mbs mg nave heen deeply felt and frequently de plored for ourselves nothing has ever puzzled us more than this solecism in le gislation nod gvernmcnt pitt the mi nister of the time was a great man but this is one of ihc price winch natioos fre quently pay for a inng servitude of unpa ralleled genius uid talent lord greuvillc wh framed our present constitution is a living witness both- its glaring errors and dismal consequences the only atone- incnt which his lordship can now make to ihc country is to declare the reasons and motives which existed at the time for con centrating and perpetuating french preju dices and exclusive domination ano we call upon his lordship to do so he owes it 10 his publick eharacier and to the reputation which he is desirous of leaving behind him the constitutional act had scarcely gone into operation when the evils which it has entailed on the country became ma nifest even the first act of the popular branch of the legislature that of choice of speaker was made subservient tu the all- ingrossing tendency of that body a frenchman who scarcely understood a word of the language of his sovereign was called to the chair and who on his first official appearance in the presence of the representative of that sovereign declared that he could only express himself in the primitive language of his na tive country the house of assembly consisted of thirtyfive french canadians and fifteen englishmen- the former in deed composed the majority but the lat ter were women of business and during the first and second sessions the prognos tications of mr cugoet in hia letter to mr fraser with respect to the inferior capa city of his countrymen may be said to have been realized but whore ignorance and prejudice reign not only uncontrolled gay cbaracteristicks what authority c check what force resist their evil elects and consequence it is not surprising there fore to find that in the course f a few sessions the aptness for business and su perior constitutional knowledge of the eu- ish members of the assembly er actually way before ad overwhelming ma jority of voices backed and led by the worst principles that can possibly actuate the human heart selfsufficiency ambi tion and national prejudice tin c pas sions springing up living aud flourishing among lite constituents of this innjority nothing could now eradicate or control and every succeeding event ministered to their increase and aggrandizement no thing contributed more to this ntnte of things than the exercise of his majestys prerogative however necessary tud con stitutional in calling up from tim to time the english members of the assembly to seats in the legislative council of the twenty five members at present composing this second and important hranc of the legislature at least twelve have beta ith- drnwa from the assembly in ti is way exrience their superior information and capacity for business have indeed rendered their presence in the council ab solutely necessary because wttioiu pre judice to the claims of the native canadian geutry there was do other sou re in the province from which stations so i igh aud important could be supplied ru the iu- jury sustained by the real interests aud happiness of the province has beyond all comparison been groat aud scrios the assembly thus left to themselves and to the dictates to an exclusive sistem of ascen- deucy over british laws and consiiutional principles set uo bounds to their errors ignorance wickedness ambition and pre- suraptiou what power and authority have they not from time to time arrogated but are fostered by the supreme authority j to themselves not content with a voice of a state and when the physical power j iu the general legislature of tho province is altogether on the side of such degrading the upper parts of the province have bad reason to complain of the present system of civil government as well as the subscri bers to the petitions now on the table of this honourable house they have been fellow sufferers with us and have felt all that anxiety for the preservation of their property which the operation of unknown law must ever occasion a situation of all others the most disagreeable and dis tressing and whi- h may have engaged some of these people who could not per ceive any other way to get out of such mi sery tocouutenauce the plans of a few in dividuals who were more intent to support their own schemes than to promote the true- interest of government in the general tranquillity and prosperity of that exten sive country sir in the petitions now on the table from my constituents inhabitants of the proviace of quehcc this honourable house will observe they have complained that ihe province has been already greatly mutilated and thatits resources would be greatly reduced by the operation of the treaty of peace of 1783 but sir they kuld not have the most distant idea of this now division they could not conceive that while they complained of the extent of their couutry being already so much re duced as materially to prejudice their in terests and concerns it would be still far- thcy claim the right of ruling and direct ing every other branch to neither of whom will they allow the common dictates of houour and humanity and endeavour by every possible monim i infwm ihcir own popular and republickau uotions iuto every department of goverunicnt they have declared acts of the imperial parliament under which they themselves live and move and have their hein as annulled and of donctvoct they have denied the prerogative of the crown in almost every instance recognized by the constitution and have assumed to themselves the right of appointing aud paying according to ca price and pleasure every officer under the crown thoy have in effect declared war against the sister province and not only douied her rights but deprived her of them until checked by the intervention of the mother couutry they have declared native born subjects of great britain strangers and foreigners vide debates of last session general ly but especially the malicious and mouthing declamations of messieures pa- pineau vailieres and viger to be continued knglaxo albion office aew irtfr match u9 is29 the mail from the south has jut iriv- ther reduced and abridged if at the time announcing the arrival of the herald they penned their petitions they could have at baltimore with loudon dates t supposed or foreseen this proposed divisi- j february we loe on it would have furuislied them with much stronger reason3 of complaint that their interests would therehy be injured sir 1 am sure this honorable hoise will stgroc ibnt proviuco oufelh ttoi tc h ue lith not a moment in conveying to our distant readers the highly important iuformation they contain parliament met on he 5tfi of february aud with emotion which we cannot le- ilw i vmyiaj4irtlt rt k tided into separate and indepeudent go- that his majesty ring george the fourth has- cd to his parliament the at leugth recommend ion emanc1pa of his catholic sub vernments but ou the most urgent occasi ons and after having seriously and enro- fully weighed all the consequences which mens separation is likely to produce for if from experience the division shall be found persecutioo which has so long oppressed dangerous to the security of government jects from the thraldom of that religious or to the general interests of the people it cannot agaiu bo reunited that strong principleof nationality or national preju dice which at present connects the people of that province to one another as heing them a measure that will secure to him the applause of the world aud cause his name to live in the pages of history forever london feb 5 early this morning the usual prepara tions for the openiug of parliament corn- members of one state who though scatter i menced and were proceeded with til ed over an immense country yet all look j nearly two oclock when crowds of people up to oae centre of government for protec- 1 began to assemble at both houses of par- tton and relief is of the utmost conse- lament quence to the security of government in a at two oclock parliament was opened couutry where the inhabitants are so much by his majestys commissioners consisting dispersed it is that political connection of the lord chancellor the dukeofwel- which forms such a prominent feature in lington earl shnftsbury earl balhurst the character of all nation by which vc aud lord elleoborough feel at first sight a degreo of friendship and there were very few peers in the house attachment which inclines us to associate amoug them we observed the dukes of at j which it js the duty and the determ with and to serve a subject of the same i clarence aud richmond and lords gode- uingdom which makes us look on a person i rich bexley hill and torringlon there from the same country or province as an j were five bishops present among whom were those of london and li and a if the opposition benches were filled with an unu sual number of peeresses aud elegantly at tired ladies the members of the house of commons having been summoned to tho bar by the usher of the black rod and the corn- acquaintance aud one from the same town as a relation and it is a fact which the his tory of all countries has established beyond the possibility of a doubt that people are now united in the habits of friendship and social intercourse aud are more ready to afford mutual assistance and support from being connected by a common centre of government than by any otber tie in mall states this principle is very strong but even in extensive empires it retains a great deal of its force for besides the na tural prejudice which inclines us to favour the people from our own country those who live at the extremities of an extensive kingdom or province are compelled to keep up a connection or correspondence with those who live near the center orsoat of government as they will necessarily at times have occasion to apply for favours justice or right and they will find it con venient to request the assistance and sup port of those whose situation enables them to afford it i might here compare the different situation of scotland now united to eng land and governed by the same legislature with some other of the dependencies of the british empire shut i consider it to be un necessary astbo object must be present to the recollection of every member of this honourable house mr lymburnere speech at the bar of the house of commons sd march 1791 vide that most valuable and lcarued work political annals of lower canada by a hritish settler a work that ought to be in the bands of every man who has auy regard for the prosperity of this part of his majestys dominions mission having beeu read the lord chancellor then read the follow ing speech ivly lords and gentlemen his majesty commands us to inform you that he continues to receive from his allies aud general k from all princes and states the assurance of their u nab ted de sire to cultivate the most fricudly relations with his majesty under the mediation of his majesty jhe preliminaries of fl treaty of peace be tween his imperial majesty the emperor of brazil and the republic of the united province of rio de la plata have beeu signed and ratified his majesty has concluded a conven tion with the king of spain for the final settlement of the claims of british and spanish subjects preferred under the treaty signed at madrid ou the 12th of march 123 his majesty has directed a copy of that convention to be laid before you and hts majesty relies upou your assistance to enable him to execute some of its provi sions his majesty laments that his diplomatic relations with portugal arc still necessarily suspended deeply interested in the prosperity of the portuguese monarchy his majesty has entered into negotiation with iho heat of the house of braganza iutho hope uf ter minating a stite of affairs which is iucom- paiiblewith the permanent tranquillity and welfare of portugal his majesty commands us to assure vnu that he has laboured unremitting v to fulfil the stipulations of the treaiy of ie tlh july ii27 aud to effect in concert with the allies the pacification of greece the morca has been liberated from the presence of ttie egyptian and turkish forces this important object has hcen accom- complishcd by the successful exertions of the naval forces of his majesty and of his allies which led to a convention with the pacha of egypt and finally by the skil ful disposition and exemplary conduct of the french army acting by the command of his most christian majesty on the be half of the alliance the troops of his most christian ma jesty having completed the task assigne to them by the allies have commenced their return to frauce it is with great satisfaction that his majesty informs you that during the w hole of these operations the most cordial union has subsisted between the forces of the three powers by sea aud land his majesty deplores t e continuance of hostilities between the emperor of rus sia and the ottoman porte ills imperial majesty in the prosecu tion of those hostilities has considered it necessary to resume the exercise of his belligerent rights in the med i terra net u and has established a blockade of the dar danelles from the operation of this blockade those commercial enterprises of bis majes tys subjects has been exempted wiiich were undertaken upon the faith of lis ma jestys declaration to his parliament res pecting the neutrality of the mediterranean sea although ii has become indispensable for his majesty aud the iving of france to suspend tho cooperatiou ofthoir forces with those of his imperial majesty in con sequence of his resumption of the exor cise of his belligerent rights the best un derstanding prevails between the three powers in their endeavours to accomplish the remaining objects of the treaiy of lon don gentlemen f the house of commons we are commanded by his majesty to acquaint yon that the estimates for the cur rent year wi forthwith be laid before you his majrsty relies on your readiness to grant the jecessary supplies with a just regard to th exigencies of the public ser vice and to he economy which his majes ty is anxious to enforce in every depart ment of the tatc his majesty has the satisfaction to an nounce lo yoj the continued improvement ofthe revenue the progressive increase in that bram of it which is derivec from articles of iumai consumption is peculi arly graiifyig tohis majesty as affording a decisive indention of the stability ofthe national resources and of the increased comfort and prosperity of his people my lords md gentlemen tho st of ireland has been tho object of bis majestys continued solici tude his majesty laments that in that part of the united kingdom an association should still ex which is d auger oos to the public peace and inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution which keeps live liscord and ill will amongst hi- ma jestys subject and which must if per mitted to continue effectually obtrct evcrv effort permanently to improve the condition of ireland 41 his majesty confidently relics ou the vit ii m mi ii in and his alnjcsts wvjs ismucd von ivu eomirtt io i tin such powers as may enable his majesty to maintain his jur authority his majesty recommends that when lb essential object shall have beeu ac- conplishcd you should take iuto your de- lilwrate consideration the whole conuition of ireland aud that you should review the laws which impose civil disabilities on hu majestys roman catholic subjects you will consider whether the remo val of those disabilities ciio be effected con sistently with the full and permanent secu rity of our establishments in church aud state with the maintenance of the re formed religion established by law and of the rights and privileges ofthe bishops and of the clergy ol this realm and of the clurehcs committed to their charge these arc institutions which must ever he held sacred in this protestant kingdom l- naiou of his majesty to preserve invrblate his majesty most earnestly recom mends to you to cuter upon the considera- tica of a subject of 6uch paramount irn- potuoce deeply interesting to the best feelings of his people and involving t tranquility aud concord ofthe united king dom with the temper and the moderation wfich will best ensure the successful issue of your deliberations house of lords feb the duke of newcastle begged to kuow from the nobleduke atthe head ol hisma- jestys government after what iiad this day transpired whether itwna lis iutenti- ou to proceed by means of movin for a view ou tile sutjcv in the minds of th submitted mon acorrcspondeiii says i have just scarlett has given j t ere is no law to clare from taking i my informant learned gentleman three weeks ago i manner in which in his sentiments itu considered the cash j scarlett does nut w inch lcn- no ticum si to whon i s bcuii her of ihe morning ii rued ti is prevent te mtn mb seat in purli- stiy tll t hard i r h sr opinion mr hi r f- new m 1 outran ill tlc lately that nlotli ti i i ro has inferred tliaf he more maturely however dot li wtrii delivered hw motives which iijvc led yon tof wirl tlisfnh murk fapproba- iff my onorall to yn and o- r bcdfiil niuih on to public e- md the laudable i- tcsi you have in the mural well nsbutjuitico m believing hat hi endeavor ihut the pro- ce i ould beofi by mi atliuinistratton in no thr vor mc mi are reyo nts ken nl i bono t si o t to j v i iiuisl iozn ll t c fui ltiii it are y i quest i w r u e the mr opinion respecting tiie effect ofthe s ers power or the privileges of the i on tilis point he says that to acert- law without violating any privilege oconnell should bring his action against the first officer of tho house that refuses him admission on sunday at half past tvo oclock the marquis of aniesea accompanied by lord monntcbarlcs arrived rt tlio castle ofwimlsor inhiicaintcly on their arrival the noble marquis was introduced to his majesty with whom he had a long audi ence alter which his lordship with lord mountcharles partook of some refresh ment and left tho castle on their return to town york cathedral was nearly destroyed by fire on the night ofthe 2d of february there is nothing new savs ihc londoo globe of the 4th iu the rumours of the stock exchange today except that the re port of the disagreement or mutiny in the ministry has been reduced to the histori ans ofthe alley that all insubordination is at an end the only foundation for the i with whole story soems the report that some time ago mr peel tendered his resignation which wasdoue we believe io no hostile spirit the spitalfclds titaversth- r-es- sion after delivering in their ftclra tj lite duke of wellington returned to spi- talficlds through tho city and their wretched appearacace excited much com miseration it is understood that the duke wellington will lav the inemorbil before the king this evening aud that an answer cor romoi inse o you h s insen-ih- j f the of ice deviat ed by uc as t a piil in or- ivw censure not sosup- he worth of good and iutclli- in a public it it wouid i he ippr gei- oriftnoraut of its value point nf view but i rrustcd t iotlio cienic- to a steady u and con sistent conduct and it i- ot gratifying to me dial your dre tfints me addi tional assurance tit i have net been dis appointed in this belief i beg leave to ksdutc you tutf k sarah mnitland i verv mitblv oil i f d by ndu- l tenements with miuc fur the tood v siics you vc o kindly expressed forour welfare- hiufax sovasiotia january 17 129 the mention you h ivc tuide nites her very grateful ackn ai a card the loyal inhabitants of lenox w dingtoti who signed the above vddress seud their compliments to tli editor of i the upper canada herald aud beg to re mindliiiu that in december last he pub- lishpdsome very uujtrt and unteriirous strictures on eertaiu adulatory farewell addresses presented to sir p muitland an assurance that if any more names apcarcd they should he passed to the redit of his excellency they claim the fulfillment of this promise and hope the kditor of the herald will have the goodness to add five hundred and for tynine to the tiumber much greater number of signatures could have been ob tained but in consequence of i its ex cellencys departure for halifax by way uf the erie canal it was thought unne cessary and from the same cause two itg to such of our readers- as i digged iu lumbei ing we copy it from the que bec mercury- 23 and zrt great injury aud hea vy losses have lei frequent sustained by persons cnrrged in trade anil com merce from ihc siiyire of rafts aud limber ru the soft of pacj5 raftsmen and o- ihcrs protendicg cliris thereon which sei zures have been after a long and expensive litigation set aside and annulled and whereas for the want of iistinguishing marks upon ud from the number of rjfte and tlmlkt lying and bring at al seasons in the several coves and harbours within the different districts mid inferior district of ibis province no sufficient means exist for ascertaining the legal property and owner ship iu such rafts aud timber for a reme dy thereof be it further enacted by tha au thorityaforesaid that no sheriff of any of the districts or oferior districts of this province shall be hound to proceed to the execution of auy writ ni attachment ar ret simple or writ of revindication or of any writ of execution against any raft or limber until such sheriff shall have ueer furnished by the party or parties su- ingout such process with a bond of in demnity with two good aud sufficient se curities to the satisfaction of one of the justices of his majestys court of kings bench or provincial judge for the dis- trict or inferior district couditioned to sc ire and hold him harmless against all da- copies ofthe address sent to remote parts will he returned either tc morrow of thurs- ofthe counties were not returned in lime day the weavers will again wait upon the duke of wellington to morrow feb j domestic sir to the editor of the loyalist in consequence of his excellency sir peregrine maitlands departure for nova- scotia via the erie canal we were dis- appoiuted in the hope we entertained of having the honor of presenting the address from the couotiesof lenox and addingtoa to his excellency in person and were ua- der the necessity of forwarding it to has- fax last post we received lis excellei- cys reply and we have sent you 3 of it aud the address for publication vj have the names attached to them added to the list the cmroxicle kingston april ii j 829 a cojy to his excellency sir peregrine moitland k c b lieutenant governor of the pro vince of upper canada and major gene ral commanding his majestys forces therein fyc sfc may it plkask youn exckiiencv we his majestys most dutiful and loy al subjects ihe magistrates clergy and other inhabitants of the counties of lenox and addington deeply impressed with tho benefits we in common with our fellow on thursday we published a supple ment containing the kings speech at the opening of the imperial parliament and which will uow be found in a precediog column by the arrival ofthe albion this raoroiug we are enabled to present our readers with the following 07 postscript since the pre ceding was put in type the sylvanus jen- icins has arrived with london papers tu the 13th of february englind is in a state of the utmost excitement on the catholic question debates daily occur in par liament anl sane ofthe first peers in the realm are arrayed in a violent opposition tu the proposed eoiuesions while ncti- tioos for and against are pouring in from evert ner ofthe three kingdoms tho duki of wellington however is firn it is clc r that nothing can divert him fvr his ohject hi energy constancy ind re- xobuion ts byud ail praise k c- hioll association e re mages aud costs to result from such seizure 33 and whereas the seizure and custo dy of rafts and timber more particularly witon afloat is attended with considerable risk mm expense inasmuch as a number of rmrdijns are requisite ensure the sale keeping of such rafts and timber be it therefore enacted by the authority afore said thai from and after tho passing of this act it shall and may be lawful for tbe sheriff before executing such seizure un der iny process to him directed to demand aiji receive in advance from the plaintiff or plaintiffs his or their attorney or aor- nies ad litem such sum as shall by aoy una of the justices of his majestys court of kings bench for the district or province al judge of ho inferior district when such process shall issue be deemed suffici ent for the safekeeping of such raft or timber provided always that when and as often as the sum so advanced shall hava been expended it shall he lawful forsuch sheriff upon presenting a summary peti- tion to any one of the justices aforesaid to obtain an order upon such party for the payment in advauce of such further sum as by the said justice for the purpose aforesaid shall he deemed sulficient service of which said petition and order shall in each and every instance ho made upon the attorney ad litem appearing for such party in de fault of whichpaymeot withiu twentyfour hours from and after the service of such petition aud order the said seizure shall j he discharged and such sheriff exonerates i from all liability to any person or persons whomsoever 1 from tue press of matter this week we are unible to give place to several editorial articles prepared for this days paper tho weather has been wet and unplea sant for t las few days the ice still lingers in the bay and harbour but wo ifcrceivo with pleasure the exertions of cant v hcg io to jit h t subjects io this proviucpjiavc dcii your tcxcclleueys aiinnqutritiou to approach yonr kxcellcnr v eu departure from tl is pitivjuvc duribe the period your en hpiwj ims lnlri- which froij01cetosay on ue motio ihrl has discs ick i s iri rulcil over us we have witnejtfch will of gratitude aud admiatiuujl c tirnf n s jiihiice abutvi n it otic ok mr own counry rouw require nnnonnctd 1 v r s i louse of cnmoioos uttt ii v hitney to cut a channel throub ii u- ie iluevnston which wo undersiaud nil leave this port for york and niagara r d oclock morrow mornit ing f 1 rint rn tl disc t- couwiittce to tnke into consideration tbe the disabilities that had been throvvu on romnn catholics or whether it was nis intention to brin in a biil fur the removal of those disabilities tbe duke of wellington in auswer hid he bonourof informing their lordships thnt it was the intention of his majsty s io- vernment according to the course proos- ed iu his majestys speed to present to parliament i tbe course of the present session ameasure for the adjustment of what was called the roman carbolic question not going through a coimnifee that measure would tcud to the removal generally of all the disabilities under which tho roman catholics laboured with the exception solely of that which rested on kpeei- i grounds it would be accompanied alto by other measures rendered necessa ry by the removal of those disabilities the crown lawersit is said are una nimous in their opinion that there i no grouutl whatever to douht mr o con- uells ineligibility to take his seat mr sugden iu p iiicular is reported io have taken alearucd aud particularly luminous your excellency has at all times ed the important duties of your exaiteii sta tion as well as your unwtaricd exertirns to promote the itnprovenieat cf the coun try and to increase tbe happiness mid wel fare of all classes committal to yonrchaige and we rejoice to add notwithstanding the many and tryiug obstacles which your excellency has hd to encounter that these effort have been crowued with success and we feel assured that tho time will arrive when all our fellow sub jects will uuite with us in this acknow ledgement and in paying a tribute of res pect to a ruler from whom tins pro vince has received so in auy benefits and whose conducthas hcen so eminently dist inguished alike by public and private vir tue in thus honestly expressing our unqua lified approbatinn of the disinterested iute- gritv and zeal which has at all times mark ed your excellencys conduct during your excellencys residence amongst us malice itself cannot accuse us of being ac tuated by improper motives- your excel lency is about to leave us perhaps for ever and whilst we congratulate your excel- leucy on your elevation to a more impor tant trust our gratitude fo past benefits nud a due sense of the loss c shall sustain by your excellencys remrval compel us to express the sorrow aud regret we feel at your departure we beg your excellency to convey to lady maitiand the high snse wo enter tain of those virtues for vbich she is so distinguished aud of the lenefits society havf tt iveii irorn i er cimple in bid ding your excellency am her ladyship adieu we sincerely wish you and every member of your femily a safe and pros perous voyage and to expess our hopes that health and happiness nay attend you all to that part ofthe entire which our beloved and graciou snvtreign has com mitted to yonr excellences charge lenox and addington in nov 1828 signed by adam krein isaac fraser george mam arhawke peter davy charles clark aud five hundred aud fortythree others to which his excellency was pleased to return the following reply to thr magistrates clirgy and other inha bitants of the counties of lennox and ad dington gentlemen i have nveived your address with heart felt itisf i lion and i hep yon accept from mi- the acknowledgements it so just ly deserves the l rt was riv iu he im nflbe iu london intention n isth vr ocounhlarrivi on the i0tht h m is claim his se a prose- thecvrolic association house of commons feb- 10 mr secretary peel ddreseil the house iu a speech of great length conclud ing with a motion for leave to bring in a bill for the more effectual suppression and prevention ofjeditions meetings au -so- ciations in ireland he said he should propose such a measure as would suppre the catholic association and interdict ail meetings of asimilar nature he propos ed to give to the lord lieu ten an i no to him alone the power of sppre -in- any association or meeting wiicb ho might think dnneerons to the public peace to gether with power to interdict the assembly tf any meeting of which previous notice shall havcheen tiven and which he shall thiuk likely to enlanger the public peace or to prove inconsistent with the due a ministration of the law incase it sho be necessary to enforce the provisions of tbe law bo ich those powers would b conferred it was proposed tht tbe ltrvi lieutenant should be further empowered to select two magistrates for iiie purpose of suppressing the meeting and requiring the people immediately to disperse it was proposed moreover to interdict a- ny meeting or association wbich might be interdicted from assembling or n in ilu days paper it will appear iu our maurjed on wednesday evening the jti- nstnr at sheriff macleans by tic- ble the archdeacon of kingston david jo a smith esquire to caroline mritfcitrct grant both of this town f hriory i7th by therevwmmacau- 1 t picton mr john branscom to miss liizdbeth clarke both of hallowell march ut by tbe rev charles b plem- iog v p- ton mr samuel wickham to livs ucy mcdonnell both of sophias- 1 in for the chronicle specisins from polloks course qf time no iv wo have rot lost sight of the course of time although tve have allowed it lie by us unopened for some weeks neither do we wish our readers to lose sight of it yet for a space for this wish we have io our opinion reason passing gnod the truth is were- terminate our specimens from poihik at the point they have at pre sent reached we should terminate them most prematurely we should be doing justice ueitl r tr vir own expressed opinion iftliepoctr- t j ollok nor to the merit of might be suppressed under this act from 4 the production itself upou which we bad adventured u comment it will have been seeu from the speci mens already selected that pollok possesses- a no ordinary satirical vein if one thiug- has been more strongly impressed upou us than another in the perusal of his work it is that if he had confined himself to tin walk of satire he would have trod u witbl a glory rarely if ever surpassed we can not regret however that he chose a differ ent path we cannot regret it either an our own account or on his had he con tented himself with being a writer of sa tires we should never have eujoyed un gratilicatinn we have had in reading lha course oftime and he in all proba bility would not have beeq the happy roan ho evidently was however useful pro ductions of the satirical class may be to the receiving and placing at their cootrnul any monies by tho name of rent or by any other name he thought that moderate peualties would be sufficient for the in fringement of this law and he considered that it would be by no means necessary to propose any measures of a penal nature- loud cheers he was decidedly of opi nion too that the measurs oughtto be limit ed loud cheering the late act was to continue for two years and to the end of the next session of parliament fie pro posed to make the present act of shorter duration loud cheers to limit it to one year and the end ofthe then next ses sion of parliament loud cheers- he- cause he was satisfied that there would ho no objection to continue it if there should he auy necessity for its continuance- the right huo gentleman sat down amidst loud cheering the hi i was read a first time and or dered to be read again oa the ith the following extract from an act pass ed during the hist session ofthe provincial parliani utuf 1 iwer cauali regulating the otfice of sheriff will be found interest- world wo fear rle in ablo to tho i whom hey p ot rftcn little favar- i individual hjr oid elaborated the physician ofthe moral cousritutrobiimm s