Kingston Chronicle (Kingston, ON1819), July 28, 1820, p. 3

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f h ivn in la i il nresion of parliiu n i i itll aaiim llio total nval oflrir an ol mi 4tlli of fhr lii kin coin umnly railed flirt stililion art thin art uapreil nf n rilltfi uhni ireland vas in a stale of open rebellion nla time too when many nmuoutenls uliolmd lied fnwnfhat counirvl trail justice were disseminating their baneful principle in this as ucu as in other parts ol liis ma jesty dominions this art no doubt was the result of tho best delilx rations of the legislature at the time it tvas passed and was always considered one of the safeguards of he constitution this act docs not affect it cannot affect any of you whom i have the honour to ad dress it can only affect such as have not resided six months in the province and who have wot taken flic oath of allegi ance and arfi with a seditious intent en- dcavourinr to alienate the minds of liis majestys subject of t rrovime from their allegiance this act lias been up wards of sixteen ycers in fonennd there has not been one solitary instance of any one having suffered unjutly uikit tho operation of it and therefore cannot be fraught with all thai terror and horror designing persons ra attach to it 0ls f f haffe give thus an jh mr vvlimot wm not fancy s hlv y f j th hoe of aitcrn- b yno mr editor mr boultons fpi ntcd yet gentlemanly difpofnion will be alive to feck redress for this angular de- ciiion before a higher tribunal than the reityrmng officerthe hgh court of 1 arliamcnt during theelection every thing was con ducted wiih i be utmost liberality on mr bs part the greatest cordialily seemed to cxiit between the candidates i am c a voter tfktabsfttyitt v ib t ft kingston jvly 28 1820 m london dates to the 1st june have reach ed us by quebec but they bring no very important political intelligence from the bborl extract given in another column it will he sien that the british ports are now open lor the agricultural produce of these colo nies the attention of the imperial parlia ment u occupied by the enquiry into the mans of improving the foreign trade of the persons may attach to it country great prepare ltonaare making for 1 he act however as it now stands ihe kinds cornatbu and extravagant prices in my pailoti is exceptionable in the de- a p t0 a w of the procession to tail inasmuch as it vrauewcrin one a z abbey ten fifti individual that ought to o to a jury of the country for think that no one though ever so b o should be banished or otherwise punished at the mandate of any one though epi kci wise or exalted without a fair impartial trial by a jury of the country an amendment to this ef fect ws my purpose to introduce when this act was in discussion before the house of assembly it its lislsesion and vvhich i al ways considered vrnrld be a laudable arifeatlrneni to that law gentlemen i ham been long fcfioftru to the molt of yon ir timi of wai a well a in tim- of peace am a farmer and as such i hare rlmi in our toils and struggles frinja the earlit t seltlemeut of the prrvirro to the preniif day 1 have always resided nnujvst uai i rsn ac- quainteij with your em raj wuit i am io stranger in your common cmb-inass- tnefvfand hope thnt the roii itud that i feel for the prosperity and wrlkire of pijvuiullfj iji tsiy rnnji kutl support with infcunfy file rights pm leges liberty and inter m of my fellow farmers and the couetr in general and twenty guineas have been offered focseati in the adjacent houses bandt the murderer oficetzbuft irw exe cntedttt alanheim on the dtth may in the presence of a great concourse of people he tuel ins late w tli firmness the account of the execution of hull and htltton al laiiimore is given in another pirt of this paper it is stated in the new yvk newspapers tiiat uncommon exertions were made io procure the pardon of hull arjj that not less than a thousand ladies sign ed a petition for that purpoe but thac wll meant though rejuehcudble endeavours u procure die pardon 01 one who had com muted a most deliberate and inhuman mur der pro edu4lhey ought euavaiiing kolli- ing but the dearij of tiie offender could atone for the injury done to society by such an atrocious tialatiun of its laws general election the poll for stormont closed at cornwall oij tuesday the lith instanr v hen arehi- bald mat lean and pliilipvun kuughiietf ejuircu were depart i duly clettd to the editors of the kingston chronicle t s20 mr editor the extraordinary dcciion of the re turning officer for the county of duttnm rws induced me to lay the following few remarks before the public and i have to request that you will give them a place in your chronicle the writ of election for the county of durlam wag opened by thomas ward efq the returnincr officer on the 3d mst at port hope george strange boulton esq was pvopofed ns a candidate and ad- dtefied the freeholders in an aole and ap propriate fpeeeh after which a poll was demanded by mr samuel street wilmot the oppoting candidate at the clofc of the poll on the first dry mr boulton had a majority of k and on the iecond day a majority of ninety according to the public dfclaration of the returning oilier on this day mr borton was dfpousto dole the poll but mr chnnt decline and the poll was fn conivqucace hept pcn un til saturday aftcrcoon wher it vvaa eloied by mutual confent mr boulton having a majority of about the lame number as on the fecond day there vcre but icw votes polled en either fide during the last four davr mr wlmo demardcd ws noticed in our lwt nun her tiiat the fotiritiatiot stone of n pwshyus iao church 1 y u- d n 11a- usu w iay the isolh tnstaut thomas vfarklnnd i senior ma- gidtrate supnorlid by 0fu i3iarkknd mid william xltchell esns and aecompaui- eiby several memberoftue cgmmilteecon- cerned in the erection of the building and a nuinher of the gentlemen in town proceeded from walkers hotel to tin scite of the church where mr markiandwasmet by the worshipful master of lodge no fi mr qeoree oliver who with the lodge had preceded the magiitrates and made flue pre parations for the pei ibrmance of itie ceremo nies usual on such occasions every thing bein prepared about one oclock 1 m a bottle was deposited in the stone excavated for the purpose containing several gold and silver coins of the late reign some newspa pers and a scrdl bearing the names of the comimttecj and over the bottle y as placed a copperplate oi which was the following in scription 11 st andrews qmmck the foundation stone of this churchwas laid on the 20th day of july 1820 in the a rcr v iu it t i t v w j v archibald fraber architect mr marklard having performed his part f thftduty addressed the audience in a con cise bii appropriate speech the worshipful master of the lodge the 1 poured upon tlie stone the corn wine and oil and after all the ceremonies were finish- uii thepiocession preceded by the band of the 70tii litj vhichhad been politely per- milted by ito conwiandii oilicer to attend returned tq walfccrs hotel and partook of sonii refreshment the workmen are now rapidly advancing with the building which when eompletcd according to the pim will crtailv he an ornament to the town the sochrtv we understand bare peiitioncd the prtishyumy of edinburgh for a ciergjtnan 1 j knew itc u irni tunc juit off on both fide- the ma ority on the either this season or part of mt bouhon cntahurcr about the thecommnieawu from a correspondent manner was that haviiik doubts in his mind as to the proper line of conduct he had taken advice of cumlel i believe mr baldwin who had informed him that ma- rot mr boultons os wcire ilkgal y ny if th 9 is opinion were 00 1 1 could the re turning officer object to ihofe votes after having admitted them on the poll book ccuainly not this was decided hy the committee in the bnyfh bonfe of com mons on the flection fr the borough for new shoreham 17th dccetnbcv 1770 vide t heywood on elections p 338 the i election for durham is thettfore void the objecton riai by he returning offi cer on this occa hon it that the vattm have no deeds for their lndby which thty claim a right to vote by a deciiion i the btitjus houfc of commons on theglousce- ter election 1 liayood p 06 any pcr- fon in poffclfion jf an eate by virtue ot an agreement for the putchate thcicofand receiving the rents and profits has an equi table ficchold and a right to vote rfr- boulton contended that every pcifon hid ing a ticket of location for a lot of land and having done his fcttlement duty on the fame after which he can cuim his deed and alfo paying taxe for fifth landthat he is poffesed of fuch a freehold as quail- kcb him to be a voter hitherto th word frtehold has been ufrd in this province in st confwa doe not appear likely to be ot iv service to the emigrant in any manner aiu wrctuer serviceable or not we conceive ii should bo conferred gritmooly as emi grants hve seldom more money than their urgent necessities require though we are uuavuuninted with mr gikhriu we woeld feel truly gratified to see a satisfactory exeul- that ne woma nave prouj nation of his coiiduct from the aceushtion fore the public as a grlcv preferred against him we feel fully assur- z ftould we have txpei vi that the very respectable members of the society to which he was secretary never intended that such aargeasthatconiplam- cd of should be exacted and were not even aware that ttie abuse existed th influx of nnigniuta into canada th season as tufd in the quebec papers whle that die public mied 1 becoming better te- ormed respecting the advantages of ettle- ment held out by ticse colonies and that 1 eitiier the refusal ofminwterial aid nor the utiit remonstrances of the colonial lo- venm eit- alluded to h the parhamentary dehates wffl have any material effect hi cheek- in- the tide of emigration which now setsso forcibly upon our shores rejecting the truth of tneassat don that our 6u- ernment bastewioifitrated agilnitsto targe an augm- iion to tliis country we haveoniytiie asser tions in parliament on when to gruma our leliei but whetiier this be true or raise certain it is that mjpmt a pwp5w ol eeiirants are in indigent rrcumsnncs taar whel tuev re u iheir lots tney ne luapa- b of nerfortiihwtlw task afsttjlenieot and id fatal maladies among those who cannot procure a comforlubio shelter and we had only laat weiift a thstpessing care of two un fortunate uouieu who contracted inflamma tory ieeia bj cxpnsurein an open boat and whose aeatii ivas hastened if not occasioned by the luhunmnny ot the master the em igration is bedes so great thai the nuiuber of persons irjquirrag for work exceeds the immediate lutnaml for their labour fcc thus adds to the rjrtuculticg oi their situation it is thereloie niudl in be desired that europe ans oigreaiei capital would join tuethrongof emigrants afeu of that descrition while carrying on improvements on their land on an extensive acale would not only realize a greater prolb brom their capital man can now ue obtained any part ot europe where interest on tttfpey varies from one to fourper cent but would also render a service to the country by finishing employment for the poorer dassefpeopletvviiocuiinotimmediate iy undertake to clear their own lands that such will be febc event there is now perhaps a fair prosper canada is gradually becom ing better knn in great britain through the medium tile press which is ushering before the wrwd numerous publicationsou its value to the mother country aud itspeculiar iitness for reiving her redundani popula tion ol thee works we have as yet been favoured will a perusal of only two viz smtchahs vht to vpper canada and the emigrants ydde by cstuartksj a gentle man now recent in the western district the visitb a compendious account of the toil climate onstitution and actual state oi the province nd contains instructions to emigrants oithe proper mode of obtaining and improvi their lands t tells the emi grant f aud s o the guid- that he must weiii well th hardships of settlement before he ijuits hisnttive soil that he must not ex pect fthen h comes here to sit down in listless iilenrp under the impression that the corin v produce for him her fruits spontaneous but on the contrary that it is only by patent and persevering industry he can siiecoid it is added wjth justice that pro video he is industrious he may be certain ot redering himself independent there is not ls ftfr as wc can en any of tltat tube exaggeration into which travels are so ape to run the ad vantages liell out by this province are in ourestimatiob furly and impartially repre sented and edo not junk mat any person who may be iidueed by at attentive peri sal of tile votum in jue5tinto t hii family iu i foitiines to the fertile plains of lpir ouda will have any cause to complain fpuig disappointed or misled the dtstidiok retder who delights in jinede- scripuon and smooth flowing periods may pcruaps takolbuee at an oreasiuiial inattiu- 11011 to style- but for such perrons the work is evidently not designed and these casual blemishcsaftuch they may be called will be forgotleuhy the majority of readers in the eonuleiuiin t it snnjhj mi rits of truth sinjrplicitv i a valuable fund of information 1s condensed within a small compass auft uneed vithin the reach of the poorest settler l whom if caivfnhy attend ed 10 it cannot 0l proving a great utas- i the chiel errorol emigrants aftd which is perhaps oct hy their want of the lulormaliou tt tamed in this hook is thai when they reaih canada instead of proceed- in- to their lardj and applying themselves imtnediutcly to he grand wrk of hniwove- nieut lliey toiftout in idleness anp inde cision wasting die slender resources u hich might with uttrfoas management have been of material ser- l0 themtu their lands the prices 1 labour and provisions have been sensibly amhushtd since last summer the period v cn they are quoted by the change in the th bur though this may he remarked by tieemigrani it could not have been foreseen fiat it would take place to such an extent in boh a c oftime the low price of provisions however is in favour oithe emuranh while the labour particular ly of mechanic tl proportiouabiy hisy the emigrants guide pofles- scs fomc goov claims to the attention of the people ot bitain and gives a pretty fair ilatcment vf the relative advantages of fettling in th different feftions ot the province- the author is evidently an a- miablc and well intentioned roan and when he couliees bfrftftsj to tne g objta of his woik his observations are tolerably jutt aud correct and mull be nftful to the emigrants we do not however admire the plan of mr stuarts book the man ner in which he has blended ftaliftical re marks with political peculations and moral ad religious reflexions is rather calculated tnmrolex than inflruft the rea der our limits w not permit us to en ter into a detailed notice of the work we hall content ourfclves with obferving that the difitiuilition on the crown and clergy rtferveand on what the author terms the deeded lands to fay the leall of it leads to no practical refult- we are fur- prifed that a mm of mr stuarts moral and political principles would have thought of interfering with the rights of private property or the prerogative of the cown much less could we have imagined that he would have brought fuch ideas be- ance and leaft of ed that a man of his profeflion would have held up to the government of his conntry as a reafon lor relinquishing its property the risk of lofing it by foreign conqueft the woik ia profefledly defigned as a manual for the emigrant and if the author had adhered more closely to the descrip tion of the country and to the advantages which it holds out to the induftrious set tler he would have displayed more judg mentas a writer his book would have been better received more generally read and more feiviceaolc to his couutrymen hi advice reflecting the bed method of eftab- lithmcnt might with propriety have been followed with a fection on the late of re ligion in canada mr 3 appears to be a pioua man and deeply impicffcd with religion and we refpect him for it bet we cannot fee the propriety of his inticducing this fubjeft into every page of his book we sre tree to confess that canada does not rank very high in the kalcoi religious improvement bjt it is nt by the rriltatements of the red ir kafton of monucal at the london tavern nt by he diflorted pic- 1 are of ithrrtomiity and vice which is given by mr 3 of our tcvns and villages that ih cinrians or a ot er people are to be rowie wiser an belter we quote elite d im nta all isw p- l u i id f a l fouowmg paflage relative to our imiow cr c nt-7- i hi e good town wtte edification of out 1 h to trutl hji ittt public v p t- dur it uj citizem who m3 perhaps be at aloasto f conjecture how a ftranger could form a juft eftiflaate of their moral coudutl orrcligious icnttments in the courfe of one or two nights tcfulencc at a public inn there arc few towns or village in up per canada and thofe few are fmall kiogiton themofl tonfiderablc of them being ics cxtenfive than the generality of the common county towns iu great bri tain and ireland agricultures fuch as are aimed univcrfally the people of upper canada fcatter themfelves over their farms not crowd together as do the votaries of commerce 11 still towns and commerce are eflential parts of the prosperity of ilates and aa the fettlerocnts in canada are extended and at the fame time that they produce more abundant articles for export ftiall demand the enlarged introduction of fo reign cotivenicucies towns and commerce mull flourifh kinglton fituated in the townhhip of fromignac at the head of the river st lawrence where it iffues from lake on tario already feels thib influence within the lail live years it has iucreafed amaz ingly and promifes to go on rapidly im proving placed in the great courfe of the water communication poitefted of a harbour and dockyard with a command ing point which is fortified aud forms the llrongctl poft at prcfent in the province while at the fame time it is the key of iome iubordinate but extremely impor tant lines of internal eutercourfe it may be regarded as a dawning emporium when wealth and grandeur hall hereafter ftalk with a gaitas proud and as lordly as they now flaik in places then perhaps hhorn of their meteor magnificence 4 blaze of in ignited particle which rufhes across the nightly sky is momenta ry that of the cornet replete with all the portents of excited imagination lafls a moment longer but is alfo quickly loft in the viewless immenfity of fpace the fplcndor cf dates furvives centuries per haps but what is the duration of centu ries when meafured with eternity in com pardon to the mod momentary blaze of the meteor extinguished nearly at the fame tnitant than its radiance commences when mcafuicd with the longeft interval which human undertlanuingcau grasp it is less than the birthdying light of that meteor alatl thsr hurna gtry kcji xlurru it- iclfon lo falfe a foundation a thoufand times alas that for fuch a foundation it ihould reject the rock of ages on which all the harmonies of eternal love and all the dignity and fwcetneas of infinite majes ty and truth invite it torepofe r ever oh canada where 1 exped to pass the remaining moment of my mortal con flict oh that fome voice of mine might be blcflcd to icfcue thee from the dream of folly and of guilt along which in com mon with others thy ruined nature would precipitate thy footfteps and to bring the hack to lira in whom atone thou canft have trength and peace i oh kingston looking forward to thy future edifices oh that i could foreiee holiness to the lord written on their poiticoes and animating the lives of their inhabitants instead of the stride of lust aid pride aud ambition and the icowl of intolerance and falfehood ana malice and of hearing amidst them the bacchanalian cries of luxury sc levity and revelling all hhrouding their loathfomeness and then guilt beneath the mask of ex ternal refinements and proclaiming alod fiom houfe to houfe v peace where there is no peace as when the evening was calm on carraccas and the hearts of her fons were joyous and the earthquake was heaving to overwhelm the whole in one vast and fudden grave behold the 4t hand of the lord is not hhortencd that it cannot fave neither is m his car hea- vy that it will not hear but if he hear us and fave us not it is hecaufe our fins have feparated us from bim it is be- caufe w- have chofen other gods yet he who is a confuming tire to inflexible rebellion and what created heart nhall be strong when his terrors are let loofe up on it cafy as it is to feoff while he re strains them ever waheth to be graci ous and ddireth not the death of a fin- ner oh canada that thou feparate from the herd of nations that go on through time fpurning eternity and forgetting the god in whom alone they live and move and have their being oh that thou would- est now turn early and call upon him who calls upon them in love for he hath faid that thofe who feek him early lhall find him oh that instead of following the wide and beaten path of perdition thou wert bit fled to follow from thy youth upwards his mandate and to walk be fore llim humbly in holiness his peculiar people zealous of good works then in that propitiation which is offered for the fins of the world then fihould a new glory unknown to the nations invest thee and a strength and a dignity and a fwcetneas and a peace be thine through grace which the world with all her pomp and all her revelries and all her boasts can neither give nor take away next in importance to kingston is york the capital of the province fituated inatmall bay on the northern fide of the lake ontario sec be improved tateof vur rnad whch but a few years ince were barely jasabjr wnb heavy u gone v f 4 4 4- married m bath h hc rev juhi slough ten n sunday ae jfcfc inst mr silas johnnton to mi magdalen fbtr both of ernrgt town at amt1iaburch the 19th july bv fb- revr mcdovallmr freeoiao s clinch 10 miss hliza c cory on tuesday evenin iu iist by g gat tin ksq on hoard the steamboat congress whoo her passage from st johns u whitehall on the american stdc james porrenus rtq lo jvj caroline nortlicdge both of the citv otmonirea onihe l8th april at monswald maio annandale scotland mr james how com monly called the etrick shephard author of winter evening tales flee to miss margaret phillips third daughter of mr peter phillips farmer mr darel wc vicar late vf quebec is to preach in the laecaerian school house on sunday the 30th worship tocommence at il oclock forenoon arid at 4 in the afternoon communicated postscript new york july 22 the quick sailing ship martha capt sketchley which sailed from liverpool on the 16th ult arrived at this port last evening the editors of the gazette have re ceived their iles of papers lloyds lists c to the loth the london papers announce the re- turn of the queen of eogland and mr brougham in the house of commons oa the 5th of june rose and stated that he had a message from the queen stating that she thinks it necessary to inform the houseof commons that she has been induced to return to england in conse quence of the measures pursued against her honor and her peace for some time by secret agents abroad and lately sanc tioned by the conduct of the government at home that she had no purpose ia view but the defence of her character and the rights devolved npon her by the death of her revered father she desires au open investigation of her conduct and relies upon the integrity of the house lord castlereagh moved that the pa pers in the queens case be referred to a select committee to report to the house- bat in consequence of a communication made to lord liverpool the subject was postponed to monday ject of certain papers relating to the queen observes the king felt an anx ious desire to prevent all discussions which must necessarily prove painful fc his feelings but the step adqpted by the queen leaves no alternative the populace who attended the queen on her arrival in london broke the win dows of many houses at the west end of the town amongst others those of lords sidmouth and castlereagh mr cutts and mr maberly ml p the guards were stationed at carlton house for two days and nights the queen on her arrival in londod alighted at the house of mr alderman wood where she still resides lord holland has declared his inten tion to bring forward a motion to repeal the rcyal marriage act st andrews church the committee respectfully request that the subscribers will pay into the hands of the treasurer mr alexr pringle their respective subscriptions the committee would likewise call upon those individuals who have not yet sub scribed to give their support to the un dertaking they deem it superfluous to enlarge on the advantages which are likely to arise from an establishment such as the one contemplated because they must be evident to every one to those however who are presbyterians and particularly to those educated in the forms and uoctnbes o uubrco ot scotland the committee beg respect fully to solicit their support not only by subscribing what they can themselves af ford but by the influence which tbey may possess with their friends of other per suasions subscription papers are left with the treasurer mr pringle and with the secretary dr marshall also at point frederick with mr robert graham ham merchaut a marshall secretary z7th july 1 820 so notice the teal and perfonal eftate of the late john mclntofh of thurlow having been legally afligned over to me by the parties intereftcd i do hereby requeft that all thofe indebted to the faid eftate cither by bond note of hand or book accounts will make pay ments on or before the iftoaober next cattle or produce will be taken in pay ment peter grant bellville july 19th 1820 3 e on sunday last a charily sermon as preach ed by ihe itrv john wilson in st georges church when the sum of twenty pound neven shillings and seven pence halfpenny was collect ed in ad of the funds for the relief ol distressed emigrants arrived here venerday jonaihan walton esq of schenectady mrs walton and two davghlei 1 fe worthy of observation that tins gentleman is tin first person who ha made a roar through upper canada 111 his vn carriage mr waltons carria isofav rj lieht consxroc- lionand c uneiiand bas out sustained uie slightest ir mv thib peaks xauch iu finour of home district assizes eastern circuit circuits of 1820 the honorable york 6th october 5 win d powell chief justice- the honorable iwm dpowell hief justice solicitor on mr jusisc campbell at- cornwall i4ib aug brockvimevw do kingston slfit do niagara hthaugt home circuit western circuit newcastle is sep loressih august londo 7lb sept western lth do lorney genl mr justice campbell and solicitor gni mr justice boulton the attorney geol a committee had been appointed by parliament to examine into the average rice of corn in the twehe maritime dis tricts

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