kingston chroniciie nec kege nec fopulo sed utroque vol x saturday march 28 1829 no xxx ix mterabv extracts from tfit disowned chapteltxxxii you blame fturcius for being proud coriolanus here is another fellow a marvellous pretty haud at fashioniug a compli ment the tanner of tyburn there was a brilliant hall at lady t s a personage who every one nows did in the yeai 17 give the best balls aud have the hest dressed people at them in london it was about half past twelve when clarence released from bis three friends arrived at the countesss avhen he entered the first thing which struck him was lord borodaile in close conversation with lady flora clarence paused for a few moments and then sauntering towards them caught flo ras eye coloured nnil adviiuccd now if there was hnu utmi in europe it wa lord borodailo he was not proud of his birth nor fortune but he was proud of himself aud next to that pride be was proud of being a gentleman he bad an exceeding horror of all common people a claverlmuse sort of supreme contempt to puddle blood bis lip seemed to wear my dear reader you aud i who are not damlug with the ladies of our first love have now seen enough of this ball and ac cordingly we will go home aud finish this chapter e e clarence moved away towards another group he was stopped by a gentleman who appeared to him sonieuhat inspired by the rosy god a very ludicrous air of selfiinporl nice sat upon a countenance naturally a little pert and somewhat insig nificant walking on bis tiptoes up to clarence with whom he was very slightly acquainted this gentlemau said 1 con gratulate you i congratulate you heartily mr lindeu pardon me mr boswell for what for what sir auswered mr bos- well elevating his eyebrow for what do you trot see sir that you are in the same room nay within a few feet of the colossus of the age do you not feel elated as it were now that you are breathing the johnsonian ethereality is that indeed the celebrated dr johnson said clarence looking towards a largo and singular figure in whom he recognised the truth of the usual descrip tion given of the great lexicographer it is indeed sir said mr boswell staring at him with eyes so ludicrously di lated that clarence could scarcely forbear what is that the great goldsmith the first poet comic writer and novelist with out the most distant comparison of the my said clarence in surprise that mr boswell having so much admiration for the rutbor of the rambler and london ous to tryiog to regather the unfortunate pingles prudence suggested the propriety of catching the delinquent so unwearied and agile was the plaguy animal in bis gambols that an hour elapsed aud au acre of young wheat was completely trodden ad none for the authorof the traveller under foot before he was clutched in the and the vicar of wakefield grasp of his justly incensed master cry- the same sir said boswell blowing i iug with vexation robhy next proceeded liisnose j to collect his pingles lying in hoart-break- he does not like the great johnson to ing confnsiou over the whole terrene sur- fall him goldy though that illustrious por- face but be had scarcely commenced this son age calls even me bozzy agreeable task when the tordof the manor you surprise me said charenre i appeared and claimed the ass as a stray hist said boswell the doctor u a- or trespasser poor robhy fairly at bis bout to speak j wits end cries out iua fury it sets ye and clarence listened and was indeed i weel tac speak that way o my cuuvie delighted and surprised the doctor was when it was yero aiu devil o a cuddles n little excited by a home thrust from beau- 1 mcnselesr thrapplej brocht bis ower if yours had keepit his damned cleck to himsel gude forgie me for swearing nae- nino wad line seen you or yere wheat but been five mile farrer on oor gate weel robhy said the laird v this passion o vours will no pa me fur my acre wheat but as j believe ye are nn honest man ill let you gang wi your breadwinner dril be in tun feet i clerk who secure in the courage and rea dy wit of a man who bad made his intel- scorn as a garment a lofty aud stern self- j laughing it is indeed how do you fee admiration rather than selllove sat upon bis forehead as on a throne he had as it were an awe of himself his thoughts were so many mirrors of viscount boro daile dressed endieu his mind was a lit tle versailles in which sesate like louis sir somewhat awestricken eh but ue- vit mind it had you like me the extreme happiness to be intimately acquainted with thai illustrious sageyou would grow accus tomed to the air of greatness nay ou would partake of its nature i will tell you a muttered poor robhy but no before you gie me your word to meet me at the jcd- xiv and saw uotbing but pictures of its wonderful anecdote of my immortal friend self sometimes as jupiter aud sometimes j as we were driving iho other day to ash es apollo what marvel then that lord hourue dr johnson recommended mc to ect live for the world appears to have ilier me or been the boldest of johnsons coterie and excited into warmth without reachin hlrienesst his eloquence rioted in one of it happiest amd most luxuriant displays after a speech rather of oratorical than conversational length johnson concluded by olwervmog that troth requiring un wearied solicitation frequently yielded to the modety of patience w hat kiih had de- 1 dart court to answer this trespass con- uied to the arrogance of wisdom or the i form to law there was no remedy and impetuosity of genius j the unfortunate veuder of pingles wan o- then said goldsmith who had fort bilged to promise he would so do when some time been in vain endeavouring to the trying hour arrived bo made his ap- speak and who now retaliated by a re- 1 pearame hef ire lords g ii saiidll d proof joined to a compliment then doc- 1 at that time on tho jedburgh circuit kith- tor the lady is mure likely to favour your by it seems had been iu trouble before listeners than yourself and given more than one guinea to couo sir said doctor johnson you are politely uncivil what a pity said mr boswell with we therefore pray yoor excellency will be pleased to take the whole into your se rious consideration and rely with confi dence iu the hope that the means afforded to his majesty by the royal prerogative and those which the authority with which your excellency is clothed for the protec tion of his majestys faithful subjects in this province will be employed to remedy the abusesor to remove the causes of the com plaints upon which the said resolutions are founded borodaile was a vory unpleasant compa nion for every human being he had something of contempt his eye was always eloquent iu disdaining to the ple beian it said you are not a gentleman to the prince you are not lord boro daile yet with all this he had his good points he was brave as alioti strictly honoura ble even in play and though very igno rant and very selfsufficient bad that sort of logged good sense which one very of ten finds in men of stern hearts who il they have many prejudices have litlto feel- iu to overcome very stiffly anil very haughtily did lord borodaile draw up when clarence approached and addressed lady flora much more siillly and much more haughti ly did he return though with old fashioned precision of courtesy clarences how when lady wexthorough introduced then to each other not that this hauteur was intended as a particular affront it was on ly the agreeability of bis lordships gener- q manner aro you engaged said clarence to flora i am at present to lord borodaile after him may i hope lady flora nodded assent and disap peared with lord borodaile his royal highness the duke of drink watr only for said he with his usual intelligence and unrivalled profun dity of observation for if you drink wa ter only you are sure never to get drunk whereas if you driuk nine you arc refer sel without eflfect lie wh now resolved to speak for himself the prosecutors charge fr asinine delinquency was easily an air of contemptuous superiority what i made when robhy was called upon for his a pity that poor goldy should attempt to j defence he went on about the two asses shine j in such an unintelligible rigmarole way and forthwith mr boswell blazed off thatthft sapient judges were completely at milted this province to remain hi ignor- in nil harangue fault my good man said lord a nee of all that was passing anil ofechemes bozzy said the doctor with a pater- hs i am most willing to hear what with which ho could not himself bur be ac- nal air interrupting his disciple iu a most j yon have to say but really i do not under- quainted concerning the introduction and resolutions on grievances proposed by mr viger and agreed to by the house resolved that in the year 1822 the earl uf dalhousie being then governor in chief failed to communicate to the two houses of the legislature of lower cana- datbe addresses from those of upper cana da relating to the difficulties which had arisen between the two provinces with respect to the duties levied at the port of quebec and to the proceedings adopted in upper lauuda relative thereto which made a pretext for the scheme of au uuion of the legislature of the two provinces and fi nally caused tho passing of tho act for re gulating the commerce of the two canada 2dly that by the conduct of the earl of dalhousie on this occasion his majestys government v as left without information as to the relative situation of the two pro vinces of lower aud upper canada that the inhabitants of lower canada were thereby deprived of all means ofuuppnrting or defending their interests and that at a moment when they had aright to rely on the governors care and upon his vigilance in watching over tho interests of the pen i de committed to his charge and who inu iave relied uqou his honor 3dly that it appears likewise that the earl of dalhousie being so governor per- snre admirable indeed ssid clarence drily 1 wonder you do not give such volubility y il li pk 1 i notable sayings to the world it would he ten thousand pities if in the existence of type aud paper the public were deprived of so much of the johusuuian ethereali ty but the puhlie shant sir it shant said mr boswell willi great vivacity i havt them all down in a hook already i suppose said clarence that i dare not veuture to ask an introduction to your extraordinary friend why yes sir he is the most affable of beings n little rough or so may tell von vou are a knave or a fool but he is luminous period huzzy you certainly exhibit a iugular ostentatiou of colloquial the delighted laird of auchinleck bowed such praise from the illustrious john sou is more valuable than degrees from all the universities of eurojte why yes sir resumed the sage more gravely your talk i to your intel- siaud you no understand me bel lowed like a furnace the incensed robhy well num gin you will ha it suppose ye were at ass an that moo pointing to lord h d another an ye were to bniye and he were to riu after ye hoo the deil coud f holp it then writhing himself a little aside in his vexation he muttered pair o hairy langlegged laudioupers lect what extravagance is to poverty the touy ma faith kobby came off victuri- nakeducss of the reality is not concealed ous by the glitter of the show and while the spendthrift imagines he is attracting applause by his prolusion i e is exciting only ridicule for his preieuttions or com passion for bis folly what a pity poor bozzy should at- really tho gentlest of moralists i will i tempt to shine said beau icrk drily and came up to lady westborough and cla rence with a smiling couuteuance aud an iwrtnti ynewqjml m ik tto-ji- there he met lord aspcden in couver- 1 fied in tl give you sir a memorable instance i thought i bad had reason to complain of my illustrious friend at a dinner party hi sir joshua reynolds upou the 12th o april list j and same time afterwards i told him he bad been too hard upon me sir said the enlightened sage you are au unnatural scotchman ignorant o your own interest you resemble a drum nod it u only by being too hard upon you that i can arouse you from your empty inanity into the distinction of making a oioft- tuwwasswwietlmus kwxx v lis benevileut rebuke and ii i the doctor rising with a chueklctle groupc musical beans ipr nicnolson of carnock a genuine stitiish laird of the old school like many greiter men was frequently known to con fer i favour from no better or higher fcel- ingihan that excited by a witty humorous or ucenrrie reply this weak side of his wet known anrl signally passing of the act of the imperial parlia ment of the sixth year of his majestys reign chap 59 relating to tenures the provisions of which have sodeeply affected the feelings aud interests of the inhabit ants of this province 4thly that the karl of dalhousie being so governor established in 1323 a new quebec gazette although another of the same name which had been established nearly sixty years was in existence and took upon himself to command the officers of government and in particular the sheriffs to insert in this new gazette such notices as by preexisting laws were re- the quebec acquitted of all hnme the ministers ex pression of regret confined to the single point of his having carried iuto effect ao arrangement of so delicate a nature with out previous direct communication to his majestys covernmeut 9thly that the assembly haviug i consequence of a resolution of the 3d of february 1827 again addressed tho go veruor the earl of dalhousie praying him to order to be laid before the house a copy of the despatch addressed to sir francis burton referring to that of the 4th of june 1825 mentioned iu his mes sage of the 31st of january preceding the said governor declined to do so ha ving to use the terms of his answer communicated the substance of it adding that he mttst decline to lay before the public the correspondence of his majestys minister with the executive government of the province lothly that the governor the earl of dalhousie concealed from the knowledge of the assembly and of the people a do cument by which fiir fthucls isurtuu wae justified at a time when this document must have been in bis possession and of the existence of which he could not be ig norant that he afterwards communicated a part only thereof and refused to com municate that part which was of the most importance to the justification of sir fran cis and that in suppressing or declining to communicate this as well as several o- ther important documents tho knowledge of which was necessary for placing the as sembly in a condiiion to proceed to the despatch of public business he failed e- qually in the duty he owed to his majes- ly to sir francis burton and to the couo- st try with tho administration of which ho was entrusted 11 tidy that the governor iheearlor dalhousie availing himself of cei tain old ordinances of the legislative council made use of his authority as commander uf the militia to impower elections and to intimidate the elector or to punish them for having exercised their rigl tsat the said elections by voting against per sons who were avowed partizansof his ad ministration or for the purpose of pre venting them from taking part or of pu nishing them for having taken part in the petitions to the king aud to the imperial parliament against the administration of the said governor the eail of dfilhousie i2thly that the governor the earl of dalhousie dismissed without having re course to the proceeding of courts mar- tialj a great number of militia officers with this intention and filled up the vacan cies thus then created with officers who were the partizans of his administration or of those candidates who had shown them quired to he inserted in gazette the only paper under that name established at tho time the said laws were 1 selves violent partizans of that admioistra- maile and that by establishing this new lion 15 eatioti with tho karl of holdenworth ooo of the administration ah linden said the winning di plomatist shaking clarence cordially by the hand how are you you have been danciug of course ah how wonder fully you accomplish a cotillion nay tis true upou my honour it is vou always remind mo of the beautiful lines of the pbet wo thought thy head unequalled now we greet that head as far less heavy than thy feet clarence bowed your lordships compliments are beyond all hope ot re turn nay uay ujy dear boy never despair consider i have been twenty years in di plomacy you forget said lord holdenworth 11 that you promised to iulroduco me to your friend mr linden ah so i did linden let me intro duce you to lord holdenworth i do as sure your lordship that you will find my young friend exceedingly clever he plays the flute beautifully and your friend loid quiutown when i told him of it the other night very justly said that that well j quite forget what he said but however rude it may seem in me to do so i do as sure your lordship that it is nothing more than my constant custom i uever cau remember n single word of what our friend says but he is soeloqueut his oratory always reminds me of the poets fine line ou a stream- which runs and as it runs for ever shall run on- and at this flattering quotation lord aspendeu ceased aud looked round for applause meanwhile lord holdeuworth entered into conversation with clarence iu a familiar lone and manner uot u- sually exercised by meu iu power towards youog gentlemen of twentythree you will dine with mc then tomorrow mr linden said the great man as ho moved away clarence bowed and turning beheld lady flora whose haud be immediately claimed the more remarkable because il contains a sort of pun a species of wit generally o- dious to my illustrious friend good heavens thought clarence in astonishment can any man he such a simpleton as to boast of icing a butt poor clarence he knew uot that it was reserved for mr bosncll to he the dog berry of the age and to feel proud oi writing himself an ass but come sir said mr boswell i will just whisper your wish to my illustri ous friend and 1 do uot doubt that he will render you happy for life by suffering you to spend a few minutes iu listening to the profound wisdom of the greadr john son clarence bowed the whisper was made an introduction took place aud clarence tain pin h and is therefore enabled to ar rive at tho highest perfection and con- p0 before many centime arc past all the world will be philosophers aud as nothing exists to a plitoopl cr the phi losophers will he all the world 1 understand you then said lady dryaden iu a fw centuries as there will be nothing but philosophers who are nothing every thing will be limbing clearly o said trollolop taking snuff what a fine thing for philosophers ciied lady drvaden by uu means said nollekins grave ly for when they have reduced every thing into nothing they will only fall tu work again and make every thing out of nothing imjlnrd was generally as hard as a mill- rtoos yet he did not despair of coining rooad him alweal yere honour says fi it7ifii py tom just non for i hae na the siller why saunders quo the laird i must alloo hat is in or- dinar accounted a very sufficient reason for a nes no paying his just aud lawful debts but its weel kenl through the hail couiitra side that you have had a grand crap this year and plenty o siller you maun pier 6 gazette could have only been suggested to his majestys government and the par- 1 liameut by persons connected with the i administration of the governor the earl i of dalhousie without making them ac- j quainted with the true state of things the j consideration of which would have been sufficient to prevcut them from adoptiug these provisions 6tlhy that on the 14th of march 1825 and d ir uring the session of the provincial hae that spastaeharo n doot pahfomeiit the governor the earl of rhe su lord forgie your honour says j dalhousie communicated to the assem- saunders what ca ye a gran crap im bly of thw province by message a des- sure jou heard tell of my he d o beans piicn f his majestys minister of the lri that i lookit for sae mucklo siller fra for tine ither purpose gude kens but to put il patch iroin ins majesty 4th of june 1825 censuring sir francis burton the lieutenant governor of this into your honour s pouch an hoo did they p f having given his sanction to j turn out oeh sirs sirs my t to break when i think ot i mssciiiany drawing a chair iuto the verge of the luhusnman vicinity was iu the opinion ul mr boswell rendered happy for life with the person who sat next to him clareuce was creaily struck this was a stout and somewhat clumsily built man tawdrily dressed ami of rather ail affected manuer but clarence had already learnt that great men aro uot altogether free from the peculiarities of little men and did not ou account of a few innocent cox combries do as mr boswell was inclined to do aud set down his neighbour as a fool on the contrary be imagined that he saw- in a forehead remarkably high and finely developed aud in an eye which while tho rest of the countenance seemed su pine and heavy never relaxed in a quick though half careless observation of all a- rouud something not ouly coutradiiting the clownish stupidity usually supposed tit characterize the air of the person in ques tion but strongly indicative of genius who is my neighbour to the right whispered clarence to boswell oh only goldy said boswell with a tone of indifferent contempt goldy repeated clarence who is as he why sirhe is the author of the veller and the history of england some other very ingenious pieces tra- illkl literally iu boswells life vol iii p 185 sketches of society ciiaractkr and anecdote robby bt u and his ascs soke years bygone the above singular character was wont to travel in several of the southern counties of scotland accom panied by an old aud faithful lungeared friend hearing two enormous panniers containing hobbys merchandise this consisted of wooden pewter and hum spoons needles aud thread pins twopen ny penknives superb glnteriug brass ring and hrooches old ballads in short the most motley aud miscellaneous collection of articles ever offered to the vulgar gaze these made up into bundles robby used to call his pinrles as he and his ass were doucely jogging along under tho genial in fluence of a fine may inorniug the drooping ears of the latter were suddenly aud ma jestically erected at tie sound of au as tounding braying on the other side of the hedge iu proof that even asses aro not devoid of coinpauionablo qualities away brushed the mercantile one through a gap iu the hedge scattering panniers and pin gles to the four winds of heaven rohby who with bonnet ou head and hands con templatively screwed behind his back hail been trudging iu the rear witnessed the truculent behaviour of the brute aud its direful couseqjuences with feelings of miu- gled rage and despondency but prcvi- henrls like ljie hj of gypply passed in this province during the same year anj that he made yc quo the laird l i aycthochtthae ve- 1 lhu commuicilfion so the assembly at a ryjjeana were the best panto your crap jm whea b moie rccenl despatch da- tpart most dolefully ejaculated ed th tlirteenth september oft whaesrgf ilka beanstalk wnic quitted sir franc the best j s lunters had been a piper he wadua hae heard his neist ncibour play it is almost needless to add that saunders got his own time to pay oomgstic a very common complaint with mr boswell so u life of johnson provincial parliament or lower canada house of assembly adurkss on grievances to his excellency sir james kempt gcb syc sc sfc may it please your excellency we his majestys faithful and loyal sub jects the commons of lower cjiuada al ways moved by a desire to meet the inten tions othis majesty for the happiness and prosperity of his faithful canadian sub jects have during the present sesgi of the provincial parliament taken into consider ation the complaints and grievnnees set forth in divers petitions addrcsd to the assembly by the inhabitants of various parts of the province ami have adopted ou this subject certain resolutions expressive of our sentiments aud those of the people whose representatives we are up the im- portaut matters to which ihest petitions refer asstf unmannerly ithroai koise one pern he same year wnicii acquitted oir i raucis bur ton of all blame in this matter had been delivered to his secretary in the office aud in the presence of the said governor the earl of dalhousie in the mouth of january preceding 7thly that the assembly having in consequence of a resolution of the 14th march 1826 presented an address to the governor the karl of dalhousie praying him to cause to be laid before it copies of such despatches as bo might have re ceived siuce his excellencys return ou the subject of that pari of the administra tion of sir francis burton relating to this said act of supply received for answer on the 6th of much that his excellency had not received any despatches subsequent to the date of that which he had commit nicated by message iu reference to the said act of supply 8thly that the governor the earl of dalhousie afterwards ou the 31 st of ja nuary during the session of the provin cial parliament in 1827 informed the as sembly that he had received a despatch of a later date than that of tho 4th of june 1825 but received after the departure of sir francis burton having reference to a previous despatch and in making this communication to the house laid before it only a part of the contents and above all did not communicate to the assembly the latter part of tho said despatch in which sir francis burton was more particularly of that place with the same view while the candidate himself made use of similar means in endeavouring to secure his own election 14thly that the governor the earl of dalhousie by these unlawful proceedings violated the dearest rights of the inhabi tants of this couutry and in particular tho right of petition and the elective fran chise of the people of this province 15tbly that the governor the earl of dalhousie dismissed from office a great number of justices of the peace without auy legitimate cause and because these justices of the peace although justly in possession of the confidence of the public did not submit themselves to jus pleasure in matters which came under their consi deration and which were wi bin their ju risdiction as magistrates or because their opioions on public iiffairs did not coincide with bis own or on account of their dis approbation of tho conduct of the said governor wiih regard to this sibject lgthly that samuel gale esquire chairman of the quarter sessions at montreal appointed in the room of messrs mcord and moudelet who were dismis sed from and deprived of the salary at tached to their office exercised a decided ascendency over his fellow justices of the peace at montreal making use of tho name and authority of the governor tho earl of dalhousie for the purpose of inti midating these magistrates and binding their opinions to his will and consequently to that of tho executive by employing threats of punishment and exciting fears which the subsequent dismissals prove to have been bnt too well founded 17thly that the exercise of au influence and of au ascendancy of this nature over magistrates must be equally destructive of tho interests of his majestys govern ment and thoso of his fpjthful subjects in this province by destroying the con fidence of tho public in the magistra cy and in the administration of jus tice i3thly that the number of justices of the peace born iu the couniry included in the late commission issued m march last under tho administration of the fcarl of dalhousie is not in the district of mon treal at all proportionate to tho canadian population and that the choice which was made of a great number of person coming from other places to establish themselves