constitutional principles for i contend that wc enjoy a greater share of freedom and liberty tlian any state that ihe union can boast of without having abovo one third of the taxes to pay this sir is a truo statement and when the rideau canal shallbe open mid tens of thou sands more british fanners and tradesmen come to settle among us we shall in this part of the province have atut more substantial prosperity than wc now enjoy- to the editor if the kingston chronicle sir in your remarks on my last letter you seem lo think you have got me between the horns of an inextricable dilemma by asking of what would wish the legislative council to he compos ed or how i would alter its constitution so a to afford general satisfaction ac rendefit popular you admit then that that hon body docs not s general satisfaction and that it is not popular thefact was sufficiently notorious before still it is something to hear a man of unquestionable loyalty and a atrenuous advocate for the existing order of things although unwillingly acknow ledge it now i conceive this unpopularity of the council can arise only from either of two causes the ignorance of the people and their blindness lo the excellence of that body and the propriety of the manner in which it is appointed or on the other hand to some inherent defect in the original constitution of it and its having utterly failed in answering any valuable consti tutional purpose the people dislike the mode in which the council is appointed it is but natural they should do so it is not to bo expected that the people of upper canada would with satis faction see a branch of their legislature chosen by the executive and under its complete control and direction but the question is how is the ovil to be remedied of what description of men ought the council to be composed i answer of men possessed of sound general information known integrity loyal and independent princi ples you will surely allow that a sufficient number of such men is to be found in the pro vince to form a respectable and efficient upper house the history of all constitutional govern ments demonstrating the utility and even abso lute necessity of an upper house to serve as a barrier between the democratic pert and the ex ecutive in the british constitution the higher orders of society form this important branch it being one of the peculiar excellencies of that constitution that it contains a gradation of rank exactly corresponding to that natural gradation of classes always to be found in a highly civilized old established and wealthy state but sir this province is differently circumstanced from the parent state and it will i think require hut little observation to convince any person that every form of the constitution which may be ad mirably adapted to us particular state may here be altogether inapplicable here wc have no natural aristocracy out of which lo form a house of peers without which aristocracy the king can no more form a peerage than the impression of his countenance on a piece of lead would cause it to pass for the same value as a piece of silver of the same weight by the common consent of mankind does actually pass for of this the framers of our constitutional charter were suffi ciently aware and consequently they did not commit the absurdity of attempting to create a canadian peerage a measure gravely recom mended by your once favourite correspondent one of the people but as they wished as nearly as possible to mako our constitution a utiiv m iiiik nntimilimi lhc adopted the present mode of appointing the council considering it no doubt more onola- gous to that in which the british house of peers is formed than any other they could devise that the mode of appointment is similar i admit but that the result is in any respect i utterly de ny the fact of the matter is sir that it was no more than an experiment which has failed in producing any other result to the province than saddling it wita a useless oligarchy that the experiment should fail ought to be matter of wonder to no person considering how ignorant the framers of the constitution must necessarily have been of the state of the province but that some men should be so utterly averse to all inno vation on the constitution of ihe council might be indeed matter of surprise if wc did not know who they were and by what mottoes ihey were actuated they themselves as a matter of course maintain lhat they arc the only loyal patriotic set of men in the province and do not fail lo stigmatize all who are opposed to them as disloyal and disaffected persons but as to the question of the mode in which the members of ihe council should be chosen i answer simply by the people i know of no other in any degree likely to answer the desired purpose or to give general satisfaction to the people and if you mr editor know of any better mode 111 ven ture lo say that you will render more service to the country by stating it than all the empty noi sy brawling socalled loyalists can do it in fifty years 1 freely admit that i should not like to seethe members of the council chosen by the same people who choose the members of the house of assembly as in that esse the council would be only a second house of assembly al though 1 maintain thnt that would be infinitely preferable to what it nou is but that would be avoided by altering the qualifications for voter for the council what the exact qualification should be i will not pretend to say it is a question of degrea and as such is involved in some difficulty as however the good govern ment and tranquility of the province depends upon the settlement of it i maintain that it is the duty of every wellwisher to the province to endeavor to ascertain il for although my ut most ingenuity cannot alter the construction of ihe council the voice of the people will and that at no very distant period either i do not tra duce the council mr editor i merely pcak the truth concerning if and will continue to do so even if it savours so much of 4- independence as to cause you doubt of my absolute legitimacy ir obt servt a british subject foreign news from the files of the albion by the calcdoniu reform opinions of the press mornino herald y raised against earl grey of lam sir you the emigration of the ensuing season will bo larger than over and of a superior description pince weulthy and inllueunal individuals are of fering tu send out refutable emigrants cost free the outcry raised against earl urey by some of tho mora lutemperate reform journals for not inuodating the house of lords with newly created peers for the purpose of securing ihe success of ihe re form bill appears lo us to bo equally un just nud unreasonable it is unjust be cause those who raiso tho outcry do not know whether there will eventually be any necessity for a creation of peers at all it is unreasonable because itdemaods at all hazards a certain evil shall ho inflicted on ihe country with the view to the attain ment of a good which it might be the very means of defeating fur who can say that if lord grey were at preseoi to create a uumher of new peers lo eosure the success of his reform measure it might not so dis gust the independent supporters of the rill in the upper house as to cause them to de sert the nioki of a ministry that bad be come so enslaved to popular clamour as to make it impossible for their aristocratic supporters lo contioue faithful to iheir cause without consenting to tho degrada tion of their own order if wo thought lord greys reform it a much more pure and perfect specimen statesmanship than we really do yet we should liko to see it carried only by honest and constitutional means we do not hold that maxim either in policy or morals thai evil may be done that good may come of it tho evil is certain the good is con tingent if the boundaries of the constitu tion may be passed for the purpose or un der tho pretence of reforming abuses in the state thoy may also be passed for the pur pose of subvening the state itself m what today is fact tomorrow is doctrine says a great political writer- let lord grey croate tomorrow it tnoh of mushroom peei for the purpose of carrying the reform kill aod the precedent will hereafter be pleaded to sanction the worst desigos that a bad and ambitious minister could entertain a gaiost the independence of parliament or the liberties of the people it has been said that because ihe king has tho power of creating an unlimited number of peers therefore it is not uncon stitutional to create any number that his majestys ministers thiok necessary to se- curo tho triumph of the reform bill this is a mistake aud in practice would ho of ihe most dangerous consequences inas much as it would opurnto to the virtual abo lition of tho house of lords aod conse quently to the destruction of one of the three estates of which our constitution is composed how then can that be con stitutional which has the effect of annihila ting one of the component parts of the constitution tho king bas the right of creating any number of peers he pleases because as ihe fountain of honor the constitution reposes in him unlimited con- 6deuco that he will not abuse that great trust but exercise it in purity of purpose for the reward of ernioent services aod lo repair tho losses which timo occasions iu tho rauks of tho aristocracy so that ihe number of member of the upper house may neither bo scanty or redundant if they should be too ftw there caooot bo sulhcieot attendance for the adequate dis- chargo of the legislative labours of the up per house if ihey should be too many the honours of tho peerage will sink iu public estimation the creation of a batch of peers to overrule the deliberate freedom wiiiu illjubu uoluixjt ru mi v ihtriluuiur u cation is in reality an abolition of the upper house pro tempore aod by being often repeated may lead the couutry i como to the conclusion that a house of lords is only a useless pageant and its prnceediugs a solemn farce morning he raid times feb 28 we published yesterday a version of lord harrowbys letter to his tory friend the contents of that document were cal culated to convince every friend of re form the necessity of keeping a watchful eye upon the movements of their oppo nents aod we have no doubt that the knowledgo of his lordships views will have that effect wo now waro the hop est supporters of the rill that other dan gers overhang the measure and wo cag- linn all true reformers in ihe house of commoos against absenting themselves from their posts when lord cbandos in troduccs his notable scheme for getting rid of the metropolitan members treachery aod weakness aro at work even in the camp of the reformers themselves am their first efforts will he directed agaiott this essential part of the measure an ac live canvass led by the son of a noble duke was we understand carried on a yesterday for the purpose of obtaioiob votes in favour of the motioo of lord chap dos the members applied to were a sured that the ministers were lukewarm on this point nay they were even told that to vote in favour of the motion of lortf chaodos would be considered as no ac ceptable service to the government fok tuoately however the persons to whon were given knew ihi and that instead of the g inclined to give way o this point the most urgent application had been made to the supporters of the bi to attend io their places and defeat the ai tempts of the nuble lord to get rid of thi taj provision of the measure ivow w tho reformers that amoog the per- who cooducted this canvass ther were some who profess to bo supporters of the bill and wo warn theso traitors ty their trust that the eyes of their const tu- eots and the whole body of reformers bolt in aod out of parliament will be fixed up- on their conduct tonight in tho debate up- on tho motioo of lord chaodos- rut ihe intrigues of mischief workiog we are willing to believe upon well mean- ing weakness have not slopped at this do vice another trick has beon resorted to aud foremost amoog those who are coo dueling this new raaoceuvrewo agaio find tho same busy personage of whom wc have already spoken as leading the can vass yesterday for votes in favour of lord chandos the object of this othor scliomo is to procuro tho signature of mombers lo a written declaration which binds tho sub scribcrs to support on the return of rill to tho houbo of commons certain a- mendtnents which it i preloaded arc an ticipated from tho pari of the lords there is already handed about for signa ture a paper couched in these terms lo the event of the lords making some slight j altcratious in the hill such n expunging the metropolitan mtmbcrs uttering and a- dapting the iualifctition to different towns retaining schedules and b with two or three alterations of borouglts will you sigu a declaration to support the biu as amen ded on its return we have tho number ay aud the oames too of tho reformers who have been seduced into puttiog their names to this do cument aod we would publish them at uoce but lhat wo are convinced that their signatures must have been obtained by some such grossly fraudulent misrepre sentation as thai by which it was hoped to eoirap votes io favour of the motion of lord chandos wo content ourselves therefore for the present with a bare reve lation of the nature of the plot reflection aod the views contained in lord harrow bys leitcr may open the eyes of these de luded victims of antj reforming craft but if not if the exertions of government be paralysed by the desertiou of their frieods and if tho representatives of the people prove false to their trust then let those who have the power stay the tide of so sweep ing aod so searchiog a reformation of par ly arranged and which arc now iu pro gress of being classed into couoty and ba ronial districts tho signature fill two thousand sheet of parchment each skin measuring two feet three inches so that the whole address extends in length 1000 feet being within u few yards of an eo- glish mile these skins hive been stitch ed together and mounted on a roller at tached tu wheels two feet in width and uinc in diameter and io that state it will be rolled into the presence of 11m majes ty god send that the facts detailed in the address and the truth of the grievan ces set forth as testified by the signatures of those who aro ready to lay dowo their lives in vindication of their faith mayo- perateupon the royal mind aod opcu the eyes of our mooarch to the dangers with which bis protestant subjects and through them tho protestant constitution are be set colo mai west lnmrs we have received files of tbe bahama argus of the 24th march sir j carmichael smith ihe governor of bahamas dissolved the house of assembly on the 2 4th ult- aud informed that body that the dissolution would be followed up by tho reumptiou of an unquestionable nod constitutional right of tho crown a controul over the civil list of the colony which he adds ought not to depend upon liamenlary corruption as may justify the apprehension even of those coosequeoces annual v of ihe legislature which are iosanely attributed to that whole some measure of reform now before the legislature aod which has already been coquetted with looger perhaps than yet may turn outtobeprudeot london feb 7thc tongws yes terday those exhibitions of extravagance under the name of the display of the tongues which have for some time been enacted at the caledonian church in re gentsquare were brought to an unexpected and satisfactory conclusion at their com hl8ucwflflk caftteif npoo rfts trustees for the horp of tbetr native land aod for the reputation of their notional establishment these assurances ihey were false government boim warn sons to shut up chapel and we have rea son to belfr t ihese gentlemen took im mediate sfp l comply with our recom mendation- but as they were responsible lo the subscribers anj l00ther parties in terested fr the management of a mass of property mounting to more than 20000 it could nv be expected that they cnuld act on th unassisted suggestion of their own feelns or without taking tbe best leal arivitg which ihey could command both with inspect to he extent of their rights aud the am liabilities that advice v did not authentically obtain till within fortnight it fully warran ted thorn w shutting up church aod al- lowing the reverend miracle worker and supporter of tongues lo apply for his remedy to tho court of chancery if he thought himself aggrieved by their interfer ence a notice f is opinion was given to mr irving vmk along with an iotimaiion lhat it wo e more agreeable lo bit for mer frieoi hat ho should withdraw volun tarily ihi hat he should have the door shut in hi lacc the intimation has fortu nately bee successful according- mr- irving yesterday no- oouucedtf ho small portion of his old re spectable eoogregaiioii whn have adopted ihnrw junmviviiri- that this would be the las lm3 u which he would ho ablo to add res hem from tho pulpit of tho ca ledonian church the performances on tho tongues male aud fctnalo must ed on a different stagcaod to adiffercot au dience tho dispersed flock as they cannot meet in tho old fold were exhorted to assemble at their pastors house till a oew place of gathering should be obtained and there we leavo tho professors and abettors of such faoaticalor hypocritical nuisances we can now state from excellent au thority that it is the piesent expectation of the cabinet to he able without any fresh creation to carry a majority in iho house ot lords in favour of the second reading of the reform rill we are rather inclined to hope that this expectation may be real ised ooy however under the full persua sion that the peers in committee will make the bill so very different a thing from what it now is that iis u own father will not know tho child of his affection zondoniorrf we believe there is not the slightest prospect of any more than one bishop be ing at preseot nominated for british in dia the fate of the four individuals who in tho meridian or decline of life have suc cessfully gone out and perished seems to poiot to the fact that uoless the coosttiiu tioo has been inured from early life to a tropical climate it cannot generally ui- dure it aod this fact points forward to a- oother that therejwould be great propriety iu making the selection of bishop of india from some of the respectable chaplains whose residence in tbe country from ear ly life has at once seasoned thorn to the climate and given them an experience of the state and necessities of tho country which no new man can possibly possess where should wo find at the present momeot so suitable a bishop for india as the rev archdeacon corrio london 5 canada record wo understand that the number of ves sels prpariug to sail for caoada at the o peuiog of the seasoo boti in london and the outports is great beyond all prece dent 6 protista wts of irelanls address to the kjvg from the dublin evening mail of maudij the earl ofaden left this moroiog fur loodou being tfe bearer of tho address to tho king from tho protes- taots of ireland bis lordship being ono of the ooblcmen deputed to present the same to his most gracious majesty this is tje most important declaration in the way of a public manifestation that perhaps was fi ver laid at the foot of any throne iu tho christian world it couiaius tho solemn declaration of two hundred and thirtysix thousand men devoted to the constitu tion and determined lobe free this ad dress dos not contain a siugle signature to which tho resilience aud post town of tho party is nut affixed aud for tho last three ffteks upwards of twenty clerks have been incossautly employed iu tran- tho scribing the names into books alphabetical et officio informations have heeo 6led against the editor of the bahama argus for a libel on the governor u w uun mh democd to imprisonment a jury com posed of black aod while meo aud there are no less than five other prusecuiious of a similar kind hanging over lhj head as well as two each over nine individuals on the island in tho island of pomijca the samo mode of procedure has bec resorted to by the governor agniust indiv u there in the wand ol si- iticia distraction prevailed amounting almost to civil war business wus ontiroly suspnded the mer chants and shopkeepen refused to open their shops the governor laid anembargo oo all vessels in port aod caused some in dividuals to be arrested because they had written to martinique that a draft oo tho government in england w hich he had sent thither for the purchasr of provisions would not be accepted and in cousequence of which iho governor of martinique refu sed to cash the bill or sulver pruvisioos to be shipped the governor then issued a proclamation commaodim tho inhabitants to npeo their shops whirh they uaturally disregarded matters itouldseern were proceeding to extremities for the papers say that canuon were pouted io such a position as in command the town when some orders from england iuduced tho go vernor io retract aod for the raomeut no- thiog serious ensued tho sole causo of all llua dissatisfactioo and discontent is the orders transmitted from england in regard to the slave po pulation tho orders on tho same subject from friloce have also caused no little dis content and distress io martinique and guadaloupe n 7 cour and enq from the york courier prksentation or a skrvick of plate to captain richardson the humane and spirited conduct of aptain richard son of the steamor canada and of the seamen under his command during the last season io their successful exertions on several pccouyns io rescuing parsons from drowning lant coodutt 9utn schooner prescoti wreckci at m en iranca of iho harbor io appv often been gratefully remc inhabitants of york il was p the high estimation eutertincil of laudable exertions should be expressed by requestiog captain richanm maoccpi of a silver tea service wbch might be used on iho table of the cauda with suit able inscriptions and placing at hs dspo and particularly hl vwj ftftl luci iu savin- l0 crew of tin m irtt ivrrii at the en iberci a by ihe oposcd that their le inscriptions sal a sum to he divided am og ihe who assisted him on these occ ftsionfc this proposition men being v y generally i concurred io tho presentation of tho plate together wilh an address wn b de of the inhabitants entrusted to t honorable aod venerable the archdeaicoo of york and tho hooorable tho chiojf justice to gether with the honorable kk mcgill crookshank aod mcdonald a threc of the oldest inhabitants of the to tho service consists of ii silver tea pot sugar bason and cretm jug with tongs aod spoons the ihree larger arti cles having the following insci presented to hugh richardson esq master of the sieamer canada by the in habitants of york io upper canada in testimony of their warm approbation of hid intrepid and humane conduct io rescu ing persons from drowning oo several oc- casioost uuder circumstances ofiuimineut peril 9th april 1832 these were presented io cpw ricli- ardson on board the canada on monday morning a purse of 30 iheiog ac same lime placed in his hanids with a re quest that it might be divjcd at hi dis cretion amoug ihe meu who shared wiih him in the perils to which lif gallaut conduct exposed them the following is tho add re to captain richardson on the presentation of the plate which was delivered by the honora ble tho chief justice accompaoied by the hooorable gentlemen cnentioimed above to gether with captain richardsons reply to hugh richardson jesqutitti master of the steamer canada york sir iu behalf of a large mumber of tho inhabitants of york aud for ourselves we request your acceptance of some articles of plato which arc of small value other- wise than as they serve to rercord the high sense which your towusiucn entertain of the manly and humane coudiuct so charac teristic of a british seaman which you havo exhibited on several occasions iu res cuing persons from drowuioig uuder cir- cumtauccs of great danger aod particu larly in saving by a very gnmlant exertion the crow of the schooner prescoti wrecked last year in iho entrance of tints harbor in a tempesiuuus moroiug of whucli ibis is the anniversary good wishes of the inhfebitnnls of this town for your success aod happiness john b- robinson johr syracm john mcgill go croorshank alex- mcdonald york upper caoada 9th april 1832 captain richardsons reply gentlemeo 1 beg you will accept and al low me to convey through you 10 the inha bitants of york my grateful acknowledg ments for the very flattering ruauoor in which they have been pleased to express their approbation of ray cooduct accom panied by a present of valuable plate for assisting in rescuing from drowuiog seve ral of my fellow creatures and when i see tho high and venerable persons who have condescended to be the organs to con fer this honor on me 1 can easily imagine by my own feelings what gave such ines timable value to the simple wreath of the ancieots not to feci pride upon thisoc- casiou would ho a libel upon human na ture to the skill and scamanlike conduct of my boats crews i owe much of my success am particularly in the case of the prejcutl a reliance upon their iikill firmness ando- bedience disarmed the undertaking of much of its peril i am happy to have this opportunity of publicly acknowledging the many heavy obligations i am under to the inhabitants of york aod uoder the guidaoce of divine providence 1 trust i shall never prove un grateful hugh richardson 9th april j 832 f moil thiothtrafe mredutft is from the sandwich paper shocking occurrence to the editor of the canadian emigrant dear sir i was called upon on sun day morning the 18th instant to attend at baldoon in tho township of sombra to hold an inquest on the body of thomas drouillard who was killed on the evening before by john reynolds when i got to the house of j reynolds about seveo oclock io the evening of the same day i found reynolds aho dead 1 shall now attempt to give an account of the shocking occurrence on saturday morning the 17ih inst thomas drouillard came to the house of mr w jones about daybreak apparently io a groat fright aod told mr jones that someone was after him to kill him as soon as mr jooes got up aod made some enquiry of said d found him not to be in his right mind air jones asked him what the matter was his an swer ifbs nothing only he had a great deal of trouble with his brother mr jones told me he said a great deal to him with a view to calm his mind among the rest he said to him if i send for your brother to come here aod see you will you be recon ciled aod make up all differences between you hesaid he would howeverdrouil- lard did not wait for his brother to come but after a while slipped out aod took lo the woods mr jooes called to him but he would not stop mr jooes aod two or three others followed after him through the woods aod swamps for three or four hours but all to no purpose they could not over take him after which mr laughlin mdougal took up the chase with two or three oiher the woods and wamps but could not overtake him drouillard from his own house oo walpole island where he lived must have travelled a dis tance of at least teu or twelve miles through tho woods and swamps before he came out at the bouse of john reynolds where the shocking deed was perpetrated the examination of mrs reynold wife o j reynold said when ho drouillard came tn their house it was about 5 oclock p m her hus band was not very well he was in bed drouillard commenced talkiog with her and as she thought apparently calm enough but complained of beiog very much agita ted mrs reynolds was acquainted with d but her husband was not much she asked him what was the matter he an swered that he had a great deal of trouble with mr that the peoplo of baldoon we be- to convey io you tho were all cursed aod that he was going to change places she said the family were ool at all alarmed although i appeared to be crazy at times noother persoo was io the house but reynolds herself aod the children she said she went to bed early io the evening that she bad taken a sleep when she was awoke by tbe noise of a scuf fle between bcr husband and drouillard her husband called to her and said that drouillard had stabbed him mortally oo getting up she saw reynolds down oo the floor aod drouillard over him holding him by the hair of the head with one hand aod a knife in the other she put her koee oo one arm whilst reynolds wrenched the knife out of bis hand and threw it away from him drouillard then dragged rey nolds towards a corner in the bouse where there was an axe which he got hold of witness seized the aze drouillard flndiog be could ootget it away from her seized an other axe near hand and then drew reynolds near to it she also seized that ooe by the handle which prevented him from striking her husband with it drouil- x j lard then got dowo by the side of her bus- 1 baod oo the floor with his knees oo the breast of reynolds still holding the axe at the samo time seizing him by tbe throat wiih the other hand and by the hair of the head with his teeth she said bythis time her husband appeared to be almost ex hausted reynolds called to one of bis children to briog bitn a knife which he did both being then down reynolds took the knife and cut drouillards throat which d soon expired still holding the axe in one hand and died with his mouth full ofthehairof tbe mans head the hair was yet in his mouth when the inquest was held oo monday the 19th inst the knife was a large indiao scalper it was thecause of both their deaths the examination of mr laughlin mdou- gal he heard in the evening that drouillard was at ibo house of john reynolds fear ful that some mischief might be dooe by drouillard bethought it best to have him secured io some way for which purpose he soot ono of his boys down to mr jones a distanco of 3 or 4 miles to let mr jooes know where d was aud that it would be best to have him taken care of mr junes immediately sent antoine labadee up to mr mdougal and they both went up to miles when they got to tho house aod wont io reynolds was lying u the flonr is that you mr mdougal said reynolds it is said mr mdougal ah said r you come too late had you came a few mi nutes sooner you might have saved all this have just cut drouillards throat aod 1 am mortally stabbed mr mdougal asked where 1 was there he is said ij lying on the floor mr mdougal put his hand ou drouiltards body and he was yet warm apparently the breath had just left him reynolds said he was toostrong fur me mr mdougal asked reynolds if he thought a doctor would he of any service to him r said he thought not however yoo may try i am a dead man said r i4 and the lord have mercy oo me mr mdougal asked reynolds how this happened he said through the eveoing drouillard said to reyoolds that he was getting crazy aod wished r to tie him which r did after the fit was off of him he begged of rey nolds to uulie him which he did rey nolds tied and untied drnuillard three dif ferent times at his drouillard own re quest after loosing him the hird iime drouillard looked very wild aod the afore said scalping knife was sticking io the jainb over the fireplace drouillard caught the knife apparently in a great rage and made at bira reynnlds and gave him five wounds in the body three of which were mortal before the kuife was wrenched out of his hand as before stated when mr m came to the house of john reynolds he thinks it was between teu nod eleven oclock at night mr mdou gal then set off for me and at the same minn n dlfiumifr lovjhjiilt lj wl mini sunday the 18th in the afternoon aboui half past four oclock i got there about 7 oclock in the eveoing of the same day the wife of john reynolds was a good deal hurt by bites which drouillard gave her in tho scuffle mr laughlio mdougal deserves a great deal of credit for bis exertions on tbis un fortunate occasion drnuillard and reynolds have both left large families to lament their loss the verdict of the jury was that john rey nolds io defeoce of his own life killed drouillard aod that j reynolds died in coosequcoce of the wnnuds which he re ceived from drouillard i am in great haste dear sir yournbedt servaot george p kerry coronee camden 21st march 1832 population or hamilton gore dis trict it appears by the ceosus just fin ished by mr m m milk assessor that this town contains 805 iobabitants by last years census of the towoship the number of inhabitants included in the same area was about 45q showing an increase of 350 free press the following rumour from the st joha n courier of tbe 27th ult is no doubt unfounded no later intelligence from england than the 3d febrnary had been received there at the time the paragraph was written we learn that a letter of a late date has been received in this city from liverpool stating it to u reported tu lhat city oo the authority of general gascoyne that his majestys ministers immediately after the passing of the reform bill in the house of cotninoos intended once more to try their strength on the timber duly question m letters to the 22d february received at quebec state positively the contrary the last english mail brought authority for the construction of ou armoury iu the citadel the arms amouoting to about 20000 stand were removed from the ord nance stores at palace gate to the cita del last summer o gazette mr macniders schooner of 60 toos has boeu chartered by government to run from may to october in the preseut year be tween quebec and to a distance or seven miles below grosse isle be quarantine station lb we are informed that letters of the 22d feb state that no decision bad then taken place on the subject ol the complaints nf the house or assembly against the attor neygeneral it is said thai the whole of mr vigors answer to the attorneygene rals memnrials on these complaints had not yet been given in lb an eitraordioary meeting of the stock holders of the halifax steam navigatioo company was held yesterday at the ex change c a- holt esq io the chair when it was resolved to borrow 5000 oo security of the steamer royal william the money has been offered at six per cent interest provided that amount on tho vessels is kept insured tbe committee for building the rich- ardsoo wing of the mootrcal geoeral hos pital heg to ackoowledge ihe receipt of a very liberal donatioo of tweoty five pounds from john blackwood esquire of loudon by the haods of the hooorable john forsyth towards the erection of thai boilding aod a tribute lo the memory of that distinguished individual sincere aylmer province of lower canada proclamation ilfcam thcfourth the grace of god of the united kingdom of great britain and ireland king de fender of the faith to all our loving and after i faithful subjects io nur province of low er caoada greeting know ye that we taking ioto our most serious consideration the dangers with which this country is threatened by tho progress of a grievous disease heretofore unknown in this pro vince and nther afflicting circumstances have resolved aod do aod by tho advice of our executive council of our said pro vince hereby command that a public day of fasting and humiliation be observed throughout our province of lower caoada on friday the fourth day of may ucxt so that both we and our people may humble ourselves before almighty god io order to obtain pardon of our sios and io the most devout aod solemn mannei seod up our prayers ami supplications to the divioo majesty for averting the heavy judgments which our manifold provocations have most deserved justly deserved aod particularly for be- john reyoolds a distance of three or four jseechiug god to avert from us that grievous