king 4 v le nec rege nec populo sed utroque k j rk i vos viix rrzday aftshnoon rebruasy 3 1327 asro xzzx ss for kingston r fc mrs twigg bpg leave to return yl thanks for the liberal encouragement winch ihey inve received mid to acquaint fiiptr friends and thy public thai thev continue foreeeive boarders day pupils ar their house mi quarry st eft where ihe ful- o whwj branches are us umkii taught english and french lavsntases history geography composition jvlnsic dioi7t dancing ndloork wfhli and arithmetic fihtijursittviggs i experience and the credentials iviikii snelus brought uith her she having fnr mm e rs conducted a simi- lar establishment in her native country they hope for co ti hi me of ihal support which they shall ftiafce if iheir study to merit refermc- ij be mi1e to the uv archdeacon stuart liemrit phersonhiid sheriff mclean each voting lly to bring her bed kc c two pair of sheets and six towels august i8th 1846 jncicc rh5 subc vns svcv ssa x of ih last m ath testament of the fcti- neil mcleod bq uf kingston ulcohant request all persons indebted tu the estate either by book debt note hood or otherwise to make immediate puvmem to 3iis mij end who wjii confiiiue lie business as usual iu belnlf of die rnit john foarlxrr cttaffj3s tkiin john mrleot jane ririrod kingston aug ith lcsg ttf subscriber having been appointed inspector of ffuxbtn and measures for j tiif midland dish id informs all persons veil cened mai he has received the standard for sai i district and is prepared to examine and compare nil weight ami measures which shall be presented to lum for that purpose wilh said standard and has annexed the sixth m penal clause of the act iuitve io weights and measures robert richardson inspector of vvtiuit ani measures midiaud district kingston 28th august 1 320 vlth clause of the act relative to wdghisana jsleasaru vi and he it further enacted by the autho rity aforesaid thai all stoiekeepms shop keepers millers distillers bute tiers bakers hucksters and other trading persons inhabit ants of such district for which a standard of such weights and measures usalbrcsa id shall have been obtained who shall after the expi- i ofv h f sn u wiir- i weights ami measures shall have been receiv ed and inspector appointed as afoiesaid inve in ins possession aiy weight or measures whereby he buys or sells any article for ilic weigh ins or admeasurement of which such standard ofweights and measures aie gener ally used any other than such weights or measures as have been examined and stamp ed or marked as aforesaid shall forfeit for e- veiy oilvme two pounds provincial cunen- cy benm thereof convicted before any one or mow justice or justices of the peace on the oath of one credible witness which said penal ty together with all reasonable costs shall be levied by distress and sale of lie offenders goods and in the default of distress such of fender shall he committed to the common gaol of the district for a term not exceeding one month notice to printers or sale on reasonable terms a print ing press constructed on the most ap proved plan and which has not been in use for more than four or five wfeks a so a complete assortment of new types and furni ture amlioation mav he made to the editor of ihe t hromcle who is agcnt for the proprietor kington uuh august 1826 w otxcs all persons having claim aeainst the efaf of jtip lilt thomas r canwriht require decraed ate rtqueed to present ihe amp ddv atted to ihe nvcribpr and all those who are indebted m the aid estate are likewise tcueslcd to inake unmediae pnvmeql john s cartakinttt kingston july toth h lxecnior apotthd 5 on the doraixij of tbe fuhinst duiingthe le a mr scantleburys huse and ul prcaitiri iojoiran in ttanntettt r coqtainlngauout twenty puunds of gunpow der ibeowuer in have it ajjuiu upou ap- piicaucq tlii- onico imperial i3arltaiucnt house of commons mr cannings speech concluded a treaty to ibis effect was then solemnly entered into by spain and a promise that it should he fulfilled in every sense was as so lemnly given to potttigaj on the one hand and to england and to frarce on the other a treaty which was entered into on one day and violated the next and not violated in one instance only but in many for the desenen from portugal who were tc be so dispersed and so rendered inn oxlous were suffered to re main quietly in their depots iu which they were trained for action and in fact fined ft that expedition winch they have since un dertaken i say after such peihdy ih- blame of which must rest somewhere ii becomes a necessary act on the part of the spanish gov ernment to sbow that it rests not there to show that the fanli was not only not theirs biir that it in no way originated with them to show thai they were ready at all times and under all circumstances to fulfil the engage- mem and to perform the promise they had made not only to portugal but to england and to fiance i have said that this promise was made to france and as well as to eng land and 1 should do an act of injustice tow brds that country if i did not add that the ex- ertions of fance to induce its performance have been as unceasing though as fruiiies as ihose of great britain at hngth when in form ition of the irruption into portugal was received in franc6 the french ministry ie- cajled their ambassador from the court of spain and directed rbe barge d affirs who remained iu hi room to inform the couri of spain that it was to look for im enconrage- irenr or support from france and rerommen- cvisawihipaw iesitaiehit vhteh she had tiiven utterance and to pursue a line ofcoudm i of a very dut rrent character 1 am therefore bound oso that this nation has exened herself iu a iraj that may be deemed most satisfactory sir it will be well for r p tin on bearing ofthe step that wo in eon- itumce ofthe message from ins majesty are now raking to consideia5 ibave sni hun nc will metft trie call we re a bom to moke my earnest hope is that she will meet it in such a manner as will put a stop u consequences where i devout ish tiey homd slop anu i will nor therefore pursue i his portion of ihe mibjmct b arguing upon those cousequences which my hope mav be averted 1 set out by sayiim that ibere were many reasons wbiji induced mc to think ihal noth ing short of a pomr of national honour could make desirable any approximation to the dan- ger of war but let me be distinctly under stood as not dreading war in a good cause and i trust that in no other will it ever be the lot of this country to e lift a go that i dread ar from a distrust of our powers and of our resour ces to meet it no i dread it upon far other grounds i dread it because i am con scious ofthe tremendous power which this country possesses of pushing auv war in which she may now be engaged m consequences at the bare contemplation of which i shudder it will be recollected that when some yers ftgu i took the libeity of adverting to a topic ol this nature when if was referred to in this house with respect to the position of this country at the present lime i then staled thai our position was not merely one of neutrality between contending piiuciples and opinions thai it was a position of neutrality which alone preserved ihe balance of power me matnte- uanceof winch i believed necessary to the si fv anil welfae nt fvnopf ncaily four yturis oi rtiei hue ta s ami a half of experience have confirmed and noi aiteied the opinion i then declared and i mill fear that the next war in europe if il should spread beyond th narrow compass o spain and por tugal will be a war of the most tremendous future hear hear because it will he a war of conflicting opinions and i know thai if the interests and the honor of ibis country should oblige us to enter into it although we irtish i enter into it as i trust we shall always do with a firm desire to miligate rather thamo ex asperate to contend ilh o us ami not with opi nion yet i know that tins country could not avoid seeing ranked her uiiderianuei ail t tie resllesstc all the disatishedw bet her with cause or wiihoui cause of every nation with vhich she might be placed at variance i sav sir the consciousness of this fact the knowledge that there is in this country such a tremendous power hear hear induces me to feel as i do feel but it is one thing m to have a giants sttengtb and another thing to use it like a giant the consciousness that we have this power keeps us safe our business is not to seek out opportunities for displaying it but to keep it so that it may be hereafter shewn that we know its proper use and 10 shrink from converting tile umpire into the oppressor celsa sedet yeolus arc sceptra tenens inolhtq auimos et tempe ra iras hi faciat niaria ac terras ccelumq profun- dum quippe tdnt rapid secum verranto per auras sir the consequences of the letting loose of those passions which are all chained up may be such as would lead to a scene of desolation such as no one can for a moment conteuplie without horror and mich as f could never lie easy on my couch if i had rbe consciousness of having by one hour precipitated this tben is ihe reason a reason the reverse of fear a reason the contrary of disability why i dread the recurrence of a war that this rea son may be felt by those w ho are actiup on op posite principles before the time for using our power shall arrive i would bear much and 1 would forbear long i would aimost put tip with any thine that did not touch our national faith and national honour rather than jei slip he fnrie of war the lash of which is in our bands while now knot whom they may leach md doubt where ihe devastation may end continued cheering such is lb love of peace which the british jovernmenf acknow ledges and such the duties of peace which ihe circumstances ofthe woild inculcate cheers from all sides in obedience to this convic- tionand with the hope of avoiding extremities i will push no farther the topics of the addiess let us defend portugal whoever may be the assailants because it is a work of duty and let us end where that duty ends we go to for lllgal nor to rule not to dictate not to prescribe law we go hut to plant there the standard of england that then foreign dominion shall not come the right hon genthnan sat down appa rently much exhausred amidst the loudest cheers from all parts of tie house sir robert wilson followed and in an animated speech fully justified rhe measures taken by the government and wished ihe troops every success snecess he said could not fail ro attend our efforts as it was a cause in which god and justice were oti our side mr ijrjmk as constant as the polar star to the spirit of opposition questioned the policy of sending an army to portugal and mtfved an amendment that the house tesunie the subject that dav week mr wood of preston seconded the a- mendment mr baring began by saying that o great was his hoiroi of war that he listened with the inmost attemion in the hope of finding some flaw in ihe cac as made our by tbe right hon gentleman mr canning some ooening in to which he could insinuate an argument a- gamst the necessity of an appeal to iiruis and he sincerely regretted tht could not the measures then adopted by his majestys mi nisters seemed mdispt nnide mr brocoham made a most eloquent speech and depicted the horrors of war in strong colours was fully alive to all its present and inline mischitfs but like the hon gen tleman who had ust preceded him he was constrained to siy that no alternative was left in the government bur the one adopted he paid mi cmnog he highest compuments fn tbe manly p- lie had taken in ihii trying a fair md pronounced his speech to c the best ofill bis bes jr b v5ks llk mr ilume and mr wood objected to the course pursued by ministers ami were the only dissemients among buo mtoheis present mi secretary canning i do no intend io occupy the house with a reply but tbeie have been two or three objections taken bv lion gentlemen which 1 should be very sorry to leave unanswered i admit i understated the caseacainst spain i did so purposely i did so decidedly i wished to show no more of her conduct than was sufficient to establish the casus fipdertsy hut not to state so much as would make u impnsihle for spain to atoid war- the hon gentleman who spoke last wishes in ins great love for peace to do that which would make war inevitable he would not interfere now he would wish to tell spain 4k you have not done enough to rouse us you have siven no cause of offence 1 think nothing of your hovering over inv frontier i think nothing of your coming in arms of your ra vaging mv plains and carrying destruction in to rn cities i think nolhi g of your collecting knots of conspirators and of your supplying them with food clothing and rrins nothing of your training then supplying them with spa nish stores and of your sending them into por tugal 1 will not stii for all these things hut in or der ro keep the peace of europe which 1 so dear ly love i c ill on voiiromake a declaration ol wari then iii come fighl you laughter tiiat is the effect ofthe hon members speech that his contrivance v whv rlumsv contrivance of government has been to warn ihe spanish authorities that they were known to meditat dssinrbftoces in portugal his majestys ministers said to them be ware of your pro edings for we are sure to avenge your deed w you to determine if the present int shall end in open hovilitiis i the rr antmie tile ques tion is opn to am means of reconcilement and whether mincers or the hon gontlwriin are right whether we uhr to have endeavor ed to obtain the grand objeot of his elttvairous iinaginatio a trialof that question upon a tented field and h a listed battle if it was really our duty a we ourselves apprehend to nip the disorder in ihe bud or if according to the hon gentlerioi we ought to let it grow- up to maturity in order to mow it down with trie more inagnitient scythe of war i leave the house to determine- laughter and cheers it has been complained that no papers have been laid befoierhe house so that the facts that call for our interference might he made as notorious as ihe noonday sun ir should be remembered that if ibis course had been taken if an act ol unnmiakeable hostility on tbe parr of spain had been dmonst rated by papers laid on the table of the house spain would have been precluded from that locus pe- niteniuz which 1 was desirous to leave to her i did not widitucul off all means ol retreat to drive spam into a corner from which she could have no escape i hope i have suffici ently explained lite reasons why i understated the case agnimi spain with the knowledge which my official situation uevsary gies me i make a statement to ip house such as i indue will he sufficient ro answer my purpose it is for the house iu general to judge whether i have succeeded m lion friend if he ask at the proper time should that time arrive will be enmiueed that it is not from want of cvi- dmee lb it my statement is not so fail as hit wished it tobe an ammjmenf has been made upon the original proposition and it bus been justified by a reference to a declaration which i made some years ao when 1 staled that it womd be exeeediiiffly onerous for this country to enii2- in war which declaration has been supposed to be inconsistent with the measure which i now propose the variation between the two cases upon which 1 jjrojnd the diiiereuv of urnuc is that iu the cue in stance i ii ainl in j that wit was to be avoid ed when we net not obliged to engage in it whereas in the piesent case i say thai unless it can be averted by seasonable demonstratim s on the pari of this country war cannot be a- voided i do not therefore change iy opi nions as to the desirableness of peace nor do i the less appreciate tbe necessity of war but i ay that in the former instance though in the opinion of some respectable persons in ami out of paliamentjit might have been politic to embark in war my argument was that we were not bound by engagement of good faith and honour to engage in war that our choice in short was free and being free my choice was for peace my argument at the present day is that we have no choice our laith is eu gaged our honoris pledged and with all the same predilections for peace which 1 then ptofessed i maintain that no course b lelt to us on he present occasion but that which is dictated both by honor and policy to maintain the faith ofthe country and tofulfil the nation- al engagements it has been suggested that the foreign enlistment aci might be repealed on the present occasion and mua and ois as sociates be enabled io rush to the contest and by that means obviate die effect ofthe agressi on upon portugal believing sir as i do that such a measure woulri email the heavies calamities upon that tommy 1 cannot con sent to give it my countenance 1 am ready to admit sir in the fiisi place that me foreign enlistment bill was passed principally at ihe instigation of spain and that the bill operated mure in her favour than in thnt of any other european power jn the next place i am ready o admit that the whole conduct of spain has been to do directly towards portu gal those acts which spain earnestly implor ed gieat britain to take away from british subjects the power of doing towards her if we do what is suggested ihere would be some ground for saving to this country you recog nized and acted upon a principle in 1819 when you had no pnvate interests ro promote you last yer acting upon principle refused to withdraw the protection afforded to foreign powers hy thai bill bur vou now withdraw it and violate thar prinriplo where yon have a private interest promote i admit there would be strong ground for saying to spain 11 since the year 1819 u have given you the heueiu of a particularly efficient measure and you inve thought proper since tail year to turn ttvt x s iifcjixc confened solely for your ow- pioteclion against the pacific inter ests of tuft diiv are we not fairly entitled men to place you wnere you would have been had that never passed this would un doubtedly have justified the revocation of the bill from spain thai i mot clearly admit bur i do not equally well sc how it would ap ply ro the ether great object involved in such a question as this and which i have rather adumbrated than overstated in my opening speech the great desire of tills rotimry oughl undoubtedly to be ro effect her purpose by the most lenient means if ciicumsiaures should lead to hostilities and that war must rase in spain the course now taken by great britain would rather take from ar that most tremendous uf all characters which could at tach to such an event were it once driven to amime the name of a war of opinion hear hear if we are to have war let us if we cm take from it the character which has been so ably and eloquently described by an hon learn ed gentleman mr brougham that tre mendous chiractei which must attach to war when war is let loose in the shape of war or opinion cheers 1 sir for one should he extremely sorry to be driven whatever acts spain might be guilt of u have resource to tb it tnps lamentable ami di aatrous mode of iv i rt- ufobio i il rasbin touched up on by an hun member who iu a speech with which in no other respect i find fault has in the most handsome and able manner stated hii reasons tor approving of the line of con duct idopted in this instance b his majes tys government that hon member has said lnsienl of repealing the foreign en listment bill calling upon france to withdraw her armies from spain tneie ate so so many considerations connected with thai sub ject that bey would carry me beyond what u is necessaiy to slate upon ihe present occasion it is enough now to mate ifrtl 1 do not know how rbe french armv can be employed to pro mote the views of spain i believe the effect o tbe presence ofthe fianch army in spain is the protection rather than otherwise of that very party to put down winch tin aid of that armv was called in and that my fim belief is that thp first and immediate consequences of tbe withdrawal of that armv at a moment of excitement would be the letting loose of that party ragenf whieu the party leasi in num bers would be ihe viciim but when it is stated thai thejpresence of the french armv in spain has entirely altered the relative situations of france ami great britain and thai francr is thereby raised and great bri tain lowered in the eyes ol europe u list beg leave most humbly to give my dissent to thai proposition the ho knows the coun try kiiotvs that when ihe fiench ami was on the point of entering spam thai i in common with the other members of his ma jesty government did all in my power to prevent it thar we did resist and thai we were most anxious ro resist it bv every means hoit of ar we did not think the entry of that army info spain a miffirient ground foi war on ihe pan of ibis country and that si fur various reasons and among others rl this tiiat whatever efleci a uar commeu ced upon the mere ground of the entry ol n french army into spam tuav have the ef fect a would noi have would belbb to gel hat army out of spam v again repeat libit a war entered into for ihe express purpnsi of getting the french army out of spain would defeat the object wished to in obtained whoever heard h tbe whole history ol wais between european power or ol a war between iwn pteal nation b n me been end ed by the abi amins ofthe exact ihe idemiril object for which the wai was begun i be- lieve ihal in the whole history of europt uvh an instance tanum ve louud 1 also thole si- that the effects ofthe entry of ha french army mm spam bad ouen exaggerat ed and think that those exaggeration ire to be artubnted lo these cucumsiances that the connexion between france and spain is mixed up wittl recollections o ihe most glorious of tinlish mstmy now howe ver the withdrawal of thai army might b in other respects and dt other times desirable i cannot allow that il at ah effects the present question on the contrary i must sincerely believe tht the exertions of france are direct ed to the preservation of existing treaties and itis my conviction hat il ihe army was with- drftwuf the situation ol affairs vvoull not ue remedied while n a moment of such ex- ciietneni patty rac wonld rcassuine it- des perate violence and ihit class avowedly ie least in numbers vvuuld beyond queslthli become us victims hear hear har the most exaggerated intpurtunce has always in my opinion been auti nod in this sooutrv to the cetitlexion bttvaen fine and spain i dsk the house to louk bark to the time uf amc when rtie question of the association of france and spam was agitated i ask the house to look bak to the votes of parliament h3d voted that no peace could be made between the lo coun tries whili 5pam ned n ihe power of fiance oi railier whist bourbon sat ioq the throne look io the eiferated appre hensions oi those davs and see how ttiejr have been realised lookback to the state of spam in those day- look at her when he was a roost formidable pnwti whtn sb as a power ol such slregth as ro thesien to blow up lite whole world lock at f et in tfaosq days and ou will see chat england was theq fixed in nonk ofthal spain tl it wr ps-es- iionoftha rock of glbraltei ws coutempoi ry with those exaggera apprehensions fctb ma u sgpj ithsi tit tdougtt hti could accrue from the possesion orspain by france to be so gjeat a is represented spain now is not what spain as ttm wheiecar we now fnd that r- pa in in he map ofthe world which wast have swallowed up ihe power of maiaiiine england do we not still remain in a nook oi thai same bpaiu gibraltar wnere we nave settled al a pe- lioii coiitempoianeous wumhose fears hold ing a ti i n i and unshaken occupation up to this hour t and where now is thai nation which was to have shaken us from our sphere that spain of the old iop was bo it remem bered ihe yam within the limits of whose empire the sun never set it was spain with the indies whtie will you fii i her now chceis when the french array entered spain we might if we chose have resisted thai measure by a war but sir if we inve re- resisted it by a war that wai would not be war entered iuo for the an me objct for whim the wars o other d tys were undertaken hat war would nor have been a war for the restoration ofthe balance of power other means should he resorted to for that purpose if necessary the balaiifenf power in europe viiied as ci vilization advanced and new nations sprung up iu europe one hundred years ao france spain the netherlands and peihaps austria constituted the balance of power within the next 30 rears russia started up within the following 3d years piussia became a power of importance and thus the balance ol power and the means of perserving it wetg enlarged the means of preserving the ba lance were enlarged i may say in proportion to ihe milliner of states in proportion to the number of weights which could be pur into ihe one scale or rh otber to take a leaf mrfrum the book of ihe p licy el emope in the times of vvilliam and ol anne for the purpose ol regulating the balance oi power m europe ar the present day is to be utterly regardless olthe inaich of events and to resuwte our po licy by a coufumon if tacts i admit sir that ihe entry of a french army into spam was a disparagement io great britain was a blow io the feeling of this country i do not stand up heie to den that lata one of tho modes cl redress was by a direr attack upon tbe soil of spain the other was to make the possession of that country harmless rival bands to make it worse than harmless to make it injurious to rlie possessor the lat ter mode i have adapted do you think that for the disparagement to england we have had not been compensated do you think that for tlie blockade of cadiz england has not been lullv compensated i look sir at spain by another name than spain i look ed upon that power as spam and ihe indies i looked at tne indies and i have called a new wmld into existence and thus redrssed rihs ba lance of paw fir lcuo and continued cheer ing i redeem ie movement of frame while i left her own set upon h r unmitigat ed and unredressed so that i believe sie would be thanl fuj io have relief from ihe res ponsibility of her assumed undertaking and to iet lid of a bin den which its becum too bit ter to be borne witljui complaint tims sir i answer the question ct tbe occupa ion f spain by the army of france tb occup lion is an unpaid an unredeemed burthen in france i say that fr me would be glad to et red of the possesion of spain i y sir that france would be very vi if lni and were to asisl her to uct rid ol thill possession i say thai the onlv wiv to rival france iu the posseuhssion of spam is to make that posses siou a point oi honour 1 beoeve sir tiler is no other point upon which it s necessw to trouble the finuse wuh ajiy ex irmaiion i believe nu othei point has brren avni j t by those hon minuter iiu have su unvqiuvn t iv and honouiabl mtpponed me umnon and i should ue ungiateful for rhtfli supuon if i e e io detain iltr houm bh sit gle nhserratioil mure iln s abuitly n rsurv iun hen tbe object offuis measure is nui wai ftmd cheers i reprratt sir that rbe c t this measure not war tlus otjtvi f ibs meisure is t rfcaw ih- list chance of i- e rcontinned cjieirs if roiiud do i ppunpth an i ihe nd uf ponuty 1- a i be tainpd np i vid riiil uisiawtj aud tbcu wai willvowe