i the tnio- i hi wa o pn 111 c- great britain ha little or no equivalent fortius a the goods imported from the united states are seldom such as pa duty having now clearly shewn on which iri the obligations lie i might here ciom what i have to say upon this section but there are some remarks tnit of yourown and the orators you quote which deserve a short notice 1st you mention the vast advantage which the west indies derived from a direct intercourse with the united state rhis advantage has been greatly exag gerated the hope of starving our inl ands was one of t tic causes of the laic war but they have survived it you make lord chatham say that he profit m great britain from the trade of the colonies was two millions a year you do not add that this rash assertion was made in he heat of debate and could not be correct since the whole of the ex ports to america did not at that time ex- eed three millions in quoting from sfybert and pitkin you are guilty of management so as to produce a faue im pression you say that the aviage a- mount of good- exported from the states to great britain amounted to little more than nine millions of dollars but yon lo not add that this was caused by vour mbaiijo and non importation laws a mi serable policy by which your trade was ilmost annihilated and your people ir- if a ted and at length goaded into a ru mmis war so much for the commercial obligation nf great britain to the colonies and united stales during their infancv and while the onti ued ill connexion with great bri tain she protected them at a heavy ex- aence and derived no benefit beyond ne profit which her subjects gained bj their trade since they became inde pendent she takes mere than half their produce and pays more than half their revenue and receives nothing in return but he common profits of trade and yet in the face of all this you upbraid her with obligations the friendly intercourse between the iwoeountrich will not i hope cur p broken notwithstanding your attempts since it is of infinite advantage to both but when it is asked to which the benefit is the greater we answer without fear of refutation by sound reasoning to the united states i am tours parliament of upper- canada house of assembly monday- 6th march- on entering the houfe the reporter f und mr nichol fpeaking on the ftate of the revenue and the hortnefs of the feffion he faid they ought to leave the revenue on a better foundation than it then was they were told of the diftrcfied ftate of the country in confequence of the want of money such would not have been the cafe had juftice been done to them hy the lower province which was in their debt 50000 but this fum could not he obtained while there was no intercourfe between the two governments for what puipofe were they called together no papers were laid before them in a digelled late they knew nrthittg about th- go vernment and were prevented by the fhortnefs of the fcfiion from obtaining the decenary papers which alone could enable them tu free the government fiom embar- raffnent and fatify the country that tin y had done th ir duly they had come up wards of 400 miles and like the king of france and hit forty thoufand men they i rmrrhrd up the hill and then rpgfched down again he begged to know what could be done at the next feffion which far any tiling he knew might be compo- fed of new members they would have no information they might try to relieve the country from embnrraffment but as they would not be qualified nothing could be expecfted from them the papers called for might be fnrnifhedin three weeks and no blame could be imputed to him as a member he did every thing in his pow er to obtain them as well as time for their invtdigation but if the governor thought it right to adjourn the feffion be did not care about ft the inland navigation eill being called on mr van koughnett entered very large ly on its impolicy it went to opprefs fome hundreds of perfons in the lower part of the i rovince who were obliged to take their grain to the united states to be ground ae the nulla in the eailern diftrid were frozen up in winter he moved a claufe that liberty fhould be given to the farmers in the eaftern ditlrid to take their gram to the united states and re turn with it when ground free of duty the speaker faid that flour was impor ted duty free into the lower province and were they to fay to the americans you hall not fend m unlefsyou come this way and then we tax yon would not fuch policy be injurious to the poor of lower canada as well as to the transportation bufinefs on this fide which employed a number of his majefty fubjecls their conduct was dfpleaiing to many below in blowing articles to come into thfi pro vince which were not admitted into louv er canada they fhould go hand in hand with lower canada and do every thing in their power to fee n re to the province the advantage of ttarjfprtinp the american produce by their own firhjtfts and not thiow it ioto cc hand of the americans mr nichol wifhed to know how they could go hand in hand wi lower cina- ct when there w9 no corrcfpondcuce fxi with them their flour would not fell in lower canada if the americans were ad mitted there the market would be glut ted the weftern country had to labour under many difadvantagea it had to pay- higher for labour than the eallcrn the long conveyance occafioned them a great lofs while the reverfe was the cafe with the lower part ef the province he poin ted out the expence of conveying barrel of flour from his part of the country to montreal and he would never injure his own dillrift for the eaftern by adopt ing the picfent claufe they would encour age imuggling and the cullomhoufe of ficers though aided by the eyes of art us could not prevent it the firft objedl of the bill was to encreafe the revenue the fecond to relieve the diflrefles of the coun try by the claufe propofed if adopted the whole objerl of the bill was deflroycd for what to accommodate a few per fons in the eailern diftritr the country was to fuffer by the depreciation of its own market and by the lofs of the reve nue at a time when they owed x2ccoo the eaftern farmers could go to lower canada and grind their grain there by which they would keep the grill in the country he law no occafion for the claufe mr jones faid the honourable gentle man had dated that the objrft of the bill was to increafe the revenue and relieve the diftreffce of the country he would afk the gentleman how that was to be ef fected was it by prohibiting american produce from going to lower canada or was it by throwing out of employment their own fubjcs who were engaged in transportation on the saint lawrence if fo the arguments of the honorable gen tleman fhould meet with his fupport but as he was of opinion that fuch mealures would be totally fubvctfiv ot the obje5i they had in view he fli mid oppofe them it was well known that the state of nvw- york was doing every thing in its pow er to deftrny their carrying trade and no thing could more facilitate the accomplish ment of what it fo much deures than the prefent bill it went to give an ad vantage to the americans in iranfporta- tion without beneficing the revenue or the country he knew they ought to tup- port the farmers but the interefl of others fnculd alfo be looked to lerlons who had large eftablilhments in the country and who had given fupport to hundreds of their fubjes were the objects aimed at not the americans he would oppole the whole bill as it was fraught with ifljm- tice to the country and to perfons whofe efforts in benefitting the province deman ded he prouftitn of the houfe mr mac martin obferved that it was impoffible for the farmers in the eailern di ft rift to obtain flour from the mills in that part of the country in the winter fea- fon as the rivers were frozen he knew them to tarry wheat 40 miles to a mill in confequence of the fevefity of the feafon and their filiation mud be deplorable if the prefent claufe was dot carried he w uld allc the honourable gentleman mr n wa itbecaufe the eallcrn dis trict had more advantages that they fhould pafs a bill to injure them mote than oth ers mr durand contended that the houfe was bound in the prefent date of the country to fhut the americans out ato- gether otherwise the market mull be glut ted and the farrcrs could not get rid of their produce the bill before the houfe was an important one it went to relieve the distrefts of the country and ifthit claufe patted it cxp eisly faid that one portion of the country might fmugglc they might go without controul acrofs the water and return with provisions without the risk of feiurc he came to im tlfttu ijhp vwj4 iuij do every thing to relieve any part of the conn- try but as that claufe tlood it defeated the main bjeft of the lill he moved that the houfe do now rise and sit again to day mr j ne oppofed the motion as the honourable gentleman did not propofe a better claufe the object of the claufe was to give afliflance to perfons diitrelfcd by the inclemency of the weather mr dui and obferved that rnmy places f offered as well as the eastern district the inhabitants near fort erie and about the head of the lake had to take their grain to mills at a great diftantefrom them and the farmers in the eastern ditliidl might be prepared before the jrclement feafon arrived he moved that the claufe be expunged allowing grain to go to the united states for grinding which was carried by a majority of one the bill ordered to be cngroflcd and read the third time this day mr burwell was added to the commit tee appointed to enquire into the expiring laws mr joncs moved the houfe to resolve ft self into a committee of the whole upon the pension bill mr nichol aiked how the pensioners would be paid they were there four teen days and did nothing were they to give the pensioners a tone inllead of bread lie wifhed to know what crimes they had committed that they fhould thus fuller while the heads of the different de partments received their falaucs when a number of perfons embark it the fame veltcl they fhould hare alike the fund thai afforded payment for one fm uld alfo afford payment fortheothcr the houfe had piedged thftnfelvnh in their anfwer to te g iveruots speech that they would he provided with the 2000 required i lit tmi was prevented by the luotlncfs of the seflinn mr joncs faid the pcnfionern would be paid as money came into the ttcufury the committee r the bill was ie ported as amended which report was re ceived and the kill ordered to he eugrols- ed and read a third time tbia day on the motion 4f mr nichol it was ordered that the speaker do acquaint the speaker of the hioufe of affembly of nova scotia that r proceedings tf tiie legifiature of that province in relation to the convention between his majestys government and he united states of america had been lid before them and that copies had been printed for the life of the member and on the motion alio of mr nichol he refolutions of the houfe of affembly of nova scotia were entered on the journals mr baldwin attended by the uher of the black rod acquainted the houfe that the common school bill had paited the upper houfe and alfo the bill ap pointing infperrors of flour pot and pearl allies and alfo the bill relative to confiscated property mr robinson moved that the 5th rule of the houfe be difpenfed with a far as related to the bill for granting a fupply to his excellency for the year 1821 mr nichol objefted to give a fupply in advance it might prevent their com ing together again he did not oppofe the principle of a fupply he would fup port it but to advance a fupply when they were loudly calling for retrenchment and in expectation of papers which would enable ihem to investigate the caufes of their dillrefs arid ealc the public burthens was unconfututioral and he ih uid telill it in every ltige it was a great complaint in ireland before t he union and they would not do their duty tu thr it conflitu- encs unlets they united with him they knew the advilers of iim exo llency and the terror they felt at the intended re trenchment thcfe pet fons would endea vour to baffl the noble purpofe of that houfe aid he hoped gentlemen would not place it in their power to ff ct this objefct by voting tik lupply in advance they the executive council had too long fettered the lights of that houfe and of the people their power was dimiuifh ing and then prefent filiation put him in mind of the convulivf ilugglcsuf a dying giant mr jones though no ohjeaion could be made to the grar n argument of the honourable gentleman were no well founded the fum of 3000 and odd pounds for 182 could m prev their being called together air je thought the high character of governor and the confidence placed ty the v i rovince hnnld inq t to conpiyr with the demand a rc 0 w would be dimeper mr duiand was op j ought not to be brought forw befoie the papers wanted were rece fl be fume documents laii b t lo e date the intricate b 0 tlie p ac counts it appear t wcre no means to meet thf demarj an they oug to hold the purlc firing lhc own hands and nut give them u f twlve months f there waa a nec f mone t cftim fhould not clmed they ought to have an opportu 0 invefligating the public accouuuaoctf putting a top to profligate exendiuy a wa3 reajr tq lupprtthe bill it could prevent the iquanderiug of the mouty and eff the retrenchment requi m mub this could be done he recommended to the houfe to hold thefoppiy j tlll wi hands till the pape eaitfed foi were po duced and an invcuon had taken place ie called lor the jvtrnals to read ihe re solutions of the co 0 p a counts for isi8 vhich fupported bis ar gument on a diif b1u was loft by a roajuriiy f oiu n ijet 9 fvrano navigation law upo- the thiid reading mr jones pro- poled a claufe to allow the intioductiou of american flour c into this province fr exportation to lower canada which oc- cahone a debate in which meftrs jone nichol and durand took a part ana went over the arguments ufed in the morning a divioon tiien took place and the bill palled ly a majority of feven against the claule a committee was appointed to cany it to the upper houfe mr nelles first named in the committee to enquire into the expiring laws reported two act of the 56th of the king one of which was for making ample piovffion for the adjutant general of militia recom mended to be continued mr nelles moved and obtained leave to bring in a bill to make ample prmifinn for the ajntant general of militia ad that the 51i1 rule rf the houfe might be dif- penfed with as far a related to the fame mr van koughnett moved that the whole be expunged when the bill paflcd they were rich they were then por and why could not the adjotmt general live upon thefalaiy then which was formerly lufficient his office in every relpefl was worth l60 a year i he f rmer adju- taut grneral had only 200 without any coauagencies mr nichol faid it would be unworthy ofththoulc to interfere with fmal ap porntmfnts while men of great falaies were overlooked the firoatin of the adjutant general was a responsible ne the out was inctcafed it wdg then dif ferent uom former times general shaw the lormkr adjutan general held feveral lictali fittmioitt he was brigade ma jor a iembir of the executive council scr l would afk if 200 a year was lufficicio the adjutant geberal when he had to attend the governor upon in- fpedtiiw the contingencies of office were n6 116 own they had arisen out of the proceedings of that houle he had poftage printing c to pay his luna tion was respectable and his duty arduous theie being 20 militia regiments more then than in the time of his predeceltor his fulary ought therefore to be cjntinued the former houfe with well judged libe rality had given it him and parsimony ought not to induce them to fqutcze him down to the falary of a day labourer mr jones fupported the motion he faid the high character of the adjutant general was nothing in the prefent cafe iilo a year might not be ufficient for his fupport but if they were to vote money to every perfon in a trifling office it would deftroy the refources of the i rovince the bill ftated that the increafed duty to be performed by the adjutant general re quired it he would fay that the officen of that houfe might make the fame de mand on account rf the increafe of their duties when jtoo a year was given it was fufficient and that fum was worth more now than when he was appointed mr durand faid there was a number of bills of great importance to the country which fhould be got through before the prefent he knew the gentleman who was the fubjedt of the prefent bill he had thehighelt refpeft for his character and acknowledged his fcrvices to be important he would not have rifen but from duty paramount to his feelings and tht3 atten tion t- the intereft of his country called forth his opposition to the prefent bill the duty impofed on the adjutant gene ral ought not and need not be fo great he would be incited to extend his falary from i2 00 to a fur her fum but the re fources of the country would not allow it a divifion took place and the motion of mr v was carried by a majority of two the bill was consequently loft very late european news from the boston daily advertiser friday march 17 from london papers to feb lreceiv ed at this ojfice imperial parliament iivu tj cffi 1tv 17 message from the king the house waited till live oclock when the earl of liverpool presented a message from the king expressing his majestys convic tion that the house of lords would par ticipate in the feeling of melancholy ex- cited by the death of the king his fatlij er and announcing that his alajesty deemed it advisable to call a liament without delay rje therefore trusted the house of lords wduld con cur in adopting as speedily aspossihlc such measures as might be necessary for hfi public service in the interval between the dissolution of the present parlia ment and the calling of a new one his majestys message having been read by the lord chancellor and after wards by the reading clerk at the table the earl of liverpool faid that it be ing moll defirable the jioufe fhould be u nanimous in agreeing to an addrefa to his majelly of condolence for the lofs of the king his father and of co- gratulation on his prefent majcftys acceffion which it was his intention to move immediately he was anxious to avoid any queftion that might tend to produce a difference of opiu ion and he therefore fhoud move that his mjeitys mod gracious meffage or at lea that part of it which related to the cjllitvg of a new parliament and the mcfl lure to be adopted in confequtnee be ta ken into confideration to morrow or dered the earl of liverpool moved an ad- dvefs expnflive of thecondoleree of the houfe with his majeflv on the deaihorjia late kingi and congratulating his majcfty on his acceffion to the throne the addrefs was agreed to nem difs and was ordered to be prefenttd to his majefty by the lords with white ftave the earl of liverpool obferved that his maj llys ftate of health not allowing him to receive the whole houfe was the reafon for adopting the above mode of prefenting the addrefs and he wifhed the reafon to be entered upon the journals his lordfhip then gave notice of his intention to move tomorrow an addrefs of condolence to hi majefty on the death of his late royal highnefs the inke of kent and alfo an addrefs of condolence to her royal highnefs the duchefs of kent adjourned till tomorrow this day house of commons the houfe met at a quarter paft three oclock when between fifty and fixty members tock the oaths intended disolniion of parlia ment lord caftlereagh appeared at the bar with a mtftage from his majefty on its being brought up it was read by the speaker and was as follows m jieoriie r thekingisperfuaded that the houfe of comnonb deeply participates fn the grief and iffliflion of 1 1 is majefty for the lols which iiis iajetyand the nation have fuftained by the lamented death of the late king hi father- 14 this melancholy event impofing upon his majefty the nec flity of fum- moning within a limited period a new parliament the king has taken into con fideration the prefent ftate of public bufinefs and is of opinion that it will be in all refpra molt conductive to the public interefl and convenience to call the new parliament wirhi ur delay the king therefore recommends to the houfe of commons to adopt fuch j meafure as may oe found iodifpenfably tt34aft neceltary to provide for the exigencies 01 the public fervice during tlu- interval which muft elapk between the tcrminatioti cjf the prefent fcfltou and the oprning 0 a new parliament q r lord caftlereagh obferved that although various reafonj would induce him to propofe the delay of one day in the cvin- fideration of the other parts of himaje tys moll gracious meffage h was per fuaded that no one would wiih to p l pone fr a finglt moment the expveffioc of the affliction entertained by that houfe on the death of their lamented and reveree sovereign in the form of an addrefe of the mod heartfelt condolence to ul majefty conjoined with iincere congratu lation on his maifly accelfion to the throne of thele lelnis the noble lot 1 concluded by moving to the following tflcl that an humble addrefs be prefented to his majefty to convey to his majeflv the expreffiou of the deep affliction felt by the houfe on the death of their lat revered sovereign a monarch whofe virtues had fo long afforded the brigbteft example to ins fubjedts and who had fu long reigned in the hearts of his people to aflure hu majefty that the houft wuld never ceafe tocherifh the recollec tion of the blefliigs which the country had enjoyed under the mild and paternal govern ment of hi- royal father during a long and eventful teign in which the mofl rapid advances had been made fn the art- of fnduftry in commercial opulence and ir national power and in which fo large ar accefsnn of glory had been derived from the fplendid achievements of his majefly- fleets and armies to add the expreflion of their regret and condolence on the late calamitou event their moli fincere congratulations t his imaj fty on his happy acceffi m ro tlu throne of his a nee flora to convey theii dutiful afluraoces of loyalty and affection ate attachment to his facred perfon and to exprtfs their firm conviction founded or their experience of the paft as well as a their confidence in his majefty cb rafter and virrucs that liis majefty pfiign would be marked by corftant endeavour uv pwoite tut gtocrill prolpcrity an happinefs of hi people mr bathurft feconded tlie motion mr tferney declared that no i an cmil be more fcnfible than hfmfclf of the virtue of their late revered and lamented sore reign virtu s too num rous to be the dfeailed- nor could any man be morel fincere than himfelf in congratulatinr h prefent majefty on hie hnopy cceffin n man could feel a greater perform refpeft for his majefty than himfelf no man could be more earn eft in bia hope- that his majeftya teign might be long and pioperous no man could exceed him in zealous wifhesthat that reign might br productive of equal honour and advantag to his majlly and to the country tjndoubtedly there wa one expreflion ii the addrefs which bethought had bette- been omitted he adverted to th paltage which fpokeof the experience ci the paft on all the paft he mr t wiflted to turn u back he wifhed 1 bury it in oblivion a new reign wa commencing and be moll anxiot lly hoped that his majelly would adopt fuch meafures that hi- minillers would advt fuch meafures as wmhi conduce to fit majcfly9 own charcier honour ano dignity and to the general benefit of tin country the add re ft wi9 then agreed to lord caftlereagh moved that in co fidcrationof the ftate of hit majefty health the addrefs fhould be prefente by fuch members of the houle as wtn council ordered lord caftlereagh proceeded to move ai addrefs of condolence to his majefty 0 the death of his royal brother the duk of kent he was fure that the houf would unanimoufiy concur in the expres sion of their deep affliction at the iof of the illnftrious duke an event the more to b deplored as from hi royal highnef- general appearance his bodily health and the ftrength of his conftitution there wa- no member of the royal family to whofc long life the country cnuld have looker with greater hope his royal htghne had jufty endeared himfelf to his sovereign and 0 the nation at large by his nomerou virtues jand he lord c was perfuaded that tlie ill u ft rions female whom his royal highnefs had hf to the protection of his country would t pei ience the warn fympathy of tc lionfe and the nation he therefore moved thvt an addrefs be ptefented to iiii ajj ly condtlrffg with his majelly on tl j c i oi iiis royal highnefs the dk of kent 1 agreed lonewint 2tadlcenfsm it was alio ordered on lie motion of lord caftlereagh tl at the foii tnould condole with her roydl highnefs the duchefs of kent on melancholy and premature death of her iihiots confort lord caftlereagh tha moved that t houfe fhould tome row take into con- fideration uu mjjcftys moft gracioti meffage and intimated that he would then defciibe the cotrrfc which iiis majeftys minifters intcrjcd to prcpofe- lomon feb 17 intermix r of jir ate kivo the chap uefore sven oclock all the persons who had procured ticket were admitted into the north aile ntn were accommodated ukh places on a temporary platform which allowed ar excellent view of the whole range cf fht cathedral except the chapel the tou boys were stationed al the back of rhi soldiers and saw every fftjiig ithout to l j ss2zs5 mrs