id this province nen before oucb election i a no idcv ii 11 f j renoi tuose the provision of the provinci al act referred 10 in ihe rf-oluunn- a tnp air ail underhand ilirra q dars uot he 3hri urn 3d ciiap encour age vnrican subjtru to cooir in ihis province to et lei a ii doc q doe not the provincial act of thr 51ih gp 3d chap 9 declare thai such inhabitant of the united sar of america who had claimed ol hi majcmx aorj veneued tfieir allecance as such b oatiiand had received grants of land from thr owner or had become other ie seized of land- had absconded daring hie ar should be conid cred a- aliens and incapable of liodiug land a i doet q d e not thai aei apply to persons born in the amrncan oivluuiei before l7ti3wno had re- oevd iheirallriancr a ii joe nirt perooi who bad no right to clain io ur ubjvci of hi majesty hhs not that act been applied indis- crinmaiely to all persons from the united siaies holding land in this province a i think not q to what description has it been confin- d a to those who were not considered to be b i ijestyi subjects q ll r ntinel 10 i nose who were not consi der to he ins lijesty su jjects why did the actdrrue them to be aliens and how could thev bft said to m claim to be subjects to re new their ilifiijceas much by oath and to be seiz d of land in thi province be grant in heritance or otherwise a the act alluded to appears ti be one of those anomalies in legislation difficult to be accounted for tim is one of those quev lions thai 1 would leave to wiiir heads to solve q u anv particular time circumfance or condition necified in the fifty fourth geo 3d chap 9 in the 30ih geo 3d chap or in the treaty iif 1783 within which such claim to and renewal ol allegiance must be made by such persons a i am not aware of any q does not the 5lth geo 3d chap 9 declaiing persons of inis description afier cer tain conduct aliens divested of all lands givealiothersofihil diss no giuhv of sucn desertion good reason to believe that they had beneficially renewed ineir allegiance and were capable o holding lands and civil rights a- tm f of rhz kiri lakeo by itself with nu any reference to the law generally utgqi lead to that conclusion q wn the 5 4mi geo 3d cbap 9 recited and recognized by the 58th geo sd chap ii a- it i- q does not this repeated recognition of the ame principles in ditfeient parlumenisgive such persons still further reason to conclude thai they had beneficially renewed their alle giance and could hold lands and civil rights a without any reference to or knowledge of ihr discussions which have taken place in the house oi assenoly upon the alien question and without the knowledge of the existing laws upoi hai subject as before staled in one of mv answers sjcu pertoh might be led to the con- clumon that the teoog ttdona alluded to atfird- d further reasons to suppose that they had be neficially renewed rfteir allegiance and could hold land and enj y civd rights q hive not such persons been allowed hitherto to vote at the election of members of the provincial parliament with no other res trictions than tnose imposed bv the provincial act a tney have excepting thoie who ab- tconded ihe province during the war they have done so evt since the year 1792 q hive thev not held seats in the provin cial legislmiie j id 1 they not at thistnue a tiey have and there are i believe some in trie present parliament q and have iaev not held laud a tney have to the best of my know- ledge and belief t llsmlrnsjnmfuftr iftrptff jfttftxflln intereit to a large portion of the inhabitants of this province a 1 think it it q d you not believe that he greater pari of tnose persons became inhabitant of this province with the knowledge of the go- ver amem a i behave they becime so with the know ledge if the provincial government might all such inhabitants be safely re ceived and acknowledged as subjects with no other qualifications than those from lime to time imposed by ihe provincial legislature a 1 tbuuk rum additions wool be neces- q is not tht opinion at variance witb the opinion of hi martys government as ex- a he did q was that disloyal or indelicate a i think not did not captain matthews by his vote and conduct in the house ma ntain the civil rights of such persons a hitherto enjoyed by them a i do not think they had that tendency q in what respect did he in opinion or by vote deny the civil rights of the persons in question a although he did not deny the civil rights of the pereunsln question i conceive that ihe court puraited by captain matthews and the majority was rather calculated to thwart than to promote tbe interests of the persons in ques tion q u what way iraa his or the conduct of a majority of the house calculated to thwart the interests of the persons in question a i conceive that the resolutions which grew out of this bill and the subject generally ami the address voted by the majority ground ed upon thrm was extremely offensive to his majestys government q had the provincial legislature last sessi on hie power of conferring the rights of fran chise upon the persons in question a they had not in ny opinion o have they the power to do so this sessi on a i think they have by an net of the im perial parliament since passed i that power to them except the reservation of any such hill for the royal assent q what description of americans are in your opinion british subjects and entitled the right of such and what description ali did you sc anv thing in the conduct ol captain matt as hated in ihe lener now shown to yon rljin comuiandei ol ihe for ces tu cipu manias rmton and outra geous or dislo hui ctigraceful a i do no mr williams explained he never meant 1 to give his epinion 10 such an effect he cer- tain did not think the second agreemenl s good a the first hul on this point there was a variety of opinio among he directors he conceived the prablll agirem ent to he a ery ties your presence and exertion may be ot much ose in giving a figtil dicrctiou to lat iiilerprie and inlcllgeiico wmh it n rnot tatisfsctory to see increanins with ihe growth of tbe colony and it is my earncsi hope that each succeeding session may add a uew irn- nana company from t ve vohr aibiov a meeting f the proprietors of the canada company waa held yesterday at ihe city of beneficial one and that it would be mol sue- pu q he r0 ri 0 jjp caiiftil and c al i i atreiifftnen the claims of ihe fiejrulptnre to s fite be latitude and confidence oninav io ens pressed by his excellency in message last ses sion of parliament a i think it ii q has not your opinion changed since last ession upon that subject a it has because 1 have since found upon examination f th provincial laws that the oath if allegiance is not required to render a person eligible as a represenative and upon consideration i am of opinion that the oath ought to he administered by a person ex pressly appointed for that purpose who should hi bound to register such oaths and that the oath shoald be taken within a given time q is it not necessary by the constitution for a member of the assembly of this province a a a i consider all those persons who retained their loyalty dining the rebellion and who came forward within a reasonable time after ihe treaty f nit5 to claim their allegiance consequently are entitled to be regarded as british burn subject entitled to enjoy all the cinl rights of such on proving thai they so re tained their loyalty i consider all those who were parties to ihe declaration of independenee in i 77g or who took up arms in the rebellion against his majesty as wellasthosn whoafirr the treaty aforesaid made iheir hectioo to become citizens tif the unit- d states tu be to every intent and purpose alfons q in whom do you think is vested the power of measuring out what is a reasonable lime for the renewal of such allegiance accord mg to different ages sexes and unavoidable necessities a- i coneive thai power must be vested in the judges of the courts of law who are ihr coniiitutiona i expounder of the law q did captain matthews in the discussion upon the said resolutions go upon the princi ple thai allegiance once due to the king could be dissolved only by the concurrent act of all the branches of the legislature a i conceive he did as all others did who properly understood the subjnet q was there not in some of the public pa persat thai time matter very offensive to the feelings oi those of american birth in this pro vince whose civil rights were in question a there was and particularly in the com- mmii cation in the kingston chronicle signed cath arus- q wih reference to the matter upon which you have been examined have you any thing further to allege as evidence of indelicate and improper conduct on the part of captain ma tthews a i have not q w did you notice upon the evening alluded to at the theatre more indelicate and improper in the conduct of captain matthews than in vour own a nothing more than his having first cal led according to the best of mv knowledge for hail columbia before yankee doodle was plaved and afterwards as i have before observed called out hats off when 4 yan kee doodle was plaved q who first called for u yankee doodle r a according to the best ol my lecoilecti- ii was myself onq wuat induced you to call for yankee ishmus a when captain matthews called as he did according to the best of mv knowledge lot hail columhiaa national air of the unt ied states immediately after god save the king and perhaps ilde britannia eie play ed i called foryankoe doodleas a tune more congenial to the feelings of the party who had advocated the resolutions upon the alien question before alluded to it was inten ded as a quiz and was the warmth of a feeling of indignation excited upon the occasion q can you say ihat the members against whom you direct your quiz bv calling for yankee doodledid not call yorhais oft with the same intention towards yourself and those who joined you in so quizzing them a i cannot say they did not q do you really think that captain mat thews in calling forhats oil when yankee doodlewas played intended any disrespect towards the british government or the nation al airs of great britain a i cannot say that he had any such in tention q what was the first tune called for a god save the king i believe q how was it received by the audience generally a it was well received q did you notice tn captain matthews any deficiency of respect towards that nation- london tavei at one oclock mrbosanquet the governor took the chair he slated that his halfyear ly court vva called pursuant t ihe provisions of the charter and the directors would be hap py to give the subset ilnrs any infoiination as to the companys affairs the principal ob ject of ihe directors was to obtain the authori ty and sanction of the shareholders for carry ing into pffect the resolutions of july last the following are ihe resolutions referred to at a general meeting of the shareholders of the canada company assenting to the new agreement made with his majestys govern ment on the 23d of may 18g held at the london tavern bishopsgaiekireet on wed nesday the lih of july 1320 charles bo sanquet eltq in the chair it was r 1 thai by a report of the court of di rectors red at this meeting it appears that the holder oi only one thousand and ninetyfive shares had on the 14th uliinio refused to ac cede to ihe new anangement with his majestys governiiiem id that in consideration of the dissentients baring so small proportion to the subscribers assenting to the new agreement it is expedient io authorise tilf directors and they are hereby authorised when ihe charter shall have been obtained to paj them off at the rate of 10 per share m thai as if appears by the report of ihe di eciurs that the whole amount of ihe sum to be paid to msmajestys government is now accurately ascertained and that no further ad vance ol capital will be required for al least two years on the reduced number of shares it is therefore not expedient in issue any vtw shaies in lien of the one thousand and niueiy- five shaies of ihe dissentients tii- chiid object of the meeting vnen wm to pay off the dissentients if he might so term i hem that was to say py back to those in dividuals the sums the had advanced on their several shares for the last two years the company had been involved in many disagree able discussions with the government the ob ject of which would be een by those who read the report the report having teen read to the meet ins solution to be merely aconftntiatiun of those passed on the tsfh jdy moved ihe ameid- ment that the i 095 share of the hoklrs who desir to withdraw from the company shall be offered l he proprietors al par and be transferred to them accordingly the amendment was then put and lost by a shew of hands the chairman then put the original motion which was carried the directors are therefore authorised to pay off ihe dissentients at ihe rate of 1 0 per share the meeting thttnadjoi in d nkw times thr cl i kingston pue 23 127 varietiks forms a decoction of the bark of the toot ol the pomegranatetree has it is slated been found to be very efficacious in the cure of worms the root of a young tree ought to be selec d or the purpose american languages the languages of those parts of north america which are to ihe northward and the eastward of mexico may be described as principally three a the peo ple who speak them may also he considered as three distinct races 1st the karalit spoken bv the esquimaux is the language of labra dor greenland the higher parts of canada and the other countries which approach the ple it is also that of the stationary tchou- ztschi who reside from the mouth of the ana dyr along the coast north wise to the peninsu la of tohonktshkotnoss or the promontoiy of the tchouktschl that is to sav in the part of asia which is separated from america only by bherings straits they are considered the descendants of an american nation while the wandering tchowkisehi who live to the south ol ihe anadyr pass for being deseended from the koriaektartars thekaralir is again spoken at northsound and it is suspected that there are othei retemblances and relations between the nauves of the northwest of america and some of the nations of the north east of asia such as the kamtschatdales the koriaeklumotz the samoipdes c 2dljr fhe lioquo wltiojl is uie language ot the iroquois ne ilumtis the nodeouassi the siaoux six notion the algonkins see sdly the leiiapi or lennilenapi which is the name of the inhabitants and tbe language of delaware it is the synonyme of the moie modern appellation of ouapanatchki or abe naki generally adopted by the natives of we have uo tatei dates from kngland from france the packet ship bayard has lately arrived at new york from havre bringing paris papers to he 4th of january no news of any po importance appears te have been received by this vessel tbe truth t- her states that a baltimore paper annouueen on the authority of a post- cript o a letter received from liverpool by tne caiada fhe death of his royal highnesi tbe duke of york the bill far the impmremn of the st lawrence tc copy the follow eg from the u e loyalist 11 most of our readers we mimic will be disappointed o hear thai ihe bill w the im provement of the jnrvijrmtoii of me st law rence bas been los in the house of assembly we must confess after the general approba tion it appeared lo meet with on its introducti on that we are a good deal surprised at its failure on the question for reading the bill this day three months on reoioe of mr per ry the yeas and nays were as follows teas messrs atkinson baby beards- ley bidwell fothergill hamilton horner leflerty lyons matthews m call m-do- nald perry peterson randall kolpb thomson alsh and while 10 nays messrs attorney general benmcy burke cameron clark coleman crysler gordon tngersoll c jones d jones j jones ivibride aldomdl m lean morns thompson and vaokougbuett to gard the public prosperity most unaffectedly raise our voice from the general approbati on that ihe bill experienced on the first men- lion of it io tbe house we enjoyed the pleasing which tic french in louisiana have made hope that the measar it embraced so vitally important to the best interests of this province n jnirririsrt an iffhr of this important measure we surely iaeotn- itb the whole province who at all re- mon apalache a name given to the mountains more frequently called bv their old name of ihe chairman raid that upon rhe latter allegany the lenapi is the language r to take the oath of allegiance before he can sit or vote in the house a it is necessary by the 31st of the king our constitutional act that he should do so but yet he may bo elected time after time to the exclusion of a person properly qualified in eveiy respect thereby creating a vacancy in the representation and endless confusion a i did not q- was the applause as great and as gene neral as you havewitnessed it on other occasi ons a quite so q would you undertake to contradict that h rule ethanm was next called for q is that not upon the supposition that the and received with applause persons elected would net take the oath before taking his seat a yes q would oat the same endless confusion take place if any persons elected were to take the same fit of abstinence into their heads v i think the case might be diff rent if a subject should be returned and refuse to take the oath q are there any and what means of compelling one person mere than another to take the oath of allegiance when summoned to parliament a i should suppose there were from the nature of things but i am not prepared to say what they are q if the bill from the legislative council had passed into law would it not in your o pinion have disallowed the rights of franchise and eligibility to ihe house to such persons a i r it would q from the incompetency of the provin cial legislature to confer such rights would not any act other than an act declaratory of those sights have been an admission of the alienage of such persona without affording relief a it would in my opinion have been just as much nd no raurenf an admission so far as it could be considered binding than the ad mission of any private peron out of the house q did not captain matthew oppose the hill from the legislative council a i would not positively but i am inclin ed to believe it was not q do you recollect that rule britannia was played at all a i do not but it may have been so q upon endeavouring to call circumstan ces to vour ininddo you recollect captain mat thews giving verse by verse the words of rule britannia or any other national air of great britain as it was played and sung a i cannot at present briig to mv recol lection that he did i onlv recollect distinct ly that god save the king wa well received q did you see at that time any dancing or shuffling of the feet to the tune of yankee doodle a i do not recollect that i did q did von do so yourself a i did not recollect that i did indeed i recollect that i did not q was the quizzing you have mentioned in good humour or was it connected with vio lence of temper q it was not connected wite violence of temper except m the instance of mr van- koughnert q did you see any thing of the kind in captain matthews a i dd nor be appeared to be altogether in good humour poriionof it be had to propose that the resolutions of the 12th july 1825 be adopt ed by the meeting and that ihe diiectors be auihoriied and empowered to eary them into effect on the motion being put from the chair mr andei ton said that as the charter had been obtained by the exerrions of ihe diiec tors he would propose first that the thank of the court be given to them and secondly that as the pmprietcs f 1095 shares had expressed a desire to withdraw themselves from the company pieir shaies should be offered to the proprietors at par and that a proper transfer should be made accordingly these resolutions he hnuld piopose as an amendment to the one propoied by the chair man and as there had been much said a- bont the dissentients aed as their dissent had given rie to much difficulty be had no doubt but that this would obviate all w williams esq l p said that the wi sest and the best course to be adopted was to kiv the dissentients thf 10 for their shares and then to unite to see what was to be done for the good of the company the directors had been obliged lo apply for another charier in consequence of the difficulties that arose from ihe transfer of crown and clergv reve nues and he did not think that the letter char ter was so good a the first but still it was good if the resolution that had teen just moved were suffered to pass it would certain ly he the downfall of the company it had certainly come frolu a very hiih quar ter but also from a very interested one he did not mean io say any thing disrespect ful of he gentleman but no human being could to tally divest himself of interested feelings mr thomas wilson supported thp lesoluti- ons which had been moved bv mr anderton he thought it would be the best course that could be adopted for he questioned wheiher having once formed a paitueiship any num ber of ihose parties could bo let out without causing its destruction he should therefore give his vote for the amendment that had been proposed mr williams said that those resolutions could not be carried into effect wiihot mlhlulg the company mi d caruthers objected to ie mode proposed by the directors and would suppott the amendment mr easthope m p conceived tha tbe sim ple question for the meeting to eoonwor was whether the company could or c nnt bind tbe dissentients the directors two opinions from very high authority ln had decided that the dissentients couw ot be bound they could therefore do notrs with them but pay them off then came the only question whether for their shares ire v aoonld be allowed tf is the real worth of the aets of the company at the time of the dtssev w 10j the amount they had advanced tne directors had decided on the latter mr j bowling conceived that thr se charter was only the first somewhat rtgdified and thai it was not fair tocoosldw be vompa- ny as a new comuaoy but merely some what changed from its original fo thought therefore that the subscribers to he equally bound by it p mr freshfield said it was impossibi r person who had read theprospeetus ofvj com pany and it charter not to know th tn was a material difference between brst charter and the second it was in thc same as saying you shall buy la rr at an the mississippi of the immense territory io the northwest of the united states of a part of canada and even of the country which ex tends to hudsons bay coronation of jjarltatnrnt from tbe u canada gazette bxtnaokdix atlt york saturday feb 17 1327 at three oclock tbi3 day hts exccllencv the lieutenant governor being seated would be triomphantly carried through the bouse whence it originated not only by a large majority but without even one diasenu ing toice but alas bow wofully has the public expecatton been deceived they fond ly trusted to tbe unanimous opinion of tbe house of assembly expressed at a time whea measures were in progress important to thw upper part of the province these measures however were no sooner accomplished thaa did tbose men who once had spoken favoura bly of tike bill in qucstioo instantly withdraw their support an3 strenuously oppose it one member opposed the bill because it vas pro legislative honorable gentlemen of the l caunvi ami gentlemen of the house of assembly is closing the present season have much pleasure in observing the several objects of public interest to which jou have directed your attention the lost few years have been happily distin guished from the preceding by that spirit of enterprise in public improveiuenis which tbe increasing intelligence and number of our po pulation have naturally produced i am sen sible how much of your time has been neces sarily gi en lo deliberations upou matters of this nature and i most sincerely trust that the aid which you have so liberally applied to the several public works now io progress con nected with navigation may produce thai re turn of benefit to the province which is now expected from them i feel the responsibly which you have assumed in thus giving so great additional support to the welland ca nal company but i am convinced that you have seen the necessity and i very cheerfully share with you that responsibility gentlemen of the house of assembly thank you in his majestys name for the supplies granted for tbe civil service of tbe province yon may be assured that considering how small our revenue is in proportion to tbe ma ny objects which in a country so new and ex tensive press for tbe assistance of tbe legis lature 1 have ever felt it to be my duty to guard strictly against any unnecessary aug mentation in the expenditure of the govern ment aud ko long as a just economy is observ ed i am confident i shall continue to receive from you the support necessary for the public service honorable gentlemen and gentlemen the bills which you have passed for the re lief of persons requiring to be naturalized and for confirming titles to real estate are neces sarily reserved for his majestys considera tion if among that portion of the people for whose relief alone these measures are intended there are any who do not readily perceive and thank fully acknowledge the unremitted efforts of the government for their security rt ought to be sufficient for them to know that if they do not require the relief intended by these acts none of their provision can affect them and thai if they do tbe waul of any other re- arbitration ma4m hall buj i at medv l090 ce aod their owa omission in the price wi cfaocae m put upon it not 0 conl wth he s of he on the throne in the legislative council chamber and the house of assembly be- p t0 av tax apoq 3a t0 dc a p the cost of the couteraplated improvement could heoot havo deviled some iaer mode of taxation or have suggested other articles which io his opinion could properly be taxed icg present his excellency was pleased to prorogue the present session of parliament witb the following a modification hut a vital alteration c whicn the dissentients complained and tft was clearly no way of dealing with their ul paying off ihe depeaus on their share- some conversation then took place wftr he chairman and mr anderton ral the first of his resolutions which wir wlth drawn the chairman then prnreeded tr p question on the second resolution but w terruptcd by a shareholder wboexpn ns regret that mr williams one of the a should have thought the second agreement made with government an unfavourab mtnt onlv statute under which they could be na turalized will be repaired by the measures you have passed in the manner best calculat ed for their security the powers and facilities provided by tbe act which you have passed in relation to the projected rideau canal will i doubt not be entire satisfactory to his majestys go vernment i trust that in the iterval which may elapse before you are again convened this province will continue to he favoured with the abuu daut blessings which huve long riittinguished it wheu your return to your several coun- vo thai was i- intc- v r ireole1 from the commencement tooppum the bill although his lanruge belied bis heart ttal be improvement of the st lawrence is of vital importance to the province wt be hove no man will dooy of what advantage wo ask is the welland canal if the progrese of vessels be stopped at prescott ft is troe that such canal will be a convenience to that part of the province abore lafee ontario al though the present unsafe and expensive mode of desponding and ascending the si law rence be continued but in common with the lower parts of the province they must be coa- ent with such limited advantage the welland canal will not prevent the flour o the proviuce from souring by lorjr exposure to an almest vertical sun with the occasional assistance of an abundant fall of rain and such ithe damage our flour our wheat our potash and almost every article of consump tion is exposed to from the tvant of the im provement of the st lawrence all our importations with tbe exception of timber pass to lower canada in opeu boats which witb an improved navigation would be pro tected by decks from the damage incident to such exposure besides wc are now at tbe mercy of the united states for we cannot descend the st lawrence even to the extrem ity of our own province without passing thro the american territory and should this be were the americans in their fancied strength to impose a duly upon all our exportation passing through their waters what would be tbe consequence inevitable ruin to upper canada at least until our own channel were improved but our patriots care not for these considerations it seems to be quite immate rial to them that the farmer is a great loser through their opposition to the interests of the province that the manufacturer of potash and the dealer in lumber are exposed to sim ilar loss that tbe merchant is condemned te perpetual risque and frequent loss in pro curing his supplies for public consumption every thing we say is tight as air with oo patriots that either emanates from govern ment or is introduced by a member honestly supporting its just meauves were the navigation of he st lawrence indeed improved then would the advantage of the welland canal nd all other public tm- orovements be senil ly fclt and fully appre ciated lut until mien all improvement ub ihe navigation o wr lakes will be of little comparative importance