thai for many years past large arrears of money ha suffered to remain in the hands of several lospcetors of shop still and tavern license and collectors of customs to the great detriment of the re venue and injury of the public affairs we therefore respectfully request of your ex cellency to remove from office all who may in future after the fifth day of april aud october in each year neglect or refuse to nay into the hands of tho receiver gene- ratall monies due by them for licenses is sued previous to those periods also all collectors who hereafter neglect or refuse in mauner pointed out hy law to pay to tho receiver general all monies collected 1y them and we request of your excellen cy to instruct the proper officer to take the necessary steps to recover the payment of all monies now outstanding in the hands of these officers and upon their neglect or re fusal to supersede them hy the appoint ment of others to discharge the important duties of these ofiices m s bjdweij speaker commons house of assembly 5th february 1830 agreeably to tho order of the day the address to his majesty on tho subject of lowering the duty upon whisky imported from the united states of america into this province was read the third time passed and signed as follows to the kings most excellent majesty most gracious sovereign we your majestys faithful subjects the commons of upper canada in provincial parliament assembled humbly beg leave to approach your majesty and to repre sent that by tho act of your majestys im perial parliament passed on the 2d day of july in the 7til aud 8th years of your majestys reign a duty of one shilling sterling per gallon is imposed upon all spirits imported from the united states of america into this province nod that such duty amounts to a prohibition of american whisky whereby huge quantities thereof arc unlawfully imported in this province and that it is expedient to reduce the said duty to such a sum as will prevent tho de moralizing practice of such illicit trade and afford to this province a considerable revenue which is now wholly lost and flint such duty would be advantageously fixed at 3d sterling per gallon we do therefore humbly entreat your majesty that the said duty on whisky im ported from the united states into this frovinoo may he reduced to tho sum be fore stated as being most conducive to the interests of this province m s indwelt speaker commons house of assembly 5th february 1830 house of assembly feb 3 the kingston benevolent society re lief bill passed and was soot to the hono rable legislative council on question for passing the war suffer ers relief bill the houso divided yeas 21 nays 14 question carried the petition of james west aud 192 others of tho county of dundas praying for pecuniary aid to mako a road from the st- lawrence to the ride a u through the townships of mountain and osgoode tho petition of john s baldwin and 152 others of the town of york praying that the act graotiog 7000 for building a parliament house may he repealed and that a sum not exceeding 2500 may be appropriated for repairing the walls cf tho old building io the east end of tho town the petition of michael ranc and 17 others shopkeep ers id the towo of york praying that the tax on shops may in certain cases be made less the petition of w l whiting and 26 others forwarders and merchants pray ing that relief may be granted them rela tive to duties levied at the cotcau du lac in certaio cases the petition of l hodge- boom and 36 others of the district ofgore praying for nn exteosion of the jurisdiction of tho district courts and that barristers may be limited in their bills of costs the petition of john envio and 38 others and of john almas and 105 others of the dis trict of gore praying for the same and the petition of john goesmac of the ton n- ship of warkham as german agent pray ing the house to legislate for the protec tion of german emigration were read on motion of mr frascr the petition of tho rev john mackenzie and 2006 others of the couoty of gleugary was referred to messrs perry lyons buell and longlcy to report thereon by bill or otherwise the speaker reported having received a commuuication from secretary mudge in- tiuiatiug his excellency the lieuteoant governors ioteotion to prorogue the house ou the 2d day of march proximo mr perry from tho committee to search the journals of the honorable the legisla tive council and report tho proceedings of that honorable house on the appropriating tbirteco thousand six hundred and fifty pounds to the repairs of the roads and bridges throughout the province reported as follows the committee appointed to search the journals of the honorable the legislative council to seo what proceedings have been had by that hcnorablo body upon the bill 6cnt up from the house entitled j 11 au act granting to his majesty a sum off money for the improvement of the roads aud bridges in the province report the following proceedings tracted from their journals the bill was read a second time on wed nesday the 20th january and the house was put into committee of the whole on the same tho committee rose reported progress and asked leave to sit again on the monday following which was ordered onmondiytbe 25th january pursuant to the order tho house was again put into committee of the whole on the same the committee rose reported progress aod ask ed leavo to eit again on the monday follow ing which was ordered on monday tho 1st february pursuant to order the house was again put into committee of the whole on tho same tho committee rose reported progress and asked leavo to sit again on tho fri day following which was ordered all which is respectfully submitted peter perry chairman committee room house of assemblv 5th feb 1830 y mr morris from tho commifteo to wait upon kis excellency the lieutenant go vernor with tho address of this house re questing a statement of imports from the united statesreportcd delivering thesamc nothing he however did not act from such that his excellency has been ploascd t make thereto the following answer- j cull emeu the statements solicited io this address shall bo laid before the house of assembly mr- morris from the committee to wail upon his excellency the lieutenant go vernor with tho address of this house re questing his excellency to remove from office inspectors in ccrtaiu cases report cd delivering thesamc and that 31 is kx feeling he oftereil to yield up the public in terest in the canal because he did not think it just to run the country deeper in debt io borrow money to lend again would look ill in private life rnd in public he thought the principle the same but in conferring this favour ho would o it in a cmcious would not give up the stock i y could appoint four directors to the g dr baldwin wndd eppo thr rco1tionof tho member for kuigtflon hoy wet pounded upon the report ftlio inroctors and not upon the report of thec himiiloc iff hoped members would not further iho prrvhic after bavins yot 1 j57000 he suffiwis in the lata war he hoped the cnj would be fc- mnnuer and show tle opinion oftbis house ed ffoi taxation and oppn an nothing that the canal will prove of vast benefit to would liccivontoinecanttlirtuitiiadliemenns the trade of the country generally without running in dob 1 5a that the as to the mitmer in which the work has tracts lor c pcmnnarv h work were ccllcncy had been pleased to make thereto j ooiv fe iioi 0 xst the following reply tt is b reference to the report of the fftuld not havc cou in fa tftml atl i 1 i t j- 1 a j1i with peculiar cleverness and though ophelia perhaps was rather juvenile for her portion of the performance yet her in teresting appearance irju bo long remember ed hifji life below stairs concluded the evenings amusement and justly excited the applause of the most crowded audience we have witnessed upon any siroilaroccasion gentlemen the suggestions contained in this adtlres shall be acted on iiiuncdiatclv mr leltcrty from the committee to car ry to the honorable llo legislative coon i elcct committed and in it we fitfd the opi- 1 he felt bound to oppose llo rrvrtluiinnsof the uiou of several respectable person- some j hon member for lanak as ell as those pfthe of whom are members of ibis house and j 1o member for kingston phe delay of a year they all agree that the work generally is or two would not have a bad effect i the done in a substantial manner and ibis as cil tho liil to increase the iirahcrnj f much weight espe- ovcsecrs atd ponndkeepcrsinihe soverai nlattv n tstnnn nt these gentlemen inhabit works were defective the sooner they fell through the better a great work cairyhui in london was stopi tor 12 months lor want of fund and we would strenuously recommend the inhabitants of kingston to avail themselves of the opportunity now afforded them of visiting the solar microscope exhibiting in the market place ft magnifying powers exceed all human supposition as may he well imagined when the eye of a cambric needle is magnified to the size ofalatge rican colonies to revolt and ended in the cmi- sionof much kindred blood that although llis process of alienation may be slow unless hastened hy exciting incidents it is not the les9 real you must be well aware sir that i could muliiply quotations of a similar tendency but i will not it is better to consign such events to oblivion nor will i offer such an insult to the on der landing of those who may read this letter as o attempt to disprove the insinuations they contain such allusion arc painful and uncalled for they apply toother time and to other cir- ciuusiaree aud not to us or to the government under which we havc the happiness to live as 1 said before you have an undoubted right and lone i hope that right will continue to exist of publishing whatever you please and am pur- snaded that you will be equally ready to ac- knowledge and rcrpect the right of any individ ual to make such comments upon the conduct of public men and their measures as he think circumstances may require and if i call upon you to reconcile the publication without note o comment of such slanders as i have alluded to on the part of this pi evince to meet the satisfactory as rumours to the contrary had pd no money would be grunted and that the commissioners on the part ofjnwor cnna- indnstrionsly circulated under all directors would have time to submit their a nnrts in a manner satisiaciory to members with da and the mil for the relief of the suiter- circumstances le said he should pcr- ers during he late war with the lnited severe in iris intention to submit the reso- stntcscf america reported delivering the totionsjuat read and he hoped the house same v ould agree to protect this great undcrta- hoitsc ofassttntty fb p kin- hv surrendering tho public claim to mr morris moved that if he resolved moniei loaned 0 this company as alo to that il is the opinion of this house that it the stock in order to raise the value of the would greatly facilitate the despatch of p stock of the company public business and prove exceedingly qjckcnzic asked who were ihcy to atu a for allowing tlx sum oflloo to the nrovincc had 1 at ctaend for a journey to new york convenient to and prove iie members t ceodin if the ive the 75000 which their balance sheet complete betbre they made aroiher application it wo the duty of the house to teach the company a lesson and com pel them to submit their accounts not in the in trieate manner that they now appeared but pro perly balanced he thouchi iie pireetors were improvident in giving l500 to the asent and l300 to the atty general foi their trips to eng- hcreof legislature were in future convened in the 1 iathc canal w not to people ticscchargcs were fafi andwhatwc- rrfnrli rr cntrhr nn i i u rhi lifnco rt 1 i j i travasance uiint not nave in earned on with- mtsmh tlehousedi h s province for they had not more cu comilig im the view of the house viced icas 1j aajs li t 000 stock but to tho stockholders air morris moved that it he resolved in the united states lower canada and that tho speaker he instructed to wait on british government und this houso hisexcclleuey tho lieutenant governor watched over the canal as carefully as they andtocommiirncatc the desire of the house had given money liberally the canal would as expressed ju the foregoing resolutions he hotter off than it wan themannce- ftp which the house divided yeas 10 ftnem of the canal never came fairly hefot isays vi on motion of mr bcthunc that a com- house at all- there should have been from the freenan ffflland canal- a vciy animated dis cussion took place in the assembly ou tuesday last which occupied the entire dnj upon the propriety of voting 25000 in aid 0 1 of tho wetland canal mr- bethune i brought forward a series resolutions the commission appointed by the house to i lsl of whicn was at resolved thai the wellaud canal has been so far completed as to allow tho pas a draft of an address to uis majesty on the removal of the seat mqovernmqt was received and read the first time and order ed for a second reading to inoirovr i from the york ohstrwr wivlland canal ti february mr thompson was opposed to any fur ther grant hut if the house was disposed mittce should be appointed to draft an ad- t evidence and examine the books of dress to hi majesty preying that the t company which were unbalanced scat of government may be removed from there was another bill to enable the com- ov vevselfrom port dalbousivon york ton more secure place the house l t stock but he would not allow r a ri waijmusie on divivt v- 10 wl m v u i- rt oouuow lake ontario to chippawa on the niaga- dnucdcasl i tj u to the prejudice ol the orcsent ra riw abo the kois thereby over- atockholdors lie would not lend lneml t nt i one ehwms oor lake stocc to the amount i naviaiion between lakes erie and outa- ofouc shilling- the- directors knew h n 22 nays mm a ruinous concern tncy would not tn remainder of mr rothuucs scries take stork iu the canal unless to qualify nc nud the two following pro- rjiem for the office ot directors they got j 10sc iv mr joh0 r were adapted ill debt and they want this homo to plunge j unsolved that 25000 be loaned to tho fhe country in debt to estneato them but wehaod canal company provided his ie would notconset r the agent shall advance the 1otb of the sura doorcase every other minute object even to the size of a cheese mile is equally sub- sgssffi ject to a wonderful diaproportioo of its na tural dimensions the jftaiherwv have had fur the last two days a rapid thaw the sleighing how ever as yet has not been much aftected the thermometer this day rose to 60 several typographical inaccuracies crept into our last editorial paragraph on the currency question it ought to havc been slated that the british crown was a legal tender in this province at 5s 9d- and that the french crown passed in tho united states at one hundred aod tiine cents the other errors it is needless to point out to give the sum required he would give was indefatigable aod would start for lon- the stock they held in the hank of upper don and tell the ministers that this pro- canada he thought proper economy was vince was poor from tli3 payment of war not used by the directors they gavo fosses and that it could give nothing and their agent z5g0forgoig to england he- j ho might coax the money from the minis- sides continuing his salary any gentleman ter they ask 25000 to make the ca- wouhl have gone and remained tboro one year for that sum they also gavu to mr nal navigable give it to them and they would lay it out in paying their debts ii j honltoo 7310 for a trip to england jthey owed more money than appeared iu am 7100 for a journey to why were not the directors mi new york- the accounts su limited by them to iic c ccono- house they owed 1400 toa mr thom son the agent said tho men employed by them on tho canal worked as cheap as mical they made several applications and upon each the house was assured that they would not apply again for further j they could get thein to work but not so aid and they now come forward and ask cheap as if they had tho cash to pay them z25000 he had no faith iu the canal for their labour the directors who were he thought it would never pay it would government officers and who had pufchas- be a losing concern and he would sooner cd stock for no other object but thatof make them a present of the 75000 than making them eligible for their offices went advacce another shilling to tho work over once a month lo inspect tho canal mr morris said he hoped the commitcc what could they know about the work would ict rise without coming to an under- j i icrry boolean one of the directors whose standing on the subject of the question now property would he greatly benefitted hy the under consideration members we re as ful- canal if completed would do nothing unless ly prepared as they could be next mooduy ho was well paid hy the company al- moriii tg and hn as ttc rope of the select though he was solicitor general of this province pocketing hundreds a year of the peoples money what were his feelings toward this work what interest had he thcr rector gave him 100 for the jaunt this was the fcrlinj of tho attorney cene- rali and here was the interest bis brother beg leave to as cx- committce vs printed and in posscssoi of every one it would he an act of great in justice to keep tho agents of the company longer in suspense iiiey iil already been moro than four weeks iu attendance and it was high time they knew the fate of their application as to the resolution on the table he regretted to say that he should he under the necessity of voting against it ho said he regretted this because ho fell directors all government officers took in confident that the completion of the wel- land canal would prove of vast he me fit to been most friendly to the undertaking but the prayer of tho petition that the legislature should grant a further sum of 25000 he conceived was raking more than he felt he could in justice to other parts of the province agree to the pub lic funds were already embarrassed in con sequence of the liberality of the assembly iu promoting that woik and the burling ton bay canal indeed they had caused a debt of more than j00tftb and he could not consent to increase that debt for any purpose whatever if said he we have any public money at our disposal the peo ple have a right to expect that tho roads aud other general improvements will no longer be iieglccted there has not been a shilling expended for msny years and the public are dissatisfied that each ses sion should he allowed to pass without af fording them aid at tbc same time should tho house reject the resolution he would submit a scries of resolutions which he con ceived would benefit ihc company without adding to our difficulties should the house grant the 2500 the canal will have cos 330090 pounds the interest of which is 18000 aud who can suppose that the revenue of tho canal in our day will after paying the expense of keeping tho works in repair and paying the people whohavechargo of it yield anything like a respectable dividend to tho stockholders therefore the more you increase the whole cost of the undertaking the less will be tho return forjnst iu the same proportion you diminish the value of the stock ho would recommend in order to enhance its value to extinguish a certain proportion of tho cost aod this was tho already expended and appropriated fof the completion of the wellaud canal pursu ant to the despatch ofearl bathurst aod theact grounded on it entitled an act to entitle the president aud directors of the wellaud canal compauy to accept an aid from his majestys government towards tho completion of the said caual aud to se cure to his majesty tho free use thereof yeas 21 nays 10 resolved that the further expenditure on the work be limited to the completion of the communication between lako onta rio aud the river wellaud without further legislative provision and that no expendi ture from this appropriation be made until the condition of the deep cut shall bo ex amined and reported to his excellency hy persons appoined for that purpose yeas 24 nays 1g the chro kingston feb 20 1830 since our last publication we have bad no arrivals from england we areconse- cvinccd in the concern he went to en- quenly uuable to furnish our readers with land and he charged 320 for going t auv political intelligence nor is it probable he went to cwork and the ii- f v in the prescntstato of the world that much tins canal the committee ought to repro bate him for taking these sums aud tho 1 o government of england had a mortgage on i decanal they would not give a shilling until the repayment of it was secured and if they do not ict their money when it is due they would of messrs oconnell and shiell ne likely daii the whole canal if the british government t0 distinguish them as much in paitiamcnt- wer careful of their monies why should this nry debate as in popular harranguo re mains yet to be proved we oily hope could be expected- the eyes of all nations will naturally be turno i to tho opening of tho imperial parliament when the trpra- j before wo ucver knew ilic kinaslonians the following address was delivered at the commencement of tho performance at the garrison theatre last evening vliat met again so many of our friends i see tho cant condemn good sense defends oh fortunate not yet left in the lurch spite of sccedcrs and a mongrel church preaching damnation to all such as say that viruc may be taught a pleasing way morality forsooth aye theres the rub most baneful when not published from tub yiv eff one uan- roiu couicufe inc uidt but taste avert such vile monopolies u i t sheme w fi me ffentlc eye of sfiuth with drops cf sacred sympathy 7 sue drops as from the holy fountains how ofharts that mingle in anothers woe witi sweet ophelia 13 it sin to sigh orlime to mourn old lears agony or vastc a tear on poor fidelias crave benft of lconatus pood and brave preentina good and ill tho skilful muse teaches alike to shun and how to choose thiik you a maid thai weeps cordelias fate shal curse with gonerill or with regan hate chatte and devoted portia shall a dame thy fall lamenting stain a matrons name vh sees ambition ii its terrors shown and sighs for richards blood polluted throne orvho would purchase with kind duncans death a hngdotn ad the murderess macbeth aid if indeed ouv present scene displays sore character that merits little praise now sure will copy what the public eye condemns the bard consigns to infancy wegive you hamlet soldier prince and friend respect his sultringe and your voices lend grave one short evening for the royal dane yiu may not look upon his like again a the commercial bank of upper caua- da teems to meet with the approval of the legislature in as great a degreo as its most satgume supporters could expect in the lover house the hill for a charter is ex pected to pass hy a sweeping majority sorae say without a dissenting voice it is saidthat io tho upper house the opposi tion to it will be slight if any certaio grumblers who are ever ready to charge tho legislative council with opposing the wishes of the people in every thing would insiuuate that as most of tho lords have an utcrest in tho bank of upper canada the will vote against the bill wo shall believe this only when wc see it and not tiou of the new bill will bo illustrated and wohavr nn douht fltrvc mnasiws hmo- cd to tranquillize the only scene oidiscord in the british empire whether tic talents was the extent to which his resolutions went here mr iu read them it might be said in opposition to such u scheme that making the company a present of tho provincial stock and loan would injure the credit of the enterprise hut ho believed tllo result would provo o- t her wise such an act of generosity on the part of upper canada would in ail likeli hood induce the sister colony to follow the example and in this way the stock would at once take tho market and tho private individuals who have embarked their capi tal in it have ii prospect of receiving some return for their money thosowho think the canal will never pay cannot surely op pose such a proposition for in fact ac cording to their opinicn it would begivin- drotfncc be lavish of theirs what pood could this rovirro cot by surrendering l75000 lo mr yatfg of new vok none if tho house wonll let the canal alone and if ihey would nays resolutions stating that they could notaobrd turliirr aid and lccoirmcrd it to his majestys sovttnnent and to he government of lower canada they would do soinctliing for the compa ny their interests wore involved in the canal and they possessed he means of completing the woil he would appoint 3 shrewd men com- mistiorers to ro over and examine the work and it proceedings every thing this province has undertaken in the way of public rmprovercnl haslallrd and the cause of tlicse failures should be inquired into let the books of ho company ta wore never balanced be examined and sec wltciher thev were right or vronff from the manner tho books were kept it was impossible for thr compiiitce to examine thenvtftd he thousht the directors were censumbie for their rrelect a mr cordon brothoin law to tho compa nys acnt stated in the public newsfapers that mr keefer one of the lrrco- promised accnais contract to n individual if he htoum givchhr part of the profit that would arise com it and this charge remained unanswered there was another charge of similar ki id made by mr clowes it was impciblc to invcsiate there charge owing to th absence of m gordo and mr clowes this canal which was com menced bv speculators jock s1co000 from the pockets cf the people and the diiectors had but s000 in tlie concern and hew did the house and that fervently that ere long iio irish character will redeem itself from the stain that nearly thirty years of disquiftudehas almost rendered indelible hour if all were right the bocks would have been balanced and a they were not balanced as thu committee could not say whether they wcr right or wrong these were reasons smliei- cnt i reject their application the debt of the piovficewas ll0000 and ft they improved the road the money musl be borrowed they must borrow money to build a pcnctcntiary and for lh the amateurs of tho 79th highlanders performed to a very crowded and iisbiona- blo audience on tuesday evening the mclodrama of guy laiannerinr the play was under the immediate puronage of the honorable capt and airs byog and ic performers generally acqnitrd them selves to the public satisfaction the en tertainment consisted of tho liughablc farce of miss in her teens ani though we are not particularly favorable x farces of this character we arc persuaded that eve ry person retired from this amusiig scene with a full realization of their utnost ex pectations from the successful efforts of the various performers so njamnjousoqony subject before com ru d 1 1 i i v to hucu c thomson esqoire editor of the upptr canada herald sir during your absence last year it was frequently remarked that the herald assumed a tone much more hostile to the government than usual and that its conductor labored with more than ordinary zeal to represent every thing in great britain and her colonics in the worst pos sible point of view i must beg to call yonr par ticular attention not only to the matter but al so to the manner in which the pro tern conduc tor cf jour journal endeavored to effect his ob ject it was not by an open and avowed expres sion cf hatred to our institutions and a declara tion in favor cf those of the united states like the editor cf the colonial advocate no he adopted a more insidious coarse and week after week selected with a delicacy and tenderness truly aflcctionatefrom british opposition journals strong passages of remonstrance evidently wiit- tonin moments of irriaion extracts from violent newspaper paropraphsagain3tthc imperial colo nial and east india governments and to crown allelic ebullitions of a pack of unprincipled declai- incrssuch as hunt andcobbet were crammed in to our ears much against the stomach of our sense and palmed upon us as containing the opinions of the great body of reflccfinjr people at home nnd these things savs sir walter seottmay bo deemed by some to be the ebul litions of the fasliion of the day carried to excess but like tho foam on the crest of the billow they also nrfue the depth fc the strength of the waves ben cathin significant in thenselvcsare formid able asvincing tho contempt with which those forms usagec arc regarded which werconce so much venerated yes mr thompson a straw bast evenmg the gentlemen composing will shew us which way the windblown as we know that the sums charged were expended if ihy give less than l50000 ihey cannot go on ijsstft i ouse which is capable of contoningan 1 ncy nau not proper accounts to submittothe the naval aud military amateurs perform ed shakspcarcs tragedy of hamlf- the he fiuilmriton bay canal j and how were they o biw it when ihey stated in the early part i he sion thai ihcy had no confidence in the immenso number was crowded rimost to excess to witness this interesting and af fecting performance we regret that we are unablo from the circumstance of our publication this day aud the pres- of mat ter which demanded a precedent in our columns lo do justice to the merit of each e in tl i individually wo cau oiy say i c inter- tiat tno kin looked and acted hisrart with uov jnment none ofihe directors i oah bty h sl0d w hivfin j tho utmost skill and regal dignity hamlet it vx hit the alt- jeneral and it anncared n t from the accounts ffubinittcd the sort of wtcrral universally acknowledged the best dis play by a gentleman of that difficult char acter that we havc yet seen tolous la ertes and horatio distinguished themselves i capil andthry highly the pages discharged ilieir offices he f t tor tho concern he would not stir i hich without pocketing lle money of the canal as to lwe of the bark stock the lislafivo coiirnl would never sell vhtat was paid i by il tjovcrnment w as a vane that you have a rishtto publish suh communications no one will deny but with the bane give na the antidote also such extracts have a tendency to deceive the people intoablief that the bntish government is op pressive and unjust unless they arc contradicted iney do little harm in england because the mass of the people see both sides of the question but this is not the case in upper canada and consc- quently such extracts havc found too ready a welcome and obtained too much credit it would swell this communication too much to enter into particulars but i cannot forbear ad verting to the course pursued by your industrious coitcspondcntsthe pitts chathams and me- mentos are alluded to whose weekly communi- tr nscri at one time we arc told that the duke of wellington taun p iwj n tw nic r f ivin johnson jim coniujneltona manner described us as the inhahmansofa distinct colony situated on a 0cgn frontier at another that hc ba- fhuwrysu of cotomsl policy pursued hero the sam v- tha whicfcdrovn thitee amc with those principles of loyalty and impartiality which you say claim to and which 3011 would justly deem it an insult to be suspected of not possessing it is because i am not able to do so without your assistance the ylcm pursued last year dating yen ab sence lias been again adopted and the herald of the 10th instant contains sundry extracts and an editorial article to which i bca o call your attention an american editor it appears has received a letter from his correspondent detailing the most horrible accounts of distress and misery in england according to this statement thous ands of people am obliged to subsist upon two pence or three pence per day nay nearly a thousand in one piece leeds if i mistake not have only a halfpenny a day each to buy clothes foci and fuel the person who edits ycur pa per says this u not local and that the pic ture is truly lamentable all over the country all this misery he attributes to tho unnatural system in politics pursued by the impeiial gov ernment of course and wc arc told that this tim is the awful time when the hurricane rages and the ship fut approaches the dreadful brac- kcra ahead there was a time was a time yes it is printed in the past tense when the elder pit or fox might havc done something to repair the shattered baik but it seems that time has passedthe destruction of our country is inevitable his hurstinp heart doubtless could not bear the picture of distress that his fancy hud draw for a hope is expressed that provi dence mav have something in store or that old bulow or bluchcr neither know nor care wufcli lor iougn alu is aluacu to aicy come to wellingtons assistance and save him and his country from ruin now sir i deny that great britain is in the situation here described she isnotlhank godconvertcd into a lazar house of woe and suffering take the population of great britiinfrom the sovereign to the beggar and take that of the united states from the pre sident to the slave and the population of the for mer will be found equal in all respects and vastly superior in many to the population of the latter these pictures of distress are always too highly colored for as the clerayman observed to general garth people will not give money unless we make out an extreme case it is impossi ble that such distress should exist the parish must support the poor if it has the means if not it must conic upon the hundred and the hundred if necessary must come upon the county when the miners of the county of cornwall were working for sixpence a day they also received three shillings and sixpence a week each fom ihc parish but the parochialaid was never men tioned during the discussion which took place in parliament or in any of the newspapers when the wages they had to work for was stated in the second place i deny if this distress did cxit that it can be attributed to the unnatural politics of the government there are three cheeks upon population vice misery and moral restraint and it has been proved beyond the pos sibility of doubt thatjet a country be ever so well governed if the people increases faster than the means of sab istencc misery must fellow there is no limit to the increase of population if blessed with health food but there is a limit to the de mand for human labor if the one increases fas ter than the other misery will follow but it is produced by a natural cause and not by the unnatural poliiics of the british govenmcn tsxb and politics nave nothing to do wih the misery alluded tc but the over productions of a stnplus population and american tarirfs may let a national bankruptcy which some take so much pleasure in anticipating tckc place to morrow let the taxes be reduced the full amount of ihc annual interest of the deb let a guideline be erected at charing cropland let ihi gentlemen in cork jackets and all those cold blooded wctchesand men of besotted minds who have beer ever ready to stake life and po- ncrry in mnort of this vrnfttnul system hkpithjk ihkiam wretchedness to the prophesies put forth in the edioiid ar tide in question as to the inevitable destruction that awaits our venerable mother country and to the slanders indirectly cast upon those men who have supported that unnatural system in politics which have raised her to the highest pinnacle of human greatness and glory i shall reply in the language of one of the most clcqiicnt and be writers of the present day who that remembers the predictions of but twenty aye but ten years since is to believe ia the judg ment cf the now there is no denial that the dangers we havc passed through were of the most fearful menace that no language could exaggerate the hazard that no bending of the whole colossal fiamc of england to close the gates against the rush and assault of the french domination could be too sudden or vigorour but is this to degrade our sense of the preserva tion or to convert us into idolaters round those who never strove nor triumphed except at the success of our enemies when we shall beia our graves the day through wluch we have lived will be rememhered and commemorated as the proudest period of british glory our children and our childrens children will havc the leaders of our time familiar in their mouths as house hold names they will visit with the religion of a prilgrimage every corner of the fold not p trench bat will be honored for the memory of the hearts that once stood there not a monument in that great campaign of political triumph but will be hung with the fresh honors and tributes of posterity but falings like tlicse arc not for the race which now molest us i have the honor to be sir yours respectfully an englishman ernest town feb 16th 1830 for the kingston chronicle the infants funeral no warhoise neighd no funeral plume vvavd over the body they bore no martial music broke loud on the ear yet hearts were full and pore no trumpet sounded its funeral blast no martial colours were oer him cast few were they who followed the dead and little of earth hed seen for the spirit was suddenly calld away too sudden from carlh was taen and followd the dead both silent and aad its patents in mournful garments clad and four fair youths bore the infants pall and other four carried him slow to its narrow dark coll whcc the beggar and kin a the aged and the young must go anil softly and slow where the willow trees weep they uil down the infant in peace to sleep o p q