h la the year 1814 i mia 1816 i 1617 1818 1419 tons rrtitio t5f the london ship owners lo the hon the ctuninunsof ihe umtedkiugdom of jrtat bwiain and li eland iu parliament amoled the humble petition of the undersigned ship- owner f luudou sliceih that the attention of your petitioner- fci- been aumited to a petition winch ha been lately presented to your lioouurabk house by ceriani iiieieliauu irf ibis city praying for a revi- ftiud of nil commercial a j slew established by the extant resinctue and rcfeuue laws that theaid petitioners declaring the prajei of tleirvaid petition 10 be against eoy ics rfct- ivt regulation oi trade not eflseiftia to the reve- nue agauibtatl duties merely protecthpfroni tii eiu compel 111011 our petitioner- can not cou teiuplte will s 1 anxiety tlu- possible admusion of a principle tthiclt recognize the advantage ol me reeouo alone a- the guide in framing our commercial code overlooking the claims to pio- uctioc miich your petitioners humbly coouehe t oe numerous elates 01 the community to pos sess wuoe capitals have been embarked in trades which being couidcrej of importance to the e- cttruyauii greatness of the country have been protected and have liourbed uudtr hie eliding vwaaiiu muststill depend for thelrprwferit ju0nu pel urenc that atidefetuuding one of tle chief object which tlio snd petitioners geek to obtain is are- laiatiou o the navigation laws your petitioners j would earnestly tftilore our liuuouiable loue i iie ee ii 3 miction au aiieiation in our na- iilne eyrie ttud 10 weigh well the consequences oi a departure trow thai oolicv under winch our connacrcal marine lit attained to unexampled jsuperity a id our aav to unrivalled pover ycttf petitioners cnreat uf your uon isoukc to bear in mind that tboesperiucc of more than two centuries uaivhown the advantage vl adhering w a system which by crdcourugiug hipping and navigation bas so greatly contributed i die strength uud genera prosperity oi the empire aad tltfj begtostaicco your bin houe their firm coavkuoti riiattlua viu cannot be departed from m any mateytal ccapeei wuhoai a loss of trade iu british jiif ol roreign trade winch might be thereby obtained and the consequent sacrmee of british naviga tion and all the important interests depea- den ueuon tiai jour petitioners however would have forborne 10 approach your ho 11 house with litis expreaiou of ihcir aiictin the coitideuce that the may salely rely on the wisdom of the legis lature iopocct from the risk of unadvised expe riment iutorfsto so at and so truly national as those of uritibli shipping had tbey onlya in the caeof the piopoed alteration of the navigation la been menaced with direct titck but your ijlhuuiuuev- hst tyriihbrvl ftvm ii ii4iisbiyhi to procure an alteration of ihe existing duties on umber in favour ot foreign commerce cannot re frain fromdecui mg i your honourable hotted re- jiecifuliy bm urhesuatiigl thr belief that kufch a uieavvte would be trangbt bvvoud uiij o- ther change in our eidstuig bybiem that could be devised with conbequenve disastrous lo the lou tish slnpownei this danger the greater as is obvious they fee tbeiasehcs peculiarly called upon to point cut foat alxjuibgb the primary motive of tfrejegis- tature 111 tbeoncouraging the importation of tun be 1 from the tiiuu colonies might not the inter- iu of naviationyet it has pioved to be admi rably ralcilated iir that object a will appear hy ptft follow nig statement of the prosiesie in crease of the toiuage employed in thai trade viz the cumber ot ships cleared out from oreal britain to hie btituli kortli aonciuau colonic vras sbips bid till 772 1009 lay 7 1525 that tbis new chanuel of employment opened most opportunely for the relief of uiitish ship ping at a period of unprecedented oppression tbe effect of iiansition from war to peace having been more severely felt by your petitioners than by any other clas of commercial capilaitate from the circumstance in a great degree ol 9uusailof the largest kind of merchant vessel employed ixi the service of government during tut war lav ing beeo throw u at ouce upon the market upco tbe 4esatioo ftue trauhportservit that jo rhe jeaf 1819 the vi hole number of bri- thn miips that cleared out of the porta of gseat britain including their repeated voyage a- mouuted to 19371 of the burden of 2jjit rrgibter toas and navigated by 137703 men ol iisiiuzuber i525blpa ol the burde 1 u0l3i register tons ad tiavigated by 17131 men cjeaiyteutfor the ports of hiitish north ameri ca z most wholly for tbe purpose of biiugiii lirjiuc tixuher bng one 7ib part of the entire afyig trade of tbvirouurry that the vhle of this hade is jieculiarly and preeoilaauj british tbe prime cost of the tim ber i oid for in brttisji manufactures and the freight being paid w lirntoh tiips so tliai xhe entire suui expended for the article in great bri tain goes through british chann is and eouiri- butes moieor leji to the beuefii of native im- resuvkl tbe maiuiejaiitr of the national reveyue tbat ifsofji alteration bemadeas would throw cmr piifcutore witbh open to the timber of the and norwailo nitercouise t important to tile country g-iu- and of stun viral mie- tt uatoivia aw b- aiiuiulated or reduced alwgeiiier to inigmncauce toat forn the length and jjicuttyoftbevoy- age the arfer jart of the value of umber nuport- cd iwtker trota north america conis o freigh 1 xaaitbe meiecirctimsltivcebif the proximuy of the norijien ports of lurnneb 1 cabling -hi- to repeat their voyages frequently 111 the course of the year would alone uuuce the pumber of bdiib veeelg- em ployed in tbe carry irg ciadeol limber to one third of their present amount that ibis would be tbe ejlect without taking into consideration the influence of foreign com- yetiuou tnil experience has already shown the difficulty of ucce sulty contending with theships of tbeortn of lurojxe iu bringing the timber ol ftboiewnurifes partly from the low rateofibeir o3tfitano modeof navigaiior partly fruia the juatoral predileciiou of the foreignei s lutorrsted iu this trade fcr employing tlieir own vesci that combining both the abocmenioned considerations nanly the shortness of the voy age and ihj comp i lonof foreigners your peti tioners do not feai 4nradjcnnii in stating their belief tbi tor every foreign ship which should be thus employed three british ships of equal iize wnuiu be left unemployed and your petitio ners have good gronnd for believing that ship owners of the fiiortbpf europe at present in a state of much difficulty are not the parties look ing with the leam anxiety to the decision which the liiitish government may form upon tin iiaj30rant question thawyour petiuoners would submit to your honourable home whetbeifortbe sacrifice of in terest so momentous any advantage they will no aay equivaleut but approacinug to equiva lent be held out it is contended that the foreign timber tim adttrifed would enlarge the demand for british manufactures the fact on the eomrary howe- erit that lhegrow j2 importers of norwe gian and baltic umber take but a small propor tion of its price in articles of britih production ovcry cargo imported would come in diminution of theqiiauiitics taken from our own colonie- would divert capital and he powers of capital froji the iu4ittfeitit of a oiuj cimtltry all whose want find iubits are formed uhujje use of articles rxeluively biish to alienn whose contraption ofsuui produce is com at a- tvely paniui am innii that youreitiiutrs would further submit to ynur bouooi able house heiher ihe trfilm of tbe timber imported could be mou bcutteiilly 171o5 160373 l94 men 6707 9701 8824 10350 151ih 35057 i 17631 bestowed tor this country tban at present f cf it- present lftrg amount jil4tjo000 almost the whole is cousumed in an outtit of whicu every article has employed british artuans and paid ueavy duties to the british lxchequer the lar ger portion of the residue pays the wages of bi iush seamen for but a ety small pari goes to form the rate of interest upon the depreciated capital oi the shipowner that your petitioners also jcg to state that this trade has peculiar advantages as a nursery for nardy seamen from the nature both of the cli mate and the voyage lite ships employed in it taking an nuuual number oi apprentices who in a few years become sailors ol he most valua ble description that in conclusion your petitioners earnestly implne of your houoaiable house to redect what would be the consequence of throw ingout of em ployment almost the whole of the seamen now employed in the north american timber tiade for your petitioners declare that they have not where to look for a substitute if this branch of the carrying trade be taken from them labouring as they are under serious difficulties in meeting the rival shisof surrounding states that your petitioners therefore entreat your honourable houv ttiiu before miy step be taken in a matter 31 deeply interesting to them and a the bheve to important to the community at lusr o any pled of alteration be given they may be ru tied t prove at the bni of your ho nourable house the allegatiors contained mi this their humble petition which they entertain perfect cotlfidettfe they rau do to the entire con viction of your honourable houe and your petitioners its in duly bound will ccr pray lumhi 31ry lb i8s0 letters rcmciningin the post of fice at kingston on the bth july 1820 judicial wit in the cafe of baldwin v trinity col- kge doblin la the court of commuo pleas ia that city on tucldaylord norbnry in giving judgment obtcrved that it was quite infiifiicicnt ior the demandant in a writ of right to lay m he claimed by defccnt that coiuiaued his lordfhip with his accultomed humour would be a fhrewd anfwer for a fweep who had got into your houfe by coming down the clumnty pray sir how did you get foto my houfc m i got in by jifcent facilis dtfunfus avertih and this would be an eafy and a weeping way of getting in lord norbury recently vzfitej the nev pofrchice dublin atid complimented tome 01 the inmates upon the uyle of thctr apatncnti he was told that the ituation would be comfortable enough were it not for the noile of a certain description of females who made the mod hideous up roar all niht to which his lordfliip replied m this ii not at all to be wondered h nor prevented as they ate only waiting for the males discovery of the masonic sign at an inn in a town in the weft of england fcveral people were fitting round the fire in a large kitchen through which there was a paflge to other apartments of the houfe and among the company there was a travelling woman and a tailor in this inn there was a lodge of free and accepted mafons held and it being lode night fcveral of the mem bers paired through the kitchen in their way to the lodge apartments thin introduced observations on the prin ciples of mafoury and the occult firns by which mafons cutfld be known to each other the woman fdid there was not fo much myftery as people imagined for that file could how any body the mafons fign what aid the tailor that of the free and accepted i yes file replied and i will hold you a halfcrown bowl of punch to be confirmed by any of the members whom you plcafe to nominate 11 why fad he a woman was never admitted and how is it pofiible you could procure it no matter for that added he tt i will readily forfeit the wager if i do not ellablifii the fad the company urged the unfortunate tailor to accept the challenge which he at laft agreed to and the bet was depofited the woman got up and took hold of the tailor by the collar faying come follow me which he did trembling alive fearing he was to undergo fome part of the dileipline iu the making a mafon of which he had hcaid a mod dreadful report she led him into the ireet and pointing to the fign of the lion and lamb a iced him whose lign it was lie atifweied it is mr loderv the name of the inn keeper is he a free mafon f yes then faid the woman i have fliown you the fign of a free and accepted mafon the laugh was fo much againft poor snip for having been taken in that it was with fome difficulty he could be prevailed on to partake of the punch brick for sale mrt abbot samuel anslev alexander anderson james angus john alley john armstrong kobert aiken v thomas bowes nvilliaui b ii mr barnard john hell john bate william benson joseph i ker james baker james brady jvlin builiioon andrew blair matthew bailey john blake luke baireit patrick black joseph iiirellft daniel baker henry braider john butvie john butler george bectwitb mary boell samuel bieathou patrick black i mr fiowden margaret bell david burnmdft daniel buckley vyimian brow u adam broun 1hilip brown stephen l bnon- francois be ttld tiiumas inee the subscriber will have ready for sale early in the month of july any quantity of brick of a very pood quality smith bartjlet kingston june 16 1820 27 on sale l it anded from the alexander from ii a london 20 pipes of jupetior spaniih red port wine of the very firft quality xoo caflcs of day and martins real japan blacking 100 cailcs of nails 6d to 28d fry pans bad irons patent scyths carpeting bot tled port wine lati india suga and fcveral other articles all of winch will be benjkhart montreal 21ft june 1820 new store recollet street near near the recollet church 26mj vwthereas toy wife permclw has t eloped fiom my bed and board without any jull or lawful provueation therefore i foilid zuy peioti or persons agaisil harhouriyg or truftmg her on my account a i will not pay uiy tubts of her contracting thomas moiicr xk tin am moore 3 mcdonald mcgihis malcolm vsc a mccuaig charles niarehese fat mulloy james mcdonald k iliiam mowuf fnilu mi ran 1 nomas mcqueen mary mcdonald john mcdonald aviguatin moi iaecte w m luckee tli k miller philip blurry friend murdock james mo far lane duncan mckenzie ridiard martin iviargnet mountain john macgmre trevao mogao jolin mai bran angus macvjiaig william vliciaael iairick mckecbej stephen 2sobie jacb naylur isauc savior mm nome janice nowlan john oliara edward o connor peter odonnel robert oweile ilaiuois piouxy zerah puor thomas pvke j t beiauger llilase harret yuticy d- burns fraueis buseli joeph cleusent samuel croak will lain clongb jamec toilus james cut iori rdward cuuiae john corry hclly corbi azael cook p conkhn soaaiiuati cone mn uco crnwto cautorue coouii 1 a cock- john cierken s 1 u iaii tioan lcsms t rkuier lucy culej avvr carskadeo ma gai 1 courier i 1 tairiik abrahaii t onmin marfan t c lark joltu cajery cliaile iatvon john diviiie mr driadeil w davis til imas duty kubert douglass patrick duyle tllouiab diaper ueoige deak lieluiii liiieiou t john j-vuu- riehard lherbefckj edward l idlar5 jiiuici iuier iututn iord2 dauiel toide john lraaet tnomai 1 ueuian 2 j on 11 li bes jtdward kuich charles 1 omu pat flm lieorge picldhouie m flail er peier tiiutits b glenn on mm jibb sr granger wm granger john liiani 2 jabe liurliani cieorgc llohnan hamnel hill 2 mary muritan liiuiia masii4onj 1 huntly barab tlagerty siai wiiu liuwe raiiuj iile tlizaleii ilm wnan 111 ram 11 laruh vfoni dui n tames uuey i ill lain ilait t at liar in e uauiiluon jcituo jaekuu brnjaintn jainei oom juaiiaion ira junes mr luiilasi john a i jones 1 ilhaio jolilisou liuddeuv ken iii jame kehoe x jonathan king in out a li burn lleniau lakiiib charles laveidure john leaky samuel lock wood david loue iahiiel lelebvre franeoia lionais alex livingston charws perry or ithain leflersun charles perry wilhaui pie geo pedlar or holtnes aiejl o ieuie x robert paaer01 micajali iurdy douiur puiiiiss daiiiei pickett jaiu pat i era on 1 gilbert puin pat quiu ii vviljium roboiiion jauea husscl juii uober c riss aavi pocrtviiii matthew c kowe jonn ryder j allies clviij ai gus itoulau ueorgc kanniord gcoge rutnettutd iai kono baunuel heist jo on uaitonor j oil 1 iiaj wood vi iliiam kuiieiturj llioukb keade xlionta kiaon sloiium kov e john hurler jarsi acoit james bncrilt juiefh suiai germain iviaiv aiue swau j vim stiuieiseu iuattlievi anurpi ltuatu sooner dtuoii sullivonys i l silica joun bculi jauica shiv johu bioitu juu 3 lii an 5oivr inouia 3igorih m in buns j hunter biiuaon a illam mtiall toddy bniitn aieju bcnoncr thomas acovt mjigaiet south betnj hearte cnariea spexice nancy sampson aooilw stark jullcoloii buniti bauiuel swan aoiuuam truax geoige tyas j juieatouuiau bautuel 1- lauor cnailoue tail n 11 thistfe jautea iod jonn v roonian xajici uilv uiluert unditiar j out ineni jane n rigat l uvkui ieitjtuiui vods join i walker liei 1 vvislatit john vi iibuu j on 11 j ood jomjih walker liuu vviuis aicmuald itttofl praoci- wiimjii 1aiii viadctoea samuel wood liascus winuin adam wmlau joseph walli mr williams james w uun a iliiam w iuon mill am woodhall v iliiuin luurexi daniel oun george ouij for sale a farm iy the front concession of the township of augusta three and a half miles below brockville con taining 150 acres about 75 of which is under improvement there is a hre two story house on the premises built of square timber and boarded outidc a frame baru e this farm is well wor thy the attention of any person desirous of a pleasant country residcticcjatid will be sold on liberal terms trd posesoi tien immediately for furtherparts-u- lars apply to a sc v morris co brocjcville 19th may 1820 aitf notice all pcrfons are hereby cautioned a- gainft purchafing certain notes of hand given by the fubferiber to james hc- ncfy bearing date the 29th january 1820 one for twenty five pound payable the z ft january 182 1 one for z 10 pay able lit january tbzz one for t 10 payable tit january 1823 one for 2 iod payable lit january 1824 and one fort2 10 payable rft january 1825 the four latt bearing interefr as the faid notes were given for a lot of land fold by the faid james ifenefy to the fubferiber and for which he can give no legal title joskpii shearman bellville 2 may 1820 22 william iiudden w receive by the earlieft fpring t veftels and keep conftantly on hand at quebec an aftortment of patent proved chain cables of all sizes anchors do well worthy the attention of thofe enga ged in the lake and river navigation qeebec 2 it april i8iq i a reward of two hundred and fifty pounds vvtill be paid by the subscriber t f v any perfon whu fhall discover and give fuch information as will convid the perfon or pcrfons who on or about the 29th or 30th of june laft ttole from george ridout esq at walkerb hotel a parcel containing montreal bank bills of five dollars each to the amount of two thoufand pounds by diredion of the dircftors of the montreal bank thomas maryland ktngstcn yh nov i 8 1 9 agent 47 stolen or strayed from mr alexander mcdonells near khigftoo on the night of the 26th may laft a ftout brown horfe four years old about fifteen hands high rather low in condition cut rail and has a white fpeck in the off eye whoever will bring the faid horfe to mr alexander mcdon ells aforelaid or give information where he may be found fhall if flolen receive a reward of twenty dollas on convic tion of the offender or offenders and if ft rayed flial be reafonnbly rewarded for their trouble alexander mcdonell kingtlon june rft 1820 zzii 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 fkin whoev er will deliver the faid trunk at the chro nicle office or give information to the editors fufficient to difcovcr and convid the thief ball receive the above reward gabriel rollktte kfngflon 71i1 june 1820 2lf valuable lands fcr sale in ihe tjxnstep of hamsfal it ots no 6 and 12 in the 3d con- ii j ceflion containing 400 acres ditto ditto 1 and 15 in the 4th con ceffion containing 450 acies ditto ditto 10 in the 6th conceffion containing 200 acres the above lands are all lying in the towninbof iiuuukonnewcallle uitlrid and will be fold on the moft liberal terms for further information enquire of elias jones elq hamilton or the fubferibrr in kingtlon thomas s whitaken kin may 28 i8iq zzif fojtsale a a very low price for casii the south or front half of lot no vi in tlie first conces sion of louiibovouh forpar ticnlnrs apjyly at ibis office dec 1 s1 50 poe sale a q of 11kd ccdar pickets fioin 7 to s feet in length apily to mr jous dawson liiilor william yerex kingxfo juiij 17 1819 30 fersons having books belonging to the kingston library are requeu ed to fend them to the fubferiber at hia houfe adjoining the toivn of kingfton and with as little dfclay as pofgble john ferguson 12th april 1819 it watches ami clocks repaired in the brt manner bu o tazewell north ml of the market place kinston who moft refpeclfully informs the laaiwteab vunimcw iiiiltc vicinity that he has commenced the above bufinefs and hopes by paying llrift at tention lo lufinefs to give the utmoft fat- ibfadion to ai thofe who may pleafe to favour him with their employ having had many yeais experience in london is perfectly acquainted with the patent lever horizontal and duplex ticaperatnts repeaters c- 8c kingston may 13th 1820 20 for sale a small collcaion of books jull received from newyotk amongft which are peters letters to his kinsfolk omearao memoirs of napoleon the spedator alfo greek lexicons and grammars lempricres clafgcal dision- aiy and a variety of other school books alfo an cxcihtlt surveyors compjfs of the moll approved kind john macaulay kingft m may 12th 1820 19 doctor boyd has removed to tic hcufe formerly occupied by the late door kea ting may 1 6 82c so notice f r sale feveral acre and two ere 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 petfons defiring to pur- chafe joseph murdock kingfton march 8 1820 10 tf ti1rms of tub kingston chronicle john macaula1 p m 2tf george thomson fl he fubferiber t2kcs this opportunity jl to inform medical iraditioneis and apothecaries that he has imported from great britain a geueral aifortmetit of drugs which he is felling wholcfalc at very reafonable prices jle has alfo received a few fets of apo- thecarie scales and weights fettles and mortars graduated mealures lancets in cafes lioufe and diltillers thermo meters barometers and ihcrmometers attached a few doxeu bottles of real cheltenham salts soda powders and es- flcuce of spruce a marshall member of thecolkgeotsurgeonslondon n b briiifh patent medicines and perfumeries of ctifo defcription imported this fcafon kiu july 4 l82 27 for sale or to let xi two itor framed houfe and a jl large and c ltone store filuatti on the water edge in the centte of the village of prefect on exceedingly ad- vuiuacous terms w the purchaftr or lessee ltqtiue at ilic of f chr a- hagerman knigaon 26th fcfeuary 1819 9 xt date that very important question it will necessarily enj brace the doctrines so temperately urged in the city petition presented by mr baring and ascertain hou fat our present system r prohibito ry and protecting duties operates injuri ously upon our foreign tiade a vell as tbe degree of relaxation in hat system which may safely ha adopted we cannot however ate the attempt which seems to be niak am 4 twenty shillings per annum if sent by mail twenty four iliiilit suberipfions to be paid in advance to the lit af july or the 1st of janu- price of advertisements ox lines and under 2s 6d first in au sertion and 7d each subsequent insertion 10 lines and under 3s ad first insertion and qd each subsequent insertion above ten lines 4d per line but deprcci- f the first insertion undid per line lb k tfor event subsequent insertion king of exciting a so of a ri valship john martin begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally that he has opened a house of public enter tainment near fort henry under the sign of the richmond hotel where he hopes by a strict attention to those w ho may favour him with a call to merit a share of public patronage he will always have on hand all kinds of liquors of the best quality kingston 14th january 1820 n ii good stabling for horses 2tf land agency the fublcriber for many years the junior clerk in the office of the honourable executive council of this piovince and who has for fome time part occasionally aftcd as a land agent hav ing religned the fituation he held in the above mentioned office and not being en gaged in any other employment will now tiansadt land buhnefs generally andrew mercer tori ub may jfieo 20 advertisements without written direc tions are inserted till forbid audcharged accordingly ordtrs for discontinuing advertise- ments be in writing and delivered by wednesday noon ot the latest no advertisements rereived after ten o clock on ihe day of publication agnt henry cowan eq quebec edward sill esq three rivrf james vuhiuma eq bfontrenl mers j efc punlcp lttnasste paul glatdrj esq matilda alphcus jones esq prescvi ilffiry i rnesj esq brockvilu n btommos esq perth if wbitmarsli uq richmond j k han well esq dastard e webster esq gananoquc j ranker esq bath allan mcplvsrson eq napanee tltociairrtrr esq helhuu joseph a kctier eq cramahr jxunsc beihupe ean ifamittoz john d smith esq port kupe william allan eh york daniel k4jsfq vtttoria john crooks eq niagara t mccom k esq queenston johu wilson esq ajnhfirstbwgh kingston v c pbintbn i- on ri rjutoas