Kingston Chronicle (Kingston, ON1819), June 16, 1832, p. 2

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wo mi 23 26 21 1 to 4 02 n io 37 con 2 acres jk 210 200 100 gin 28g 100 100 amount i li 6 17 is 10 12 12 3 4 2 9 6 6 iiiu liurh hillier do do sophiasburli iln tyantyiiagut tin iy fines received from ii smith ksq i e kingston thomas may 12 1s32 jsiih 7 rogers total 31 14 4 q l ii if it i it 8 2 h o er 3 1 f conces- ion acres e r i i i c 2 13 a 36 w 1 ft n n b c a g 2 ft s3 3 k is 3 if total nf labour plated on the list of per sons cnit from commutation 2015 days add amount of hibour performed by persons not assessed 7 2tl deduct fftr person who have performed their work elsewhere 16 days for persons on thclifct which were not entitled to he nstesd 15 days for person who hid left the town be fore they could be suiuoioiicd to perform their labour 153 days itfl tt tint coronieni hiodo if procoediug nod calculad tu ohvinto objections which scorn lo mo ri bu reasonably entertained to tho constnon of tho claitdo ns it at present standi 1 fthall ho prepared to propose as soon a wo come to that clause the boroughs intend lo he included in schedulo a my lords have now to propose tlmiofore thai th lui of the bill he postponed kat shaftsbury bvulg put tho ques tion ieclarcd that tho content ayes had it ear groy noxi moved that iho proainhlo of tho rill be postponed on ho chairman putting tho question lor lyndhurst presented himself on tho s 5 go s s t f 8 o v d i sr 5 f n 3 n a the midland district in account with john mc leas sheriff dit 1h30 j uly 20 to cash paid t markland esq 1000 0 3 aug 10 to do do 320 0 0 anl27 to do- do 425 0 0 1832 apl 25 to do do 242 6 0 to amount paid for adver tising lands 1830 to do dols31 to amount of order sessions april to amount of poundae on writs in 1830 to do do 1831 to amount of account to amount to be advanced for furnishing fuel c for gaol balance due en 1987 gsj 43 0 0 20 0 0 s715 i 100 0 0 12 10 0 166 2 3 70 0 0 694 19 10 3187 12 5j is30 31 by amount of taxes receiv ed as per statement e e- sheriff m stattmenl ntxt aetk s1s7 12 51 john mclean kingston police the police nf the town of kingston in account with thomas markbud esquire treasurer dr w3l d may l to amount of balancaa per ac count 13 4 10 1ocah paid sundry premiums to carter for water 20 5 0 to cub paid 2 carters for hnso 0 10 u to paid reynolds and oth er tor lajiig 11u it 0 to paid fl c thomsou esq for printing 9 ft to paid macfrrlaue esq for do 7 5s l to paid thov dalton for do 15 6d 17 i j to paid j mcdcrmett for mcadatniing highway tf q q to paidk iiclii for stone blocks at the comer of t reets 3 0 0 to paid theodore brock et for services 7 16 0 to paid tbov rogers for fin engine 9 7 ill to paid javnickalueaq 1 q o to commission on 312 17a 0 12 10 i cr 2s2 17 oj cm by sundry fines for ntfcnces uuder the police regulations 1 15 o by town of kingston police hales 1827 id full 23 3 i by 1821 in full by in full by io part a u t4 h 1830 1831 43 17 3 73 18 3 150 3 5 312 17 oj by amount of balance brot down 29 19 ii thomas markland treasurer kingston kh may 1832 examined and approved in adjd seattoiu may 11 1832 signed j macaulay chairman q- s m d 3 4 the town of kingston in account with gers surveyor of streets 1 to balaucc due me from lat years ac count 2 to cash paid sundry persons for labour 275 days as per vouchers to cash paid sundry persons for team work as pr voucher to cash paid for breaking 5460 bushels of stones as per vouchers to cash paid maihcw burnett for pairing the bridge opposite mrhcrch- mcrv farm ordered m sessions as mt voucher lo cash paid robert forrest as per voucher to cash paid joseph thirkell as per vnucher 8 to cash paid gtotge oliver for black smith s nork as per voucher to cash paid william chcsnutfordo as per voucher to cash paid john p bowers for stones as jut do to cash paid lcssltc sons fr sta- toneit as pur do tocnh paid john harkcs for do as per do too lyiodayi thomas rogers total of labour compounded for in the vearlkjl see the lut from the clerk of thcpeace 1191 u deduct for three persons who had been exempted by an order in sessiousis days oeuuct for 3 who had uit the place before the list could be got ready 21 days 41 cftukiodiious conviction no lc than by cuolehaii is our painful duty to ap- hit word in thathoux to the principles oflprizo tho public that tlm disorder has ac tho hill the piiucipta lo whcll ho ww tually appeared m this uiysmcc yester- pledged wore disfrai chisumenr nod the ox- w t r nration in the two first ho r8 alow i rcii lo havf nl1 lhc s lasulic have occurred ichiscmc curran- day timruiug eight case nave nccurret ulision flhe f whicl b t tl rwiilw aro dgcla alteration hut ho could notco diminution of boroughs ill the b f last on the qualification lio wn lp- lyplodod iiot noly by word iu b hw cottsciouce liiid iu that ho coul ll0t n any nlteralion whatovor if wtiulu ho fouod by takiugltiq 10 frauch govern ment had not taken too low a rfale and if it was raised at fill higher i would he found thai it wimild dislrancbi wany of floor l the lumso and laid iy lords i hia majestys subjects he iwoogl i 1147 making at 2s id per day c 43 7s 6j thomas rogers kingston may 12 1832 kxaininetl ami approted in adjd session may 14 1kj2 signed j macaulay cliairmn qs md rise f the purpose of proposing tu your l i it uo m t less duo to the house than to country lonlsps th t motion rocommcuued i to say so much upuu ibis vita part of the aod sgostcd hy tho noble liar ai the head f his mnjcstvfl covernment should foreign news cases rcmaiuiu from the jv y jubitm june 7 the ship tallyho arrived from liverpool last niht brioiag london papers to the 7th of may couuiuiiig highly importaut intollieuce parliament recomnujoced its session nn monday tho 7th- tho important proceed ings of that day will bo found below the cholera iu eogland was nearly ex tiuct on tho 4th there were two new cases mid no death on tho 5th and 6th jointly 7 now cases 2 deaths g recoveries aod 16 remaining in the couotry on the last day reported an aggregate of 122 new cases 58 deaths 00 recoveries 176 remaining- io dublin mny the 4th 100 new 35 deaths 40 recoveries 400 total cases 151 5 deaths 508- in cork may 3rd 53 new cases ji3 deaths 27 recoveries 391 remaining total cases 997 deaths 267 iu caringfnrd jraungher korkhill coun ty armagh cjoaiarf craig aod other place in ireland tho disease was more or loss prevalent it was reported that 2 or 3 cases had occurred in liverpool but this is at least doubtful- the duke do koichstadt ou of napole on was dangerously sick at vienna and his recovery considered hopeless the brazilian eovertimonihavo atleugth agreed to satisfy the claims nf england for spoliations upon her conimerce tho rev isaac huntingford i bish op of hereford died on the gib having held his seo upwards of 30 years- a enrrespoudent nf tho globe iosists that tho number of deaths iu psjns by cholera up to april 25th at midnight was only 1 1783 on tho4th of may the oumbor of deaths was 62 defeat or ministers on the rkfoftm bill an ll expruss edition of tho london sun dated 12 oclock on tho night of tho 7th contaith the proceedings of the house of lords up to tho hour of ndjourotncut they resulted a will ho seen below in tho defeat of ministers op the reform hill by a majority of 35 although ihr defeat was on n amendment proposed by mtuuten it appears to bavu been considered decisive of the fato of the bill unless resort should ho had to a creation of peers accordingly says thu sun it seemed to be the npiihoq nf ouvtriti pooi4 in llm ifuiue lluit un exiraordiuary omouo cuutainiug a li 0 sixty n ptt would appear uu wedvi day may iho th iho further liacus of the bill having been postpoucd till th day hi the request of miuisters wo t join a sketch of the dobate tho house having resolved itself io q conunittoo on the ruform liill enrl grey the prime miuister read ju snidmy lords congratulate your li ships on this qucstiou this important q tion haviog now arrived at that stagjj 0 tho busiucss in which tho house hav sanctioned tho principle of the hill wo now to bo occupied upui the details ol my lords tho first motion to bo m iou rs ub- n nra it bill he iho committee is that the title of the bo postponed tho next motion to made will be that the preamble of the i j ho postpoued to both of which as 10 at ofciuirso i trust there will then bo do 21 jecuott hear wo shall tome tu h consideration of the clauses aod perh it maybe necessary for mo to state uow moving that tho title he postponed aheraiion which it is my iutoutiou to i m an ru- 7 a 10 ii 12 cash my salary t balance jue the town thos ro- i s d 4 0 10 w 7 fi 14 12 6 19 u 2 1 2 0 3 113 9 g 8 5 2 9i 2 2 7 1 17 c 1 3 5 0 3 0 50 0 0 8 3 8j use pose in tho first clause tho first c according to tho uatural courso of the cceding which appears tu me to be cooi led with thu general principle of tho i sure is that of disfranchises h etr uumboruf boroughs- hear inthaiek j it js stated tliat each nf the liftysix boron i tfl it m wm iro- iv in schedulo a shall cease lierca rueinbcrs to parliament tit daced into the house of commons n ii having before passed iu that house j inch afier exriuiaaiiou 5d loroiiha i been iisfauchisod when a new hill intrnduceij for the couvcuieuco of iho l ceediog which dad already been sonct r od hy iho uouseuf cmnmons and ret ed again tho nn action of that house mean to propose that th introduciioi this uuinhcr he deferred till after l mil ijoctioo in jjj cr uy ccqnimiiid money received for sta- lute wkhir fiir the yiar is31 ifom ptr- sniii that were hv 7 day uod a- bovc llnthjttftl 2stkl- 143 by coraimtmid mmicy revived for u- talc labour for the yrar y3t fnnn iter- sous that were ussali day and un dcrt3dly hs cd- 4 7 0 7 g u q nn- iv- 1 1 of j clauses of iho hill have been gono thro with to thi mode of proceodio haps ihcro may bosumooj house but f understand that there person here whu admitting tho prim aod necessity of disfrhiichicinol leel iral ihoy would ho embarrassed by being upon iu the first instance to say that s of 50 lioroughs shouu jn order to obviate th is my intention when we come to clauso of the hilh to which i trust wo i proceed immediately to propose that words fiftysix should bu left out and the clause should thus proceed to tatc u oaeh of the boroughs moutioned io hciiou a shall cease tu send members lo ltjj inent thai i woty the boroughs mouti od in it uovninatiug the different btfroc lo he disfranchised as wo proceed j lords 1 think this will bo tho utore re exact number disfranchised no h s tro pic 1 1 at tho ho it ret ill lhc hut be tfuccded farther thau ho had statod my lrds i rise for the purpose of propo- 110 lint the consideration of the question shnuh ho altogether postponed hear hear and i beg leavo lo state in your lord h lips that if i should succeed iu pre- vuilir upon your lordships to postpone tho cfusideralioo of ttiis clauso tuv prupo- siiiun j9 to bo followed up w another hill again ho repeated tht o that clause ho was pledged aod con not allow tho least alteration to ho ma lt this amendment were carried ibo tilfficol- lies which wore not few would he so much increased that ho could have no hopo of carrying the bill loo successful conclusion and it would therefore become his duty lo consider the courso which it ould be ue- cessary for him then to take immense cheering he was afraid nobp lords de- whid will bu unit the clause that immedi- jceived themselves very grossly they atety follows it should he postponed also laujhter my lords my intention in doiuthi is simply fnr the purpose of sub- initiin to the ilouso the propriety of con sidering those clauses by which certain place aro to bo allowed the privilego of sendiig members to parliamout that that part if the hill should bo considered and determined and resolved upon before wo procoid to cousider the clause of thought the people were tudif to tho success of the measure he im convin ced that they were now as they had al ways buou fully alive to tho necessity of the bill or something m extive hu tviug the a- ihercforo would conclude by mendment his determined hostiy- cheer ingj earl maavers rose amidst eod cries of 11 questioo he believed that the essence aud that it disfran chiseiiem hear hear your lordships jof the bill was in schedule a have decided and to that decision i am should stand unimpaired bourn to defer that the bill should be read lord clifford also arose midst loud a aectad timo aod that it should he referred cries of question and briefly contended to thi consideration of this committee for the principle of tho bill for the ametfpjp contents j5i noucootcoi3 h6 oamst ministers 35 hat the further con- commitieo should lursday may 10 the cuestiou is what is tho point thai yon have decided by this decision hear you lave decided upnu tho principle of tho bill ntlh reference to an inquiry iu tho com mitter my lords a question might arise majority as to what can properly aud fairly ho coil- lord grey ihcn moved sidercd as the priociplo of this bill it sideratiou of the bill in might have been a subject of much const- be postponed until t deraton of much discussion of much argu- wlieh alter some debai was carried moot but i frankly state to your lord- 1 the actual question on which the mld- ships that having no the motion forthoseo- inters have sustained llyj defeat docs not ond madng of this bill nuended minutely at first sight appear r great importance to thepmgress of the dobato i am bound iu but from tho number or voles present and candor to stale that 1 consider that those tho naturo of the deh would seem to bg of tho hill intended thereby to cstab- the peers will now n oil probability be 1 l the prmciplu of enfranchisement hoar created 1 hc tho priociplo of disfranchisement a that of the extension of tho right of jwink i am hound to state that to your lordships i admit it fully nod fairly and 111 the consideration of this question in the cuffimitteft i eball net uniformly and cou- fatly upon thai assumption my lords though you have hy deciding upon the bcfrood reading of the hill acknowledged principles i have stated it is equally c that you have not in tho slightest do- go bettered us as to the extent to which thse principles aro lo bo carried wo ma thereforo to the coosideratinu of en- pnchisemeul of disfranchisement aid 0 thfe important qaotifw with rapui to th bxfeesion of elective franchise entirely free ujffeueiqdi and undaunted hy your decision hear hut your lordships will ullow llj to state thr1 after all that has passed ibis importaot subject iu 4he dilvorcnt utbatcfl of parliament after all thai hat passed out of doors p0 tho subject looking u the present statu uf tho country aod its expectations with respect tn tho rosult of 19 proceeding 1 qui bound to state that kftcr the host consideration i have been ai to eive to thta most important quesiiou aud after consulting much with others upou it 1 am not indisposed nor do 1 heliuvo those it whom i act un this occasion will bo indisposed to present tn your con sideration botoo alterations which if they should ho adopted by your lordships will ultimately be of such n character 0 to sat isfy 1 will nut say iho radical refornei of iho country hut great mitaf n on wednesday sr charles wctherell in tho court of kiujm bench obtained a huloto shew cause foi fmding acrimiual in formation agciinsi a prsou of tho name of phillips for a roh ibol upon hi royal highness tho uuko of cumberland in a publication oolitled fc uo aulheutic records of the court ofenglmd fur the last sevcu- ty years the willow of tht late doctor ilcbcr baaseperated fromhtr husband the hon mr speicor who lately con formed to thcuoi catholic religion has been very ill a route from the rop- 4ireaf m debility pro duced by his great t iu his new calling aud tho fasi onjoinod hy his church 6 j aoeminont attork 80n 0 uu 0 and respectable ijarnsiei abscouded from dublin after commuting forgeries to the amount of near 6b00 mr grattnafl name has been forgl t0 h0tnq 0 0 bills and ho has offered r for bu who is now half soas uvcr iu anie cholera three deaths had occurred pre vious to ooon this day and there were two others whose lives were despaired of this disease first appeared iu a boarding house io champlaiq street kept by a per son named roach the patieuts are emi grants aud arc said to be some of those who were re landed on thursday evening from the siearn boat voyageur ooe ca nadian has been seized with the disorder ho had been woiking on board a ship and a woman is said to have been seized with it at capo blanc every precaution which the circumstance calls for has been taken by tho hoard of health and a cho lera hospital will be immediately esta blished in the lower town authority having been given to engage a suitable building io an airy situation for that purpose much alarm prevails particularly amongst the lower classes aod the greatest activity is displayed by the medical gentlemen who with their usual humauily render the most prompt assistance thrkk oclockwo just heard from undoubted authority that 15casesof cho lera have appeared since yesterday morn ing and that 7 have terminated fatally quebec mercury the city has been thrown into some anx iety in consequence of the reported ap pearance of the siatic cholera omoog us an aoxiety vvhich has been heightened by similar rumours of its existence in que bec some cases of cholera have certain ly occurred but the medical prectiooers of this city have not yet decided upon attri buting to the cases they have visited any other character than thatof common cho- ra usually met with every summer no official statement has yet appeared from the board of health who probably do not find any necessity for issuing bulletins we cannot reprobate in too stroog language the conductof those who have been indus triously circulaliog reports of the existence of several cases of asiatic cholera which on enquiry turn out to bo totally different complaints an old lady subject for the last ten or twelve years to the usual cho lera attacks of this country who died yes terday has been thus enumerated as a de cided case of asiatic cholera another per son who was attacked with epilepsy was similarly reported a third person a stran ger who fell ill after having laboured in the open air for three or four bours with out a hat then drank oold water and af terwards went to worttio an icehouse was also meotioned as another we ear nestly beg of onr friends and readers to suspend their opiniou upon the many con tradictory rumours now afloat until some thing positive cao be obtained from the board of health aod not to allow them selves to he unnecessarily alarmed atm- ireal gazette resson to doubt will adopt the measures which the nature of their office is designed to accom plish we allude to no provision being made for the housing or sheltering of such emigrants as may arrive here by the bay boats and are ex posed to every vicissitude of weather resulting in some cases from the want of mean and in nany from the difficulty of procuring accom modation for their families and baggage lodg- mgroomsare at present peculiarly scarce and as an vr riion of the fact thu sir james ar rived here m thursday morning with a cargo of emigrants on their route upward and who for the want of cotomodation end in some cases procuring it have b ecu pmce colomal fur the means of exposed on the public wharfs to all the vicissi tudes of a canadian cwte were we to offer a hint and wo do so wild great humility it would be ti recommend an application to the respective officers for such a number of tents as would shelter settler under such circumstances irom the effects of weather and disappointment and we cannot discover u more appropriate spol than the government re serve in rear of the marketsquare or msssassa gua battery there they can watch ihe arrival of the lake boats and being always at hand can embark their families and baggage with tho ut most facility and without expenso of cartage ate such is the uncertainty of the lake navi gation now that all system is departed from and travellers and emigrants from kingston are thereby exposed to the nlmottinconvenienco that ihs avaricious owners a re capable of imposing we have no doubt this suggestion will be proper ly received and wo rejoice to think that the committee is composed of persons who if they possess tho power will readily adopt the re medy the montreal gazette received yesterday affords a refutation of the reports that bad reached this place in private letters of the disease having appeared there and five vic tims been sacrificed to its unsparing malignity we have copied the extracts as we shall every point on a subject at present so serious in gene ral interest thcgazetteissofatmlisfaclory but having the observations of ihe celebrated dr moir before ns wc can never regard a mo ment as secure when his experience has justifi cd tho opinion now generally admitted that 11 whatavm ihe disease has been in other coun tries it has decidedly proved itself contagious in this he has also expressed his conviction 11 thai it will never leave a place whilo a victim sus ceptible of its influence remains the kingston chronicle saturday juncto 1533 tim cnoleita ilr ivlorrio the com missioner of health aud mr young the secretary of tho board returned last night fmrn tho quarantine station the of thcrebuio cholera is entirely urnour d persons at tho station sick of eoiirclv without foundation j iho intelligent lie- 1 three persons are t tlihu general interest and tranquili will satisfy the noble lords themselves from whom this hill originated mo con cluded by moving to postpone this clause tho clause to which karl uroys motion had reference till they had agreed upon the hinuuut of enfranchisement a loud debate ensued in which uc lord chancellor lord harrowby lotd hoxley the fiarl of radnor the luko tf wellington lord holland the duke of newcastle lord eliciboroaglt lara whuruclifto the earl of harowood earl grey and the earl of carnarvon took a part lord holland said ihe effect of tho lord lyndhursis argument was to prevent any disfranchisement nnd he bad no doubt that iho greater number of those who wore for postponing iho clause did so because they cither thought they would thereby get rid of disfranchisement or maim aud muti late the bill they had not certainly a- vowed that to bo their intention but that such was tho secret of their k art and that they wero going a right way about it there could ho no doubt lltfar hear hear that was clearly tho eifcet aud tcodeucv of the would acquit noble lords of eudeavouriu to defeat tho bill hy any underhanded or dirty way still ho tlcclired that dirty or deaths had occurred during the passage of the carricks from dublin iu tho lapse of 15 days the last having died on tho 9th may all the passengers have been landed their baggage and the venel will bo puri fied aud tho latter lolcascd it is thought iu about 10 days tho runmur of a death by cholera at the emigrant hospital in quebec now iu cir culation is also without fuuudatiou the following u a copy uf the official no tice issued by tho board this morning 11 board of health cluebcc bill juuc 1832 various reports having circulated that a vessel had arrived at gmtse isle iu which ftere were several persous ill of the asia- since our last tho ship tallyho arrived from liverpool whence she sailed on the 9th of may the 1 ii important and perhaps calamitous in telligence afforded us by this vessel is contain ed in the factof the defeat of the ministers on the kefonn bill by a majority of thirtyfive votes it true that this unexpected event occurreo upon an amendment proposed by ministers but it ap pear tullicicnily decisive of its future fate un less overruled by tho now unavoidable expedi ency of creating sixty new peers it was expect- cd that their names would appear in tho gazclte of the ttth and the further discussion was post- poncd u the following thursday the 10th the result of which may be regarded as an anxious iti e- uient to tho albion a sketch of the debate and beyond that wo have no further parliamentary information should this creation be effected the dill must pass the lords in the original form adopted by the commons a large squadron were assembling at ports mouth the destination of which was supposed to he lisbon in order to prevent the occupation of portugal by a spanish or any other foreign anny the cholera in london may bo considered as extinct and generally declining through the oth er parts of the united kingdom tit cholera public notice is hereby given thu tho health commissioner davit cceccd to the grosse islo er haviog pro- hy order of the loard has reported that iln urij carricks james hudson master trntn dublin ar rived at tho quarantine siminn on tin 3d lottult that there were on hoard at tho time uf her arrival 0110 hundred and thirty- threo passengers all of whom have beeu lauded nnd are hi the l shed that tho vessel is uodersoiu cess of disinfection o tho usual pro- and ilt at the time of present motion and although he j ul departure 00 tho evening of the 7th iti- mam crowes not a casu f asiatic cholo ra on thu bland uy ordc oftho board t a youg secretary clean that was tho effect of tho motion i among the passengers n the st law hid therefore he should givo it his most do- renco which arrived thurhav tiihi vara m 1ioiiioh- lobu bomb li aud gg jj 1 by uuko m newcastle said ho had been uo st w of opinion from the first that the bill would not only be defeated but that his majestys ministers would consider it les lo press it on use i110 hark ltirope wi arrived luesday irom bligo had iin hoard y71 emigrants several ol whom ucrc labouriuc under the small pox si ifll0 1reit under the small pox she lord blleulinrottgh gave notice that im- ouuriloimddidmftoel the terror of this awful v mediately 00 the carrying of his learned having shipped a pilot ory 0 qrieam an irsmi modcra friwid lord lyudhursts motioii hoi who hmubt iho vessel to lu mouth of the ihe p iwneftt is would move as no amendment lo the next st charles the vellow n hna repeat our most cordial 5 uu iiiiicuouicut lo the next st charles the yellow clause tho names of iho largo towns which yemerday and after heiu ought to bo oufraucbiaod usidious iu his itublo iu his opiuiuu there was uoihlng aud earued friends amendtneut for it would protect what wo uow had aud what we were still to get karl orey rocuarked that it had been said this ainoudioeut wasofoj iuuoceut nature but in ids opinion if there was an aitiend- toeut calculated to defeat a measure it was the ouo now under consideration if it ivae carried hecuusidcrcd i inut bo near ly fatal to the hill ho was nledcod by hi i was hoisted o visited by the health ulhcer she was ai to ra tiquc iu tho aftemoou and her passengers were lauded a number of patieuts immuring under small pox have hcon unjcd at quo- the opening of u navigation and were allowed toroatl iheniselvc in diftoruht parts of the county wo have heard it stated that c coimiuitica of tho hoard of health has been pnoiuted io re- imrtirn the couductofthe ll ullicor in tha respect th l cuzti tlic inhabitants of ibis town were convened on thursday upon the arrival of the intelligence that the cholera morbus had appeared in clue bee in order lo devise the most prompt and ef fectual measures for arresting the progress of the on the ol j disease should it unfortunately reach this place en event too much to be apprehended under ex isting tfpppearauces the resolutions which were entered into will be found in another place and embrace the substance of that course tb it will be the duty of the committee to ad- we earnestly implore of the habitants to render every possible cooppetion both as re gards personal exertion fw pecuniary aid in the imperative call it is now made upon both these indispensibu eflbrts to promote the public health the committee assembled yesterday when a utedical report of those precautionary measures uai presented which will furnish every individu- vf with the means humanly speaking by which ilation may be abated derated precious and we again repeat our most cordial solicitation to the public rideatj canal tolls from tho naturo of his excellencys reply to the petition of the in habitants of kingston on the above subject wo were led to expect before this thai the rates would havs been officially notified in the gaiette reduced to such a level as would render ihe navigation available for the public benefit we havo been so frequently applied to on the subjett as lo justify our present observation m a mailer in which the general interests of trade arc deep ly concerned and the delay of which has excited unusual suspense the inhabitants of the town of kingston have recently been exposed to very considerable incon venience by the capricious arrival of the steanu boats the indifference with which the interests of the place areviewed by iho proprietors of those boats which aro exclusively employed in the con veyance of emigrants fiom prescott they appear to have no regulated period for arrival and when circumstances require the accommodation of par cels to be forwarded the arrangements are so defective n board m to phtfclblf the y m of access to tho captsins or agents to obviate this dilrculy and to furnish kingston with a steamvessel exclusively for her own benefit we rejoice to find that it is in contemplation immediately to build a boat of 200 horse power to ply upon lake ontario and one which being shared by the inhabitants of this town will be availablo for all tho purpos es of trodo and travelling which her nourishing and prosperous condition imperitively demands the vast improvements in buildings and the mercantile distinction of the town areubtntning preponderance sufficient to awaken ihe jealuusv of other ports while the immediate opening of the rideau will place her in a stote of uniform prosperity which we trust cannot be defeated by the opposition of our selfinterested neighbours we shall revert to this subject again and in the mean time consider that the contemplated pro- ject of having a boat tn tho immediate and ex clusive interests of the town of kingston cannot be too warmly supported the bee muee in general to unite while it is called to day in the merciful exercise of every energy of mind and budy to save themselves and others from the pestilence that fearfully and awfully with gi gantic strides is approaching our hitherto happy and healthy ncigbourhood a subscription list is open at our ofiicc for iho purpose of obtaining the signatures of such per sons as are disponed to obtain mr molls patent chromatometer of which we published a descrip tion takep irom tho quebec mercury a short time wnce this instrument is designed to fa- ctluate lhc system of tuning piano fortes and is represented to us as a very ingenious one of a most simple construction beingamonochord on an accurately graduated scale which is lhc sounding board and by means of a bridge the exact tone of the note you wish is acquired the price of the chromatometer will be from 2 15 to st 15 and may be used with unerring accu racy by any person possessing o musical taste the messrs armstrong co have received a further supply of the extensive and fashionablo assortment of english haberdashery and other articles enumerated in their advertisement and hourly expect ihe remainder of a stock which purcliased under peculiarly favorable circum stances in england is offered lo the public under advantages which cannot be equalled by any oth er establishment in canada we request the consideration of the emigra tion committee to a circumstance which ha en- gaged our attention of late although a press of nialter excluded the possibility of otfering an mr jackson has returned from montreal and expects on monday to open his stock of british jewelry and fancy articles at his store io king street of his own imporcation which are repre sented as exceeding any thing of the kind ever exhibited to tho public of kingston mr tazewell lias furnished us from his litho- graphiepress with a very beautifully and correct- earlier suggestiou to thoso who we have no i ly executed map of the huron tract belong-

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