affixing inteufgtffimof the iflund bemp ai refei t ftiflvrlng under the vifitation of j thai dreadm fcourgc the cholera morbus which had carried off upwaids of 50 victims in one day in tliiu ifttlc coiony the london courier of the 10th ult informs ue of tht efcapc of captain henry davis a young man of refpetflable con- flections who a month before was ap prehended and confined on a charge of forging a draft of fix thoufard pounds upon the banking iloufe of mefsr6 drum- tnonds ue was late a captain in the life guards and moved in the higheft circle but was ruined by gambling having an ticipated a fortune of rojogo left him by his father sedition at the pontefraft seffionson monday laft jofcph mitchell was found guilty of uttering malicious 0 urinous exprefliors at a public meeting held at hclfax on the 4th of october laft the fentence of the court was that he be imprifoned fix months in york cattle and find furetie6 for two years himldf in xico and two fureiies in 50 each the king of prufiia was feized with fo much alarm on receiving the firft accounts ot the new turn which affairs were taking in spain that he inftantly prohibited every allufion to spain in the prulfian journals he had before interdicted the englifh journals in pruffia from the montreal herald impostor detected thejfollowjng address to thpu micorjr appeared in the joangor itegister maine and the circumstantial documents which ac companied it so obviously alluded to an indi vidual who lately ixepoaed upon tlie inhabit ants of dontreaf under the name of g fan hobten that it is thontrht expedient to ive the subject all the publicity which is due to religion and morality to the public the subscribers feel it to b a duty which hey owe the institution with which they are connected and the public at large to state for general information that early in octo ber last a young man calling himself john bovee doos but whose red name appears to be john d bovfs came to this place and offered himself as a candidate for the charity of the theological institution estab lished here he said that he came from am sterdam n y had been hut four weeks on the wuy wasa member of the presbyterian church in that place in regular standing of which he proauced an ample testimonial signed by halsey a wood as moderator 01 the church by whom he was also recom mended as a suitable person to receive cha ritable assistance towards obtaining an edu cation for the gospel ministry the appearance of uncommon piety which he assumed concurred to stren lin the re commendation which he produced and he was accordingly without heit on received as a probationer for the usual term of three months under the patronage of the institu tion it gives us pain however to be obliged to state that according to his wft confession before the trustees and professors of this in stitution the certificate which h produced was aorgery and that it was not the only one which lie had used for a similar purpose that instead of having come directly irom amterdain he had been a considerable time at the academy in andover where he prac ticed the same imposition as that of which he has since been guilty here using there likewise a forged certificate and that he had been dismissed from thit institution with disgrace what his true character in may be learned from the subjoined letters and certificate the first of these was written by j adams esq principal of phillips academy to oe oftne trustees of this institution who ii consequence of reports unfavorable to the character of bovee addressed a letter of in quiry to mr adams on the subject the two following were written by the rev mr wood pastor of the presbyterian church in amsterdam nyork in answer to letters of inquiry from mr adams we will only add that in his examination before the trustee his conduct was of a piece with what it ap pears to have been for stun e time before as he discovered such a destitution of moral principle and disregard t truth as was pain ful to witness it may be proper to men tion that on being asked the character of mr wood previous to the disclosure of the letters being made to him he said thathr vyas a person of unquestionable veracity and that he would consent that any statement which h3 should make with respect to himself sftuurl tu icutiveu i- titil u 1- lute mentioned bovee may exhibit a certificate oigood character which was given him hy u last autumn we take this opportunity to plate that as that was given in virtue of the forged testimonial above named and a short acquaintance with him we wish no validity to lie attached to it in future john smith prof rfthralzy bancroft fowler prof class lit the letters alluded to in the foregoing ad dress contain a brief account of boce ori gin anddevelopethe most singular turpitude of conduct he was born of respectable pa rents in amsterdam n york and within the last tw years he married the daughter of a gentleman who resides in die vicinity of al bany soon after however he abandoned his wife for the seduction of innocence and when offended justice was about to crush him he fled for protection to the s net lary hehad most polluted from the iieligious semi nary at andover his conduct soon procured him an expulsion when his evil genius di rected him to bangor vthe description which is given of bovee person corresponds with what is recollected ofg vanhoosen and their striking coinci dences of conduct seem to indenufy tbem both were characterised by a remarkable propensity to deceive the public by an osten tatious display of religion van hoosen on his arrival in this city professed to some that he was employed in the capacity of a insinuating auuress no mwm our religious conferences where his aiieclcd zeal procured him respect and confidence it was soon ascertained however that ne tould accommodate his opinions to his mis taken policy and as interest dictated he was warmly calvinistic or equally hostile to tliat creed 6r religion the same inconsistency was remarked on other subjects and he ol- ten resorted to the most absurd falsehood with as little respect to prudence as distin guished the conduct of bovee this llagrant disregard for truth was perfect established before bis departure from moutica and it has subsequently appeared in a more striking decree he professed connexions with an university where he was never known and intimacies vilh distinguished gentlemen who were wholly unacquainted with his name ill his company was a female and their con curring account would make them man and wife and that they were married in novem ber at no 0 cornhill boston but enqui ry furnishes another story that no 9 ne ver witnessed their connubial bliss and if any reliance may be placed on the testimo ny of a servant who accompanied them the name of the fair one is sarah clarke who has an honorable husband in south america and that vari hoosen during his short resi dence in boston was known as mr forbes they arrived here at an inclement season of the year without money and with no oth er apparel than what they wore an effort was therefore necessary to procure them subsistence and to provide for other extremi ties with this view he announced an his torical oralionandso great was the impos ture that many of the audience retired dis- guptedas soon a3 the orator began his ad dress failing in this attempt lie endea voured to ohtitiu a loan of money and offered the respectability ofhis friends sa undoubt ed security altera residence of low weeks he left montreal on the loth of april vari ously indebted io the amount of two hundred dollars and by acunning poliej he was con veyed to matilda in u c- where he present ed his clerical character to mr sawyer a methodic clergyman as a claim on his hos pitality and professional sympathy here lie resided with favor a few days when he passed into hamilton where be preach j to tin- inhabitantsof that village the situation ofhis female companion will not allow him to journey fast or to journey long and as he may linger for some time in that neighbour hood it will he proper for lh editors in up per canada to notice this communication it is very probable that he may desert the fe male who was under his protection and tly to some remote corner of the united states the said g vanhoostn and j d bovee are about 0 feet 10 inches have small black eyes black hair and whiskers walk a little stooping profess much scholarship are of genteel appearance and an imposing address but disguised by a cloak of religion since writing the above a letter has been received from the rev mr whelpley of pittsburgh stating that van hoosm had in troduced himself to his family on his journey to montreal and had borrowed of mr w a considerable sum of money with an assu rance of its repayment in one or two weeks two months had elapsed and mr w heard nothing from him kingston juxz the dates from europe thiswek furnish us with very iittle additional intelligence th5 trials of the cato street conspirators were in the course of prosecution as will be observed by the summary extracted from the new york commercial advertiser and se veral of these men had been found guilty the auti ministerial papers complain of the use of informers for the conviction ol these unhappy culprits but however ignominious the otiiceof an informer generally may be itis probable that without the intelligence gi ven in the present instance by an individual bearing that odious name the metropolis of the empire would have been deluged with blood much uncertainty prevails respecting the intentions of tlie queen but notwithstanding what is stated in the letters said to be written by her it is probahle she will accept the terms offered her as there is unhappily no prospect of a reconciliation with her royal consort her presence in england could nei ther be pleasant to herself nor of any public utility k the accounts from calcutta mention the successful issue of an expedition against the pirates in the persian cull undertaken by our government for the security of british commerce in that part of the world and for the purpose of facilitating its future exten sion the genera depression of trad in europe and the failure of the markets for merly requiring immense supplies of british goods have impelled the british govern ment to seek out new markets for the pro ducts of the manufacturing industry of the nation the countries bard ring on the red sea and tlie gulf of pvrsia as well as the eastern shores of africa which wee once the seats of a busy commerce present a tine field for tlie display of english activity and enterprise with a view of reaping ail the benefits which may be derived from open ing these channels of trade the government is securing to itself several commanding po sitions surveying the country and destroy ingthe pirates who have long infested those seas sir james kempt governor of nova sco tia sailed from cowes for halifax in the phaeton frigate on the ijstfa april his ex cellency the earl of dalbomie was to leave halt fas for quebec towardsthe close of may tn the icw cualie urigate the legislature of nova scotia was dis solved on the 20th april tlie writs for a new election were returnable on the 10th july in the lower province the election write were to be issued on the 6th june and be re turnable on the 55th july excepting that for gaspe which is to be returnable on the 12th september in this province a good deal of impatience is said to prevail at tlie protracted existence of our present parliament the cause of its not being already dissolvedwe understand fis the delay in returning from some counties the census required under the provisions of a late act if we are rightly informed the e- lection generally will be warmly contested indeed we have heard of some pther violent expressions of the popular feeling in certain counties relative to tlie merits of particular individuals who have been put in nomina tion these are proofs not only that a seat in our house of assembly is now highly pri zed but also that the subject is viewed in a more important light by tlie people than here tofore this attention to the merits of the candidates together with the increase in the representation will we trust introduce into the house a very respectable body of talent and information an extravagant compliment the governor of cuba commences one of his late proclamations in the following man ner u may the constitution and tlie king who has sworn to it live one thousand cen turies it is stated in a new york paper that the earl of selkirk died in the south of france on the gth april thu sad event wril probably terminate the differences which have existed between the rival fur companies of ihe north west and hudsons bay indeed instead of indulging their hostility to each other it a i rio americans we feel assured that no apokury will be required bj nur dew the great space f indulging their hostility to eacn oiner n mpears necessary that they should unite it hey wish to ureseive the most valuable por tion ox the fur trade from the grasp ot the allotted to the extract from hlackwoods ed inburgh magazine on our late revered sove reign when they consider the nature of the subject the force of ttbc style and tnc truth and dignity of this stealing sentiments which it embodies the united states line or battle ship late ly built at new york was launched on the 30th ult this ship has been named the ohio and is said to be 18a feet in length and of 2500 tons burthen underneath will be found the res olutions of tlie comniitee of the midland district agricultural society for the county of hastings these resolutions with the address vrhlrh precedes them are highly cre ditable to the secretary who introduced them as well as to he members of the committee by whom they were adopted and they may he considered as really important in as much as they come from practical farmers and from a quarter of the district which till very lately sterns to have looked with indifference if not with disapprobation upon every attempt at the establishment of an agricultural so ciety but though the county of hastings hasheen somewhat yowln yielding its coun tenance and support to that valuable institu tion because somen i the original regulations were not at first so well adapted to the local situation of the different counties as they might have been that county has more than atoned for its former apparent negligence by the frank and spirited manner with which its committee is now proceeding to carry in to effect the great objects of the society toon the whole we think the resolutions of the committee of tjic ounty of hastings justly entitled to the attentive con ideration of the committees of the other counties within this district and we hope soon to ee llum following the laudable example which has been set before ihem bellvdle may 29 1820 puriuant to notice the committee for the county of llallings of the midland diftrid agricultural society met at the houfe of mr rofwell leavens attended by john w meyers efquhe one of the vice ptefidentsof laid society who be ing called to the chair and sir robert smith chofen secretary the bwfinfs of the meeting commenced by the secretarys reading the rules and regulations of faid society as amended at the late general meeting at kingftun in april laft the following addrefs vas alfo prefented and read by the secretary mr chairman and gentlemen in propofing the prefent meet ing i was aftuaed by a deiire that this v oitrrinet fnoua give to the other rhem- bers of the society a the public in ge neral the earlieft evidence of their anxious wifhesto promote tht laudable purpofes of the inflitution to vhich they hate the honor of belonging at the firft eflabithmcnt of the mid land dillri6t agricuhual society it could fcarcely be fuppofed tiat egery regulation neceffjiy to make it jenerally acceptable tu the inhabitants ot the diftricl could be contemplated and provided fur ao experiment was firft tc be made and vari ed in its application as tircumilances might require hence the lules of the society which were formed at the eflablifhment of it were in fame refpeis of fuch a nature as nut to be producitiv of the good effefts intended the towi gf kingfton and adolphuftown the oily two places in the diftrift where fairs vere propofed to be held being remote fom the rcfidence of many of our beft farners the trouble of attending ihefe fairs was confidered too great to be compnfad by any probable premium that might e received there fore much inrtifferenc and even averfion has been hewn by nny towards giving any encouragement to the tuft i tut ton the fame realons haver feveral intlnnces prevented the former committees for townihips making ny exertions in en deavoring to raife funds for its fupport the first and material effort at the late general meeting of rhe society held at the town of kingftoi j april laft thofc difficulties and object ons were obviated by an amendment of he rules of faid so ciety which are ro placed upon the footing i have deta to you by their perufal at this time howiug to the pop- ulation of each couity in the event of railing the fum of twi pounds the privilege of a public faj within themfelves to be held at fuch place in the county as may he dzcrrrzd am w gwvti3 meeting of the society our firft objeft therefore fhould be to poffefs ourfelves of the means reqirifite to make all the other advantages of the inltitution more eafy of attainment the fum of twentyfive pounds i truft will not be found hard to procure in fupport of a caufe fo worthy our attention as the prefent and fo pro ductive of benefit to the intereft of the farmer by holding forth a reward and in it an honorable diftinftion to all thofe who may excel in agricultural produftions and let it not be underftood that in our endeavours 10 raife a fund we fhould con fine ourfelves to the propofed fum no rather let us endeavour to double the a- mount if pofiible for the more abundant the means the more ample will be the re ward to the fuccefsful prize feeker and the gift will return to the hands of the lib eral donor with incieafed intereft much benefit may reafonably be anticipated as likely to refult to this diftrift from the eftabliihment of an agricultural society whether thefe anticipations will be reali zed or not depends upon the aive co operation of the community in general end upon ourfelves as a part of the num ber whofe particular duiy it is to promote that benefit although the diftrift can at prefent boaft of many very good far mers arid forne of thofe competing the prefent meeting defervedly claim that cha raerftil a wide field lies open for im provement and the objeft of an agricul tural society i to lead to it by exciting a fpirit of cntcrprife and competition a mongft them they require to be taught to diverfify their labour and adapt them to the easfcxftcici of the times and the prefent period teaches an inflruive leffon the farmers in this part of the province have generally directed their attention to the culture of wheat as chcir ftaple com modity depending upon it as the article of principal refource and tlie high prices which flour has obtained for many years paft particularly during the late war has juftified the practice but at the prefent time when the markets are glutted with that article and cafh cannot be obtained for it at fcarcely any price and while a ge neral cry of embarraffment is heard in the country they arc hewn the neceffity of turning their attention to other produftions more in demand and for which cafh may be obtained as the prelent feafon has opened every profpeft is prefented of ve ry abundant crops of wheat at the enfu- itlg harveft and unlefa forre material change fhould take place in the political late of the world the farmer has no rea- fon to expert a better maiket for his flour next year than he finds at prefent eve ry larmer whofe lauds are adapted to the purpofes of rearing dock fhould pay par- ticular attention to that branch of his pro- feffion in addition to the profits which the grazier realises in the growth uf stock and in the different produiona of the dairy the article of beef generally com mands a high price in our markets and io always in demand to an extent far exceed ing any fupply which this part of the province has hitherto furnifhed as a proof cf this remark i refer you to the circumftance of a drove of cattle to the number of one hundred having been dri ven from the diftridtot niagara tu kings ton laft fall where they were no doubt well fold to the government contraftora thefe las while they are in a meafure reproachful to the farmers uf this diftrift fhould operate as a powerful incentive to exertion and ingenuous application to their feveral duties and not allow benefits to be wrefted from them by ftrangers which they have in their power to fecure by pro per fkill and indufti y after which the following refolutions were fubmitted by the secretary and ap proved by the meeting 1 refohcd that this meeting enter tain a juft fenfe of the material benefits likely to refult to this diftrid from the ctlablilhmcnt of an agricultural society 2 refulvej that theyhighly approve of the amendment of the rules and regu lations of faid society made at the laft general meeting in the town of kings ton 3 refohcd that the membera of the committee of faid society for this coun ty are determined to ufe their utmoft ex ertions in promoting the beneficial defigns of the inltitution 4 refohcd that subfcription lifts be drawn up with as little delay as poffi ble and one copy delivered to the chair man of this meeting alfo one copy to each member of this committee for the purpofeof procuring fuhfciibers 5 refohcd that the secretary of this meeting be requelted and he is hereby anthoiifed to draw up faid subfcription lifts and to tranfmit them as foon as pos sible to each member of this meeting 6 refohcd that this meeting ad journ to meet again on the firft monday in september next for the purpofe of ascer taining the amount of subscriptions pro cured by each member up to that time and to report accordingly 7 refohcd that the proceedings of this meeting be inferted in the newfpa- pcrs of this diftiift- the thanks of the meeting were then voted to john w meyers efquire for his able fupport in the chair per order of the committee robert smith secretary melancholy accident on saturday the 3d inst samuel furnivah the only surviving child of mr d fumival o bellville having unnotified by his parents straed t he bank of the river moira fell into the water and was drowned though ihe child wa discovered and taken oat of the river in a imperial parliament house of commons april 27 a few minutoa before two the speaker look the chair at two he tfyuse was summoned to ibelloue of peers to hear he speech from the throne the speaker and the other member- present immediately proceeded to the other house to hear the speech delivered by his majesty from the thriuc my lords and gentlemen i have taken the earliest occasion of assem bling you here after having recurred to the sense of my people v in meeting you personall for the first time jince the death of my boloved faler 1 am anxious to aure you that 1 stiall always con tinue to imitate his great example ijt unceasing attention to the public interest and in paternal solicitude for the welfare zn happiness of alt classes of m subjects 0 i have received from fcreign powers re newed asurances of their frier ly dispomtioa and of their earnest desire to cultivate wub mc the relations of peace and amity gentlemen of tht house of commons tlie estimate for the proem year will be laid hefore von they have been framed upon principles of strict economy but it it to me matter of ibe deepest regtet thai the state of the country has not allowed me to dispense with those additions to our miliary force which i announced at the commencement of the tam seion of parliament m the first object to which your attention will be directed is the provision to be made for the suppom of the civil government and ot the honour and dignity of the crovvn i leave entirely at your disposal my interest in the hereditary revenues and 1 cannot deny myself the gratification of declaring that so far from desiring any arrangement which might lead to the imposition of new burdens upon my people or even might diminish on my ac count tlie amount of the reductions incident to ray accession to the throne lean have no wth under circumstances like the present that any additiou whatever should be made to the settle ment adopted by parliament in the year 1816 my lords and gtntiemtn 41 deeply as i regret that the machination and designs of the disaffected ihould have led in some parts of the country to acts of open violence and insurrection i cannot but express my satisfaction at the promptitude with which those attempts have been suppiessed by the vigilance and activity of the magistrates and by the zealous cooperation of all those of my subjects whose exertions have been called forth to support the authority of the laws 41 the widomaud firmness manifested by the late parliament and the due execution of the laws have greatly contributed to restore con ndence tbroiout the kingdom and to dis countenance those principles of sedition and ir- religion which had beeu disseminated with such malignant perseveiance and had poisoned the minds of the ignornut mid unwary i rely upon the continued support of par liament in my determination to maintain b all the means entrusted to my bands the public safety and tranquility deploring as vve all must the distress which still unhappily prevails among many of the la bouring clasesof the comraunil and anxiously looking forward to its removal or mitigation it it in the mean tune bur common duly effectually to proteei the loyal the peaceable and the in dustrious against those practice of turbulence and intimidation by which the period of relief can only be deferred and by which the pr sure of the disiresshas been incalculably aggravated 1 trust that an awakened sense of the dangers winch they have incurred and of the arts which have been employed to seduce tbem will bring back by far the greater part of thoie who have been unhappily led astray and will revive in them that spirit of loyalty that due submission to the laws and that attachment to the constitution which subsists unabated in the hearts of the great body of the people and which under the blessing of divine providence have secured to the british nation the enjoyment of a larger khare of practical freedom as well as of prosperity and happiness than have fallen to the lot of any nation in the world married at ailolphustownon thursday the 27th may mr john dorland aged 70 to mrs- sarah smith aed 57 years died in london on the 12th april aithur young esq aged upwards of so ears john kinca1d begs leave to his friends and the pnblic generally that he has o- pened a houfe of public entertainment near w f peafes wharf in the village of btockville under the sign of the brockville hotel where he hope3 by a drift attention to thofe who may favour him with a call to merit a hare of the public- patronage- he will always have on hand all kinds of frw mihf pfffvarfi all ntteedpimo ptstore it prefer wvoitv luuno life proved u j brockville june it 20 22 w8 n b good stabling for hor- postscript from the jst k com advertiser june 2 london april 30 on saturday the 59th little business was transacted the house met at 3 oclock and adjourned at 4 foi the purpose of presenting the address of the house to the king the trialsfor high treason closed on the even ing of the 27th of april and the next morning sentence of death was parsed on the prisoners on saturday the 29th the common serjeant made his report to the king in council of the eleven men who bad been sentenced the day previous afier two hours deliberation the fob lowing were ordered far execution on the mon day following may 1st viz arthur thistle- wod james ings thomas brunt richard tidd and william davidson the remaining six who pleaded guilty to their indictments are respited during the pleasure of the king the five above named are to he buns and afterwards beheaded and their bodies divided into four quarters one of the papers before us ay8 u the prisoners at present exhibit a sort of enthusiastic bravery and express a pride in having an opporsunity to lay down their lives in the cause of freedom they all reject the kind attention of the rev mr cotton they av they want not his assist ance and profess themselves to be confirmed de ists sentence passed on the conspi rators his lordship having once more lolcmnly ex horted the prisoners to repentence pronounhed the sentence of the law in the following words thai you and each of you be taken from hence to the gaol from whence you last came and from thence that you be drawn upon a hurdle to a place of execution and be there hanged bv the neck until you be dead and that aftervards your heads shall be severed from your bodies and your bodies be divided into four quartets 10 be disposed of as his majrty shall think fit and may god ofhis infinite goodness have mercy upon your mui the crier aid aloud fc amen v in which he was joined by irany in the court who were deep ly affected v bi lordships impressive address ses one hundred dollars reward tolen about four weeks ago from a room in mr wordens inn a trunk three feet long and two feet wide covered with a fawn kin whoev er will deliver the faid trunk at the chro nicle office or give information to the editors fufficient to difcover and convi the thief hall receive the above reward gabriel rollette kingfton 7th june 1820 23tf agricultural notice a meeting of the committee of the midland district agiicultural society will be held at the court howe kingston on wednesday the ixth inst for the purpose of fixing upon the time a id place of holding a cattle show deciding upon the premiums to be awarded c h c thomson secretary kingston june 5 1820 2 a mr galignani lately attempted to fly acrofb the river tilbury in england by the aid of artificial wings formed of ftrong oiled filk to which he applied a lever power he fucceeded well at firft but upon reaching the middle of the river he was met by a fudden guft of wind which precipitated the adventurous aeron aut into the water a llufiian frigate was lying at anchor within 30 yards of where he fell rhe crew of which refcued him from dt owning