britain yours c foit tut kingston c2skokiccc messrs editors i have no doubt but that men off rcuse and learning have already perceiv ed the error which tiro committed in guessing it the puerile question but fearing lest he by his lipwisdom should deceive the populace i shall endeavour with simplicity to show the exteusiveness of his erroi he has guessed the diiferciire between the round aud square to be 51wq i 1 g which being taken from the value of the square leaves 107005 0 c 39101005 circumference in inches hence 197005025 half ctrg2tj8 29375 oiteutsio inches 190870- 02 19 acres thus the shillings do not compass enough into 135 acres or more now if tiro hd guessed the difference fo have been 53705 9 8 l he would have guessed much nearer for the value f the rmuuloun hnimliizlfv 59439d9t49s fir llmirc 1971- 101145 ialf cft 6973040000 iaifdlam1230589g9oool on tents in in 197 i 40 j i 17acr which at 20 shillings amount to l7l- 40 2 3 l which taken from the value of the square leaves 53765 9 8 2 therefore tiro hs guessed too much by ls5 i 9 2 uow astonishing alas i have little hope of tiro for u seest thou a man wise in his own conceit there is more hope of a fool than of him admitting i have guessed and guess ed most abominably what have i done more than tiro is he not inexcusable and wherein he has judged mc has he not condemned himself being guilty of the same thing again supposing have guessed wrong tlro if he hrvs one grain of common sense must perceive it to be a false assertion in saying i have guessed tigixm uut if f have not given a correct answer then surely i know not what he means by his u flattering ques tion but he wishes me to exhibit my work and unless j tt satisfactorily an- swer his question he shall da line a correspondence with me and i hi he is so welcome to do that if 1 have not 1 shall rot comply with his rcquist what more shall i sa i will say to trito as job said to liis friends who accused him falsely tf that yon would alfogrtltrr hold your peace and it should lie voef wisdom 4 for surely i know nothing he collld do which would he more for his credit than to omit guessing repiovinp- iiid blackguarding in so erroneous of- fkiousnd hoorish a matmci as ie has dene heretofore in short should advrss tr tiiio not to trouble himself too much in despairing of other peoples abilities until he obtain a thorough knowledge of the littleness of hi own yours c kc i m fcbluh voiq ivuvxivi 12 jnbilii for the kingston chronicle gent editors when i fcnt you the grindftone on the ift of december lalt for infertion i was not without hopes of its being- folved but 1 knew it to he rather a difficult ques tion and therefore would afford exncile to thofe who were inclined to undertake the folution of it and would at ihe fame tuaefa iuftrudlive f othfrr f t ron riir kiscsroy cunosicrr mcfrs editor among iie many evils complained of in this townfhip there is one which of all others molt defcrvea public cenfure that is the rude behaviour oi many of our youth of both fexes in the houfe of pub lic worfliip and at the lime of divine ser vice notwithftandmg frequent admoni tions from the pulpit young men and young women crowd together and many of the former cannot be prevailed upon to retire to their own fide of the church but re main with their hats on their hads draw the attention of the audience by a continu ed whifper and difplay many afts of inde cency during divine fervice this con- duft is mod praifed in large congrega tions and more particularly at our quar terly meetings and i am forry to have occafion to add by thofe who confider themfelves among the fir ft clafs in the townfhip what the motives of thefe young gentlemen are i am at a lofs to conjedlure they would blufh to be rank ed among infidels and yet their conduft befpeaks infidelity it may proceed from midaken notions of gallantly or perhaps fiom an inclination to furnifh amufement for the vulgar decent behaviour in the houfe of worfliip h a duty we owy to god in gurfelvesj and to focielv and thole who 1 invlltnja vin w u c i prayer fhould at falfi not hinder theft m heir devotions i remain gentlemen your obedient servant a methodist ernest towfrf i feb 1 820 kfxgstoi march 10 1820 tii editors of i he new york commer cial advertiser hav kindly sent us a file of english newspapers received at that city by the iit arrivals htl tv cannot make any extracts this wrek because the procvjftdinjss in our housii ofabsffiiiwy have ocenpied the space usually allotted to foreign news hte etcc4lency sir pfrkurink mait- lano arrived here lastevcrunyarul provid ed this morning on hi route to quebec the session of 1arliameut wits brought to a closolast tuesday- wo arc obliged to tin politeness o a friend for tkr followng information relative to titt procevdmsw of purlmmint npto the morning of hf bi inst tnt and also for the eppjf of n bill fur itwreusing tfie 7prtsentation rd tit commons in the house ofassrmbly by the provisions of this ffilt it will be seen that hjturstonfrom its present popidtttimi must now bo entitled ton representative for the foten independent of one for the count lt an act to repeal an act passed in th 56th year of his majestys reigo entitled a act to prevent certain meetings witllin tliis prdvince passed both houses 2d an act to divide the township ofa- meliashurgh passed the house of assem bly sl an act to provide for the reprcsen- tationorthe commons of this province in the hotisk of assemblv this bus passed both houses and ill un- qucsttomibfy receive tiie royal assetit and a more important law for the people of this province was never passed the increased representation railftaddto the weijrht and repeefahility of the popular branch of the lellafre ttji mul 5th tr vale fviils jassed the housft oi assejhy and tlifowh out of the xziativq cotinc e ii tlih an act tfl repeal the laws now in fore neejuinij e ra which the re ceiver cteneral of province shall be au- thorird ro r r- receive 10 and tor his own tvid hen out of the monies at the disposition of the parliammjt of thin prov- ioei- passing tiinnihi bands pased tie uo se of assembly the lws now nmpospti fo fe repealed were pas sed uhilt- mi rn was heoiiver 6ene ral andrave hm salarv ofj0u stprjins md 3 or 2 per ll al1 oirich massing through his rruuls fmm the smalhiess of the provincial revi l chetfmc his sah- rv aud ponndre coiwwiered iiistjjl- eientandonan cattea to ili3 maje tys oovcrnmwitat oi a awawgemem was made hy v hich th ngreed fo take sj salary of in i f dzp the sveee- r m hwwsl not eoj dirlng himw hoimn by uud agree ment bnmed imffl s ll p a aliowd hv tnw tu l- id rro- poses lo do alav h u l r j thereby srv7o if wnw 7 or luo per aoaura and to pran to rwww r g ue- nla salaiy of 30 pwl tile legislative counrp coiisiderin- r l1 wwsition w die principles of his m cfavwanwtt that the salary f one 01 ii mvtj oncers should be paid by the pny lll cl11 wl11 tien fore he lost ibis se 7th aaittoai visions of an act p tilc vf p oi f lis majesty v rtign ntiiled an act to aif- thorseihrovtei iautinnu governor or person auminisfei tvowrnuiejff hi appoin ash witliin thn povincu passed the i ion- of assembly this act reqturcs nil punr mmnfctctttted nnl pndced i fbb pedvi- iu he inspe led and hranded ih an art 10 n3nd iinforiciture law hy whieh houafltb- ales hore the depar- rure nrhe nliiu from lite provhiee may be enfiniiedlasemhe hotlac of assem- 11 y 1 otk am ei to eonlmuc the common srheol law retiuio tin smnual appnturia- lions for aeh jisnhto 200 parsed the house ofassrhibh mill private ac london dlsttiet 111i1 an act u tiivide tn counties of i7eo and addinn paed the house of ssembly 1 it is siipposed thai ihe pension law v ill he amended and iheiuw rejjnlatin the inier- 1inrse yilii the t i sfates so as to pro hibit lhintoriaiii of many articles and lo lav sneh duty on others as will in fact a- ntonn 10 it jtrohihi m the proposed du ty ou pork and flour is two dollars per bar rel and ou other ihiuics in proportion appoint inspectors n flour pot and icuil whkreas from the rapid in creafe of the population of this province the reprefentation thereof in the commons houfe of aftcmbly is deem ed too limited be it therefore enacted by the kings mofl excellent majefty by and with the advice and confent of the legifiative council and aflvmbly of the province of upper canada conftituted and aftembkd by value cf and under the au thority of an ael pattcd in the parliament of great britain entitled an aft to re peal certain parts of an aft patted in the fourteenth year ofhia majeflye reign entitled an aft for making more cffcftii- al provifion for the government of the province of quebec in north america and to make fuither provifion for the go vernment of the laid province and by the authoiity of the faffe that fo miuh of the feveral laws now in force as regulates the number of repifentatives to ferve in the provincial parliament be and the fame is hereby icpealed 1 1 4nd be it further enafled by the au thority afortfaid tht from and after the end of the prefent parliament each and every county now formed or organifed or which fhall or map hereafter be formed or organifed the population of which hall amount to one thoufand fouls hall be reprefented in the provincial parlia ment by one member and when the pop ulation of fuch couifty or counties as a- forefaid hall amount to four thoufand fouls the faid count y or counties hall be reprefented by tw members and that each and every tow jr which the quar ter scitions for the ijhift a or may by law be holdcn and j which there hall be r rhwfand f fk1 fe refent v edby one member iii and be it further aiaged by the au thority afore aid that the population re quired to be contained in each and every town or county for the purpofes afore- faid hall be afcertained by the returns of the feveral town clerks of the num ber of fovda in the feveral towns and towfhipa of this province reftified co pies of which returns the clerk of the peace of the dirt rift in which fuch town townfnip or county hall or may be fitu- ated is hereby required to tranfmit to the office of the governor lieutenant gov ernor or perfon adminiftering the govern- mentof this province iv and be it further enaed by the au- tljbrity cforefaid that whenever an uni- vcrfity hall be organifed and in opera tion as a feminary of learning in this pro vince and in conformity to the rules and fiatutes of imilar inftitutions in great britain it hall and may be lawful for the governor lieutenant governor or per fon adminiflcring the government of this province for the time being to declare by pioclamation the traft of land appendant to fuch uuiverfity and whereupon the fame is fituated to be a town or town fhip by fuch name as to him hall feem meet and that fuch town or townfhip fo conflituted hall be reprefented by one merhbcr provided always nevertbefefs that no perfon hall be permitted to vote at any fuch eleftion for a member to rep- refent the faid uuiverfity in parliament who bcfides the qualification now by law required hall not alfo be entitled to vote in the convocation of the faid uuiverfity v and be it further enaded by the au thority aforefaid that it hall and may be lawful for the governor lieutenant go vernor or perfon admiuillering the go vernment of this province to iftue writs ot kleftion for members to ferve in the commons houfe of aftembly for fuch counties and towns ao aforefaid and for the faiduniver9iiyin like manner as is pro vided by the eighteenth claufe of an aft parted in the thirtyfirft year of his ma- jeftys reign entitled 4i an aft to repeal certain parts of an aft parted in the four teenth year of his majeltys reign enti tled an aft for making more cffeftual pro vifion for the government of the province of quebec in north america and to saajc forthrimiifionjtfrr tih ifueernifi ment of the faid piovince provided al- zvays and be it further enaded by the author ity aforefaid that nothing in this aft contained hall extend or beconflrued to extend to lerten the number of members now returned from any county or coun ties under the authority of any law hereto fore in force in this province or to make neceffary the ifluing of any new writ of eleftion during the continuance of any parliament by reafon of the increafe of inhabitants in any town or county fince the then lafl preceding general eleftion vi and be it further enaded by the au thority of onf aid that when any county now formed or hereafter to be formed fhall contain lefs than one thoufand fouls the faid county or counties hall be at tached to the next adjoining county of the dirtrift in which their hall be the fmallefl number of fouls vii and he it further na3ed by ihe au thority aforefaidy that the number of fouls redding in any town asaforelaid fhall be afcertained and diitinguifhed in the retwrn of the town cleik of the townfhip in which fuch town hall be fituated from the number of fouls of fuch townfhip viii and be it further enabed by the authority aforefaid that no perfon quali fied to vote in any town as aforefaid hall be allowed to vote in the county in which fuch town is fituated upon the fame freehold which may qualify htm to vote fcr a member to reprefent the faid town ix and be it further enafled by the au thority aforefaid that the number of fouls contained in any town which may here after elect a member as aforefaid hall not beconfidered as a part of the number of fouls required to give the county in ifhich fuch town hall be fituated two members auction sale willbefoldonthurfday the 16th infl- at the union club room op pofitethehoufeofj dimming efq 8c rear of david bonds tavern the whole of the articles belonging to the faid club con fiding of chairs tables supper fcts plates krives and forks silver table and faltspoor3 caudlefticks lamps snuffers and stands with a variety of other articles sale to commence at 12 oclock precifely john strange a b kingfton march to 1820 valuable lands for sale in the midland district county of prince edward townfhip of ameliafhurgh lot 23 in the front conceflion on lake ontario lying to the eaftward of nichollons i land lots 22 and 24 in the fecond con- certion of faid townfhip the whole con taining fix hundred acres for particulars inquire at the office of the kingftn chronicle or of the hon- james baby york n b all perfons are cautioned a gain cutting or deftroying the timber on the above lands as they will certainly fubjeft themfelves to a legal profecution if dc tefted kingfton march 7 1820 10 tf notice for sale feveral acre and two acre lots on the main street being an exttnfion of storestreet application for price and conditions of payment to be made to the subfcriber who will give information to perfona defiring to pur- chafe joseph murdock kingfton march 8 1820 10 tf ttomkins is grateful for the very o liberal encouragement given him by the inhabitants of kingston fince the com mencement of the bookbinding bufinefs carried on under the firm of t tomkina 8c co and tgk topfprni has removed to a houfe near the market where he himfclf intends caning on the above bufmefs in all its various branches kingston march 9 1820 icwa whereas jlydia warner my wife has left my bed and board without any juft caufe or provocation this is therefore to forbid all perfon harboring or trufling heron my account as 1 will not pay any debts of her contrac ting after this date john warner loughborough march 7 1820 10w3 vtvluabizgove un ment property for sale i at auction the ground upon which the bar racks c are situated in the town of kingston will be sold at aiiftion at 2 oclock on the 1st of april next in lots of one fifth of an acre and under the plan hewing the feveral lots may be seen at the royal engineers of fice in kingston until the day of sale j b payne n b the half of the purchase money will be required upon the delivery of the deeds and the remainder with interest in twelve months therefrom c wants a situation as garden er a man who has served in- this country and ireland and underftands farming if required he is well recom mended from the gentlemen he has served and ha3 no objeftion to go to the country any gentleman wanting such a person may apply to the printer march f 9 a wr feci it our duty to express our most un ratified disapprobation of the conduct of those persons who resort to places of public mrsrwp irrrtftcjnsrt pvrrpe df amusement while w persuade ourselves that such in stances ofimpropor behaviour as are alluded to by a methodist are not very general in firneit town or in any other part of this province we would recommend to those sous of pleasurea more rational sortofenter- taiununt for themselves than the one which they seem to have adopted if they are in the pursuit of happiness they may find the path to it delineated in the first psalm ac- eonipauifd with some useful hints that may heol service to them in regulating tlieir con duct and manners for sale to correspoydexts we perfectly coincide in opinion with a subscriber but we think his suggestion should he addressed to the individual for whose consideration it is more immediately intruded we would willingly oblige the doctors ffttfezvd by inserting his communication but in its present form itu inadmissible a communication on the evil tendency of slander is not without merit but it abounds too much with personal allusions married on thursday the 2d rnst by the rev john wilsbn mr william chesnutt to miss sarah ilassup died on friday 3d inst mrs maryanne win- colt aged 53 years same day margaret infant daughter of mr robert stanton aged two days blanks for the courts of request for sale at thir office a house opposite mrd browns inn together with a lease of the ground on which it is fituated- for fur ther particulars apply to the fubferiber on the premises john evans kingston feb 28 1820 cftf families may le fupplicd with wood delivered in their yards at lof per cord orders dirced to mr samuel mccrea and left at moores cof fee houfe will be duly attended to kingston 4th feb 1820 5 genera post office quebec march 1s20 the feveral pod matters are hereby required whenever a perfon to whom a newfpaper is addrefted ceafes to take it cut of the post office to advife the editor of the paper thereof and to add if known whether the perfon is dead moved avvay or merely refufes the mail is burthened with many newfpapers which are a lofs to the pioprietors as well as the public d sutherland deoy post master general n b publishers of ntws papers in the canadas are requeued to give publicity to the above the late tremendous ruin in savannah is not fully afceitained to be the tffct of defign but the previous fire was clealy traced to thr torch of an incendiaiy under fuch circumftances as evinced a difpofition to deftroy not only the proper ty but the lives of ill inhabitants