mr brougham adtnluod fhnl it could not and stated ho would have flo wis to hfor such ct idrimm- il die proceedings niiist i rojnl ciumm rltv hrr the same idrniwnues ivfttrlt mo would httfc liudni anv f fhecomis below alr fiw aijiiiuntt liu lord-ciun- ellnr slotcti elnri it wuia the opinion ol fhe house the evideeee could iroi be rc- reitrtl i icu tenant i tow nam itppearcd an delivered in his diploma of the order r st caroline bfill uiitleoiii italian t was lead and translated b too iuter- pretit jvladeinoielle do mont tyfti then en ii- r in and nked some quomims bj tie eeunel tor the q lire n to lay a iouncja- tiivn for ihe eaininalion ol a net her lvtfuss the principal evidence adduced up to the time we aie writing shice the conclusion of that riftt of the dufcrieu relating to this tmperin ivfih the wit nesses is tout of alessandro olmera a colonel in the french army nod joint chamberlain with rergamj to the lrin cess of wace tis w iiness deposed in substance that he was wih riie queen during am he abode i rome and that her royal hteiu wvh ter visited by pcrnniuc of um but diuueion in thai jrf until longer trperfence m the affairs of tllw province and a more perfed kn us iiiliabitants had enabled him to rcn dcr thofe cervices which we have no doubt he conttrnplaird when the accounts of the general ex penditure in the administration of the go vernment during the last two years an years are r excel- capnrd in answer to qveion a- to the gen- erd conduct dere tiimiv intercourse of her etoyl hlhnss lie further de- ped tfctt ht ij ver beheid any thirin the eon j act or hr tinval fligh nvs tmlcvoron or improper thai her treatment to her servants was uniiormly jfnbie hrt tjgmuirlincl that ut de meanour o bergcnul towards tier ftoyol highness iras ocu an became a servant rcspctfu toirrds his nisfies this witness aho deposed tu me important point of the counters oltlvs ihi in the carr3fje with the ivincs oi wal 8 he child v and llenrani nirhi the jqurnev fnn koine to sinuuila ii- as the jun in which siircm inrle- cent ewjcitctf re coloiul ivielu ala ntlims hat carlo furli was the coisri r who itenicl i ht lineess on that jo urn v the evidence of olvera i upon tie irkj v y fvinr vf il queeit nod u no iipjiiitnec so raiif may bjnd trom its rrption hj the house of tvio leen giirnii und r any unfair prorurment- w eonratulai- her majesty and hei civuftel on having so many respectable witnesses and w irttkt that ijer ilofcntve will be so fares- fainhed within a few days as to put a atop to the further progress of his trial we have no hesitation ill avowing that we sincerely wih the country a hnp andpeedy riddance of this businesand simply upon the ground that wc can sci no possible good of sullicicnt taluc to in cur the probable peril there is soma appearance anil we re gret to say it that the second reading of the bill with some slignt alteration will be carried in the lords out we trust that it will be thrown out in the conmons and we untlei stand that hi- is the general feeling and opinion 1 lie king being in respect f nis own conju gal life what he is should not hate mad the complaint no one in common jus tice or fairness can wih tn give any re lief between the king and the queen considered as the two parlies and as o the state there is a manifest greater in tereshfc peril than any possible fruit the trial can justify under these cirf eumstauces we repeat let the bill be ref jeeted and let there be an end to a bu siness which nov inttupts erery other belts wcekig messenger laid before u according to you jeftcya direfiiona they fhall have our ear- itcrt and ierious attention and we fhall aliotaktf into that respeftful confidcration winch u due to every communication on he part of ilis majestys governmentthe accounts much your excellency is pleafed to fay fcha he will lay before us of the ex-e- ees annually incurred in payment of the lularie- of civil officers permanently eitnbliflied for the honor and fupport of his myctya government in this pro vince includiojy luch occafional payments aj are nnrvoidahle undent we fliould however hold ourfelves to be wanting id that fineerity wiiich is due to the franknefs of your excelicncys i character in that duty and refpefl which i we owe to our sovereign by whofe com- maud your excellency has fubmittcd the propolal of an additional and permanent i appropriation which with that ahendy j made would exceed half theufual amount of the whole provincial kevenue were we not evtu in this early tage f the pro ceedings mod hnmbyto reprefeut that the declared enfe of onr conftituent the duty wh ch we owe ro our poreiy and t that c mflittftion of government which the wisdom and beneficence of the mother c ountty has conferred upon this province together with the variable and uncertain future amount f that revenue which as well as our refources depend on a trade at thin moment peculiarly uncertain will preclude a from making any other than an annual appropriation for the general expenditure of the province conformably to the recommeuddtiiim of his majcilys govinmdt a- cuified to the parliament ofthla ptovince by hi excellency sir j jin coape sherbolcr late governor in uucu in feia spcteh delivered from the throne at tic opening of the semon on die 7th january 1s18 c yiav uit your exeellency will ac- cei t our hrr alturance of the unaltera ble ctspni t thw house to vote an- nuatly in a nuitotronal manner accord fg to that riotnmendotion and o the filemu i li r i the affcmbly in the year o riiciiii id eight hundred and ten all fhe nciltrfiy tfxpences of htt majestys civil government iu this colony in the honourablcand permanent fupport of which none sure rroi deeply and lincerely inte- rrltrd than lis majotys loyal fubjects whom we have the ho our to reprelent ot nue ii ua to merit the contmuance of thi contioe tc which his majesty is racicusy tafcd to exprefs of our loy alty ari ouiy wt are diuiy fensihle of the exeitions of your kxctll icy in vibitibg a much of the country a- the regular uiipatch of businefs permitted your lxecuncy to reach in tue courfe alt lumm r and we fctl alturcd that the loca information already a quired by you excellency will tend to thegeni ral advantage of the province lirtr of cy fuch tlc ereftion of parochial churches and laying out of roads of accefs to dillant wdlands the fubjvt is indeed difficult and may be of diftant accomplifhment but its im portance requires our moll ierious atten tion we are deeply fenfible of the importance of the great an arduous truft which hia majclly has been pleafed to repofe in your excellency the power and prerogative of the crown can alone enfure the able and diligent execution of the laws by all the fubordinate authorities and the harmonious cooperation of the other branches of the legislature fbr the general welfare we have the utntoft confidence in the wifdom and abilities of your excellency founded on your hgl reputation and his majestys n a tc wcaihcroav winter has set in with a degree ofateudioess und su verily ralher unu sual ihj early in theseaon die snowvhicli das fallen at intervals during tlw last nuven dayais about live incuts in dcptli and un- jess a settled thaw of which wiere h some f should lake place it will soon make good roads the ice took on sunday inghl across the river and some diauiuce out on the lake and is now so strong but it will proba bly remain until april on tuesday moruing several persons crossed to wolfe island we understand that the american channel is ul bo fiuzeu over and that tile ice in me buy ot tuuiiy is already luor li inches chick a steam boat on her passage from new york to aniboy took lire on hie ioth iusb und was burnt io the water s ede on the afternoon of the 2jth instant while iheood people of this place were eujovmg tbeir christmas dinners thev were suddeu- i if a ft- t b m laws in eaual justice to all claffesof jlis majclfys ibjeas we recognize the lan guage and entiments of our gracious sovereign hom you have the honour to reprefeut in the cjrfe which your excellency has thus adopted a the general rule of your admiulrration you may rely on the constant fuport of this houfe to which his excellency the governor in chief was pleafed to return the fol lowing anfwer gvntlcmen rftbe house of assembly i thank yan for these exprelfions of your confidence in me and defire to allure you of my fulled reliance that all your proceediig will be guided by the true principles of the conftitution an adherence to thefe principles and a mutual confidence between us cannot fail to produce that harmonious cooperation fo highly defirablc for the benefit of his mnjjilys service and for the welfare of this province dalhous1e h st johns x d nov 18 p 1 it e on sunday night this city was visited y one of those distressing calamities which we hehlom have occasion to record ahon twelve oclock the stable own- ed by james cudltp eq in prince wil- ham btreet coiitivuous tfl his ptemwesi then in the occupation of mr jese was discovered to be on eire the alarm was citizens milita- the contt iuition of the itvcral coi law of the ivvincc is indubitably a ma tcr of the utmoft importance to its faie anl we fhall accordingly refunie confidcatton without delay nat- wcl- ills the cflabliihment of permanent taxds bein impr fticablci we lliall carefully in veftigate the tffcftfl which may relut t this province and to the mercantile cl a fses in particular final the duration of the re venue law- and we hall endeavour to adopt cvety means in our power to infpire confidence into 11 bw majellys fuhjcas j and efpeclally the mercantile claiss oy ap- plywl lo x important fubjedl all tha confideration vhich it merits we fhall alio attend in compliance with your excellencys rccommendauon at an early day lo the laws which have recently expired or that are about to expire anj among thefe the militia laws that fyfc tern of conllituional defence is rightly ap preciated by your excellency in its adap tation to the llaw of this province and th events of the late war have amply fhewa instantaneous y civen ty and sailors mhed to the spot with their usual alacritv but notwithstanding their most extraorditwwy exertions and the skill evinced by the managers of the sev eral kngines they were unable to arrest the flames until they had consumed the sta ble and dwellincr house mentioned above and part of the outhouscs recently erect ed by mr j c mtherson together with a boat builders shop owned by messrs chapman aid others the wind at the time blew strong from the east ward and the very valuable property of thomas hanford esq near the scene though often in the rrost imminent dangei was happily preserved the fire ward officers and men of the royal artillery and 74th regiment masters and seamen of the different ves sels in die harbour and citizen- generally distinguished thenwelvos- his worship the mayor way on the ground during the whole night and contributed greatly to animate the citizens to exertions by his example the members of the different fire clubs were also eminently conspicuous for the deliberate coolness and care they man ifested in the removal of good trom the houses in danger it is impossible to twefirtaift lite wrjgtn of this calamity an i the reports m circu lation respecting it are as numerous as thev are different m b courier 0 thejornier and airs olneils house was observed to be on lire iu the roof and beiore any thing could be done to arrest the pro gress of the devouring clement the building was wrapt in flames and more than halt con sumed fortunately the mod was light and from the northeast had it been blowing strong roin any otberquarter the consequen ces might have been much more serious for as hie engines by reason of the intense irost could not be brought into use until they were supplied with hot water to thaw the hoses and render theiu pliant the lire would iu all probability have extended to the neigh bouring buildings while there was no means of stopping its ravages the fire is supposed to have been communicated iroin a stove pipe in the upper story to a piece ol umber near the chimney hut it does not seem to be distinctly ascertained in what particular way it originated co mmissioner barrie col ottley lieut col mcgregor and other naval and military ollicers hastened to the spot 011 the first alarm and were very actie on the occasion much praise is also due lo the soldiery of the artil lery and 7uth regiment and the people from the naval yard we wish that we could speak as favourably of the exertions of our fellow citizens generally hut though the members o the fire companies and some others uuder the direction of the magistrates did certainly exert themselves to the utmost of their power too many persons remained with their hands in their pockets apparently indifferent spectators of the scene and even some who affected tu be active seemed to be too fond of their own opinious to act in con cert with others the want of efficient reg ulations in eases of fir is indeed fell and ac- kuow lrdeed by all still nothing is done lo remedy the e il the lirecompkiies wiiose prqpur business it is to direct the operations ol trie engiues uugtli u uc lormitleu win a supply of water by their fellow citizens un der the superintendence of the magistrates it is only by a proper division of labour and a regosar concert in action that a multitude can do any thing pflectualand this cannot be brought about but by a due subordination lo hoe whose duty it may be lo direct and cive orders tue hihsinltanta of kingston have hitherto been remarkably fortunate it should however be recollected that most of 1 he bousesill this town arc eomposedol wood thai iu several of the ftyiare or blocks the buildings are contiguous and stand in thick clusters and that iu the event ofa lire occur ring in those places il would be impossible to save thcadjuining buildings without better 01- teryand more effective exertions than we have hitherto witnessed it is not impossible that we may yet suffer the fate of troy and savannah anil may have to regret when too late the want ol those regulations which might have saved our town we are happy to learn that mr walkers part of tile property was insured at the mon- irealfire insurance office for 500 and mr mickalls rer m9q believe it will not be denied that fron- the firii queltion fubmittcd to rhr foluti- on of the lafl the public wav very much alive lo the mrrim of the fubject and a number of gentlemen defcrved well by fo amufing themlelvca in order to excite the juvenile ambition of the youth of the province that mr poor scholar intended his grinj stone for the scho lboy cannot be doubted and fo certainly did the gentlemen of port- hope hi horses thru pray fir where was the neccflity that thofe two per ions fhuld have been infulted by the imperti nence of one of your corrdpondents of fluxional notoriety- furely it wai unne- ceflary although i perhaps was wrong to fend you from my breakfa it table with out due confideration an erroneousanfwer to the griujstotie i hardly defei ved an infult but be that as it may had the tow ering talent of your midland contributor been content with fimply correcting the humble endeavour of more modeft men you mijjht hill occasionally have had to indulge the votaries of fo ufeful a fciencc with a column of your paper i am c j w b letter from york state that our provin cial parliament is to he summoned together fur the actual dispatch iff business on the 31st proximo veritas is necessarily deferred this week for want of room erratum in our last number under the editorial head for commenced in the se nate read commenced in the house of re presentatives at bath on thursday the 22d inft by the rev john stoughton mr thomas harris of fredericksburgh to miss sua aanna smith of adolphuatown on monday 25th dec mr john wil liams to miss nancy weis both of er- nefttown vv j9fymgstttifit kingston dicemher 29 1820 we have received london news 3 days later than our last advices viz to the provincial parliament lower canada friday oct 22 this day the houfe went up to the cattle and prefented the following addrefs in aufwer to his ex cellencys speech at the opening of the prefent seftion to hs escelltncy geohoe earl ok jialjkousif knight of the grand ciofeof the mos honourable military order of the bath c re c tjjy it please your excellency we his majestys most dutiful and loyal fuhjcs the aflembly of lower w watching over it of holding t canada convened in provincial prlmi ment beg leave to return your excelleoj cy our humble thanks for your speeci from the throne we befeech your excellency to receive our acknowledgments for having called 13 together at the earliest period that cir- cd instances have permitted tn order to bring under the confideration of the pro vincial parliament the state and intete- of the province which we tfpnfrder wk your excellency to be matter of mu than ordinary necrfiky from the receiu iurerriptiona of the regular scflion of the legilature the death of his late majesty following foon fcer that of his grace the duke oi richmond are difpenfations of an all mm provence to whole decrees we fubmit with humble refignatnui wlien the britifh fmpire exprrffed its unfeigned fowow upon the loisofa mo rare in whom the whole world ackuow- ledr h every public and private virtue we affui t your excellency that none lamented that lofsmorefincercly ban his majestys can rdian fnjefts we cordially join wlh your excellen cy in the honourable tribute which your ex rellency has been pleafed to reader to the memory of his gntt the lave duke of richmond fouaded on a frietuutp 1 alfo in 3 itae of readinefs complete in its formation and refpeable h offieeta the improvement of the agriculture of this province and of the roads and 11 ternal communications are affu redly objecs of great moment and your excellency may rely upon our giving to them that a- tention which a fubjccl of fuch importance defewes we hmnbly t yoir exce imr f c o1f atlcnlibn to the let- tlenent of the wale lauds of the crown which we confidcr to be an unequivocal proof of the lively intereft which your ex cellency takes in the profperity and aa- vancement of this province the great tide of emigration to thefe provinces pro- nrifaffto contmue we fnall apply our- reives to make in this refpett fuch legis lative provifions a circumflances may re quire your excellency though fenfible of the advantages which this province may derive from the acquilition of lo many tlnandsof britiih fubjs could not fail to obferve that lower- canada noisels- efl in toclf an abundant population to fettle thofe lands dfe the asyetuncon- reded stignorial limtk within this pro viiiec wr ventnrc to affurt fowe exccl- lenv that an infallible means of enooura- rt the peopled the proyinre to fpread mole widlv would be to bold out to them wliichtln lord chancellor declared hiscon- viction ot her majestys guilt favours the ophimu that the bill will finally passthe u- per house what its fate may he when re ferred to the house of commons it is not so easy to conjecture though from the language of some members on the 17th october it is ebsar that when the matter comes fully before i hem it will be discussed with great intem perance we have endeavoured to select from thp american papers the most impor tant portion of the english news we have- not yet received the minutes of evidence ta ken from the loth to the sotfa october but were it in our possession it would be impos sible coming as it does in a mass to give room to the whole in a detailed form as we could have wished it appears that her ma jestys counsel stormed short in the midst of their defence and did not produce any of the bergamt family cmmt sehiaviuj liieron ymns william austiiriariette demontkc whose evidence it might have been supposed would have beett of areat importance to the cause many reasons are assigned but the real motives or dmclminr their examination do not yet distinctly appear the question relative to the admission of missouri into the atvteriran union was deci ded in the negative th house of repre sentatives op the istjh instants the obnox ious clause in he m ssomi constitution was one which pn renteij t negroes and ntu- lattoesfrom comm to and settling in said state undr any pnlf whatsoever it is ronsidnpd repugnant to a provision in the fedvrki cmsfitutlm which pve crihes that tlw dfteens oi eic c siviu entitled to prvileies ard irrununivies ofcttixens in the several fjtates the debates on the sub ject are paid to ha been coikjucud witu as it may be gratifying to many of our readers to be informed of the flourishing con dition illhenew settlements on the rideau we annex an extract from a letter dated perth both dec instant as you mention our new tillage 1 will give ou an account of the rapid pro- grefs it has made since my arrival on the 2d auguft 1816 at that time there were about fourteen acres cleared on the town fcire but not a single houfe in a finifhed date and only five log buildings tailed- at piklnt i fuppniv thr ar within view from perth and without any intervention of woods not lefu than from five to six hundred acres cleared and in the village not lefs than one hundred build ings among which are a presbyterian church finifhed and a catholic church in a very advanced ftate an episcopal church is alfo to be forthwith commen ced divine fervice according to the forms of the latter is at prefent performed in the school houfe we have five mer chants hops a brewery and a distillery the fcttlers are getting on profperously with their improvements having from 15 to 4c acres cleared each there are two grift mills and three faw mills in opera- lion in the neighbourhood two other saw mills and one grift mill are in a pro- grefiive ftate we have tradesmen and mechanics of all defcription not inferior generally fpealcing to any in either of the two provinces we have had a great ac- quifition to our numbers this fall and thefe new comers are fettled on a tract of land in rear of or to the northward of thefe townfhips report fays they have alrea- d t evinced their determination to become goodfettlers they are all placed on the lands and the greater part of them have large families the superintendence has been given to captain marlhall late cana dian fencibles and i must fay it could not pofiibly have fallen nto better hands i have not yet been able correftly to afcer- taitl what the income of half pay officers and peniioners may amount to yearly in tlm fettlecnent but i am confident it can not be lefs than 5000 we look for ward to the erection of thefe rear town fhips into a fcparate district in a very fhort died at adolphustown on tuesday the 19th inft mr stephen fairfield tn this town on sunday morning the 14th inft mias white daughter of mr hugh white at perth on the 24th ult mrs jane bailey wife of lieut william bailer late 411 royal veteran batuliou aged 58 years at the same place on the ift auguft laft alexander floyd cuppage ksqr cl- deft son of mjor general alexander cuppage aged 29 years strayed about two months ago a yoke of steers three yeacsold noxt fpring one black with a lar in his face the other red one horn droops they ar both burnt on the near horn with the name or s swan whoever will give in formation where they may be found hall be handfomely rewarded for their trouble by the fubferiber sswan kingfton 29th dec 1820 52 provincial i j on the 1 ft of january next will be pub lished the york almanac and pro vincial calendar for 1821 containing the civil lift of upper cana da officers of the militia officers of the royal navy in canada military marl population of upper canada c c price 25 9jd york oer 8 for sale in tile town of kingston the house and lots nos t24 and 125 containing 25 of an acre bounded on king street lately occupied by mrs gamble also the following lots nos 311 312 317 and 318 containing together one acre bounded on store street kingston 20th dec 1820 60151 to school masters merchants ayoung man of reliability lately fiom england who is mailer of the french and englifl language and otherwifc qualified wilhes a fituation in an academy or comptinghoufe alary not a very material obje apply by letter poft paid to a b at this office kingfton dec 23 1820- si wanted 2000 cedar rails b whitnev kingston 20j dec 182 5f o- j time commijvlcirioy m portiiopt newcastle 19ft dee 19s0 mr editor i cannot fufficiently expref my regret at th discontinuance of mathematical qiieftions in your chronicle ind it natu- 1 rally ouor what can be the cause i executive council office tort 29th wovembr 182 notice u hereby riven by order of his excellency the lieutenant go- vernor in council that unlets the rrpre- fcntativesof john bleft the original lf- catee of the well half of lot number tx- teen in the third concrffion of the twj fhip of fredericksbugh in the midland didrift do claim with nne year from this date the patent will sw to martin salisbury this notice is to be publifhed for six months in the upper canada gazette and kingston chronicle 5 1 m6 john small c e c