Chronicle & Gazette (Kingston, ON1835), August 13, 1836, p. 2

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coco thowtog clearly its improbability and he manner io which it hail been concocted aod he directly tuotradictcd tho statement as to the letter having beeu carried off adding thai tbey were usually kepi scattered about the room under the eye of mr norton aod every member of the family as to the intimacy with lord melbourne ii iv at well koowu thai mrs norton was oot on ly a lady of great beamy but of high literary reputation aad great conversational power nod that in coosequeoce her company was highly prized hy pertous of the most cultiva ted minds who were her frequent visitors and air nortno had he been so advised rnifihi with equal justice have nado llie same chargo against uveuty others the learned atturocy general concluded an able aod eloquent speech in the following terms il is quite clear that mr norton has been made a tool of suspicious have been infused into bis miod withuui any reason whatever he has been abused for political purposes which any respectable member of the party opposed to lord melbourne would abhor and spurn et this is not their warfare this is not the way in which a public man or party is attackod so would havo aaid sir robert pen and so i think he would say if he wore associated with you io tho jury hot and so would say any honorable memberof the party honorably opposed to politics to lord mel bourne but it is quite clear that some per sons have made mr norton a toot an instru ment of shame be has been persuaded to at low his name to be used and ued merely fir party end political purposes before i coo elude i think it right in the name of lord melbourne to declare as he instructed me to do io the most clear emphatic and solemn manner that he never had criminal intercourse i with mrs norton nor did he over do nny thing in the slightest degree to abuse the confidence which mr norton reposed in bim i allow lhal you must sad your verdict according to the evidence aod ibat you must not allow- youraelves io bo swayed by the solemn decla ration of lord melbuuroe you must look to tho evidence i wish you to do so but looking ni the evidence i say that it is utterly itnpos- eiblo to gad a verdipt for tho plaintiff under the circumstances how am i locall witnesses it is impossible i cannot call lord mel bourne nor mrs norton one is ihedefendant and the other wife of the plaintiff jt ia ut terly impossible that direct evidence can be brought forward and thia being ibe i willingly aod unhesitatingly trust to tbedis crimination the justice and the impartiality of an english jury the learned gentleman safdowv amidst some cheering which bow- ever was quickly suppressed the lord chief justice then commenced sum ming up the case to the jury that there bad been great familiarity and the closest iotima- cv was most undoubtedly proved but that was noi sufficient the action was not brought for the familiarity but for the actual fact of adultery and ihey were to say upon the oaibs tbey bad taken if they were saiislied thai from a just aod necessary conclusion from the facts the act of adultery had been committed cer tain circumstances had been broughi in review before tbem upon whioh they would have to form their deliberate judgment none of which came downtoa later period than the month of november 1833 and the circumstance related as having taken place at that time was the iron get i that had been brought forward the coonsel had made their comments upon the evidence of fluke as to this and other circum stances and be had nothing mor to offer than by calling their attention to the mans own ac count of himself from which tbey might judge of t he value of his testimony he certainly bad given an account of himself not favorable to his dealigsas an honest man when they were looking at the witness to wcish htm it was not immaierial to see whether he was a mora and bonest man in other points though that did tiot come precisely to the question whether tie was committing perjury or not when weed questions as to circumstances of a late period be did oot answer very clearly when asked whether he had not expressed tjia he had formed certain expectation he had ven answers that would induce surprise that he did not recollect he said he had no knowledge though he would not bring him- self to aay he did not say it- his lordship ob- i erred io conclusion that hwas leaving the ewe to very safe hands when leaving it in those of be jury he should not give even the shade of an opinion of his own upon it for he should be soity to throw that weight if 90 it cootd be said to b into the scale in favor of either party besides his doing so would be taking from them what tbe law bad conferred upon them exclusively namely the power of deciding upon the sub- st he therefore left it completely in their ds confident that they would decide justly the foreman of the jury instantly addressed the court and aatd my lord we are agreed it is my duty to sty ibat we have agreed to a verdict fer the dtfendapt at ihfi announcement someone at the ex fretne end of tbe court exclaimed bravo several persons thereupon commenced cheer- your paper to request m- g p of tbe moraine courier to point oui how a union of upper canada will immediately rescue the british and commercial otrtefils from the ex clusive legislation of a french majority and enable the british inhabitant of lower cana- da to obtain their due share in the represent ation the present dominant piny of french onin return at leagt 76 immbers to iho as- sctnhlv all r whom whatever may he their i temporary difference unite n opposing any measure tending toward ih maintenance of ihc connexion wilh ihe moier countrv and ivholnrc repeatedly avowed their wish for a separation in upper canada there arc about i 15 members who during the last cinn adopted the views and dcens of the party in the lower province thus in a united as- seniblv there would he 91 members out of 150 pledged to tbe 92 resolution asio ra a union place in a better position the british in habitants of the citie of quebec and mon- irftilj the counties of two mountains ron- vjlle of the eastern township of bcnuce quebec hortneuf rimouski and others will tbey not remain as they have been since the act of 1829 was passed whereby the coun ties were so distributed as in nlmo everv one to injure a majority of french canadian elec tors is it not to be expected that men whose sole importance is derived from their power to do mischief will willingly consent to fee that pdwer diminished and it is evident that in a united house the disaffcciid parly would command an overwhelming majority and would consequently prevent the adoption of aflv law to improve the representation every reflecting mind mid those who have any reason left must f convinced that such would be the case querist 3rd augusr 1s36 dy and while he turned him over in tbe throes of death exclaimed had you rued it you should only have beea punished by your god in which was followed by hisses from a dif- the lord chief jus- most di fereot part of tbe court t tee observed that this waa most disgraceful conduct ami called upon the police to bring before him any person whom they could per ceive guilty of this contempt of court silence waa immediately observed in the court but a similar expression of feeling took place on the result being made known to those who were assembled outside the trial terminated at twenty minutes before twelve oclock miscellaneous nteresnng the moyals it may not be un to bar readers o know tint tbe distinguished regiment the royals whose arrival 13 now daily looked for jias already been twice in this province and is identified with its history four companies under captain merril having in 1760 assisted at the capture of montreal wilh the army under general hatdimand which came by way of lake champlain in 1812 the 1st battalion of the regiment came here from the west indies and in the follow ing year proceeded to upper canada where ii shared in several important battle and suf fered very severely both in officers and men always distinguishing itself for intrepidity and steadiness in the field 00 the most trying occasions- the fourth battalion also came to canada in july ism under the command of lt col mulher but it remained in the lower province where fighting was then nearly overhand had not therefore the same opportunity of distinguishing itself it is the second bittalion which is now destined for this country anecdote of the marquis de levi then in command of the french troops in montreal ia february 1760 and of general murray iheq in command at quebec the marquis de levi in order to display a little french humor and to raise the droop ing spirits of his army proposed to lay a wa- ser of five hundred louis dor with general lurray that a french fleet would arrive here before a british one to this he received tbe following spirited answer have not the least inclination to win your money for i am very certain i shall hav the honor to em bark your excellency and the remains of your half starved army for europe in british hoi- lomc before the eiplration of the ennuio sum mer quebec mercury to lb editor of the qatbrc cireftr sta permit nit through tbe medium the dank of british jyortf anrtwthe more we reflect upon the inlfmtuction of this establishment into this country the more we arc convinced of the beneficial i results which will follow it in a political pt of view it has every claim to our warm support what ever has a tendency to strengthen our connex ion with the mother country tvtll be valuable to us and the bank of british north ameri ca constituted as it is withmt hem a po litical engine which may be converted to un worthy uses will have this tendency the introduction of british enurph and british raptal ums been urvtuily wuichrtphy rffl who have in a covert way wished to separate that connection as a death blow to their hopes of success witness mr papioeau and his fac tion that canada present a fair field for baok- ing operations cannot be doubled from the success attending these banks already estab lished and the handsome return they have qatle to tbe stockholders and it is no less evident that the ground is far from being all occupied for we find yearly applications from those hanks to our legislatures for an exten sion ot their stock we also observe this field for banking daily extending in the develope- rricnt of public enterprise seeking to effect great national improvements in the construc tion of railroads and other undertakings of public utility to eive this spirit of enter prise fair play only capital and anencrease of our circulation is required aod it cannot but be the case that such an encrcase of our pa per currency as may he based upon one million of sound british capital will do much to pro mote all such valuable undertakings as well as afford additional facility to commercial ope rations we would recommend bytown as deserving the notice of mr carter before he allocates the different stations for tbe local boards the advantages this place holds out as a sta tion for a branch of a bank could be betier de tailed by those who have had agencies here but it is not for them to ffive the information wanted on this point we will nnly remark that bvtown being the focusofour main branch of commerce ihe lumber trade draws inin it vortex the crcatest traffic in provisions 00 the state of its markets- there arc rxien- sive improvements carrying on and to be car ried on in improving the navigation of the ottawa river to effect which the supplies of men provisions and money must be drawn through bytown bytown gazette 1 strange kind of economy no matter for the title of that scottish lord whom the prince recent used to mention as such a peace maker that he would hardly speak ill of the deil behind his back on one occasion an absentee was mentioned in whom the prince applied a very brief emphatic title continuing 11 even lord there cannot deny that the man lives upon lies come my loro is he not a har indeed your royal high- us answered this lover of harmony ill not go so far as to say that but im free to ajnut that the gentleman is a great economist rn truth george iv often quoted this phrase wilh much zest originality of expres sion was never unappreciated by him yard of tope it is said that the rhode island dealers at one time evaded the hw against the traffic in ardent spirits by con structing long tin tubes and selling it by the ydrdt just think of it calling for a yard of gin or half a yard of brandy jt miracle of honesty at a party the other evening several gentlemen contested the honor of having done the most extraordinary things a certain learned gentleman was ap pointed to be the sole judge one produced his tailors bill with a receipt attached to it a buzz went through the room that this would not be outdone when a second proved hi had arrested his tailor for money lent him the p3lm is his was the universal cry i when a third observed gentlemen i can not boast of the feats of either of my predeces sors but 1 have returned to the owners two umbrellas that tbey had left at my house til hear no more cried the arbiter this is the very ne plus ultra of honesty and unheard of deeds the prize is yours u of singular instance of retributive justice in the rising uf 1715 a party of cumberlands dr3goons was hurrvio through nithsdale in search of rebels hungry and fatigued they called at a lone widows bouse and demanded refreshment her son a lad of sixteen dres sed them up long kale and butter and the pood woman brought ntw milk which she told them was all her stock one of the party inquired with seeming kindness how she lived in deed quoth she the cow and the kale yard w gods blessings a my maittn he rose and with his sabre killed tbe cow and destroyed all the kale the ponr woman was thrown upon the world and died of a hroken hert the disconsolated youth her son wandered away beyond he enquiry of friends or the search of compassion in the continental war wbon the british nrmv bad gained a great and signal victory the sohlcn were making merry with wine and recounting their exploits a drdoon roared oui i once starved a scotch witch in niihsdalt 1 killed her cow and des troyed her greens but added he the could liv for all that on her god as she said and dont you rue it v cried a young soldier start- nff up dont you rue it v kut what v said he kueauht like thai i then by my god cried the youth unsheathing his sword that woman was my mother draw you brutal villain draw they fought ihe youth pas sed bis sword twic through the draguunt bo- crtni laitnrt oj buffntq tho evening edition of tli new york joumnl of cmnnerco tlacd g1j1 i in cntain ihe following nnplnfant inlelbgence the nw of the fatlori of benjamin kftthbnn at j bnffjln which wad received this morning cauerd a very tinnud 9cneaiion in wall street his affairs have for months past been the puhjett of much spec ulation and his notes endorsed by pome ten or twelve of the best ntnis in that cty have been etowdrd upon the market at the cnormou discount of three or fuur per cent- a inonoi tbey have prrved for ihe quotation of some our neighbors ii giviflfl the condition of rh monry market the credit of every body in buffalo of course became deeply implicated and it waft aaid repeatedly that if itithhui failed all buflmn muu fait- mr raihhurns tmnnefs wa enormously extend ed in addition to large ftpemtions in real estate in which he was constantly enpaged he was a on tractor for erecting the great hrlel and many oth er building in thia lino he had shop and eatab- lishmcnta of his own for making bnck ond fur- nifhing and working all sorts of materials for building he had no lew than four store kept in his own name tbrea of which wero one hundred and fifty feet deep filled with valuable merchandise he owned the line of stamen from buffalo to bala via and in foci almnat all the linea tunning out of that city and for ibis and other purpoacs owned fix hundred horses he employed twenty eight clerks and two thousand other pefon in the various dc- partinr nta nf his operations his skill and -ruer- i 1 f l un- by a large number of well known fortunate speculation cave him a reputation far ta lents and wealth by which until now he has been ame to canyon heae diversified and almost imiiless operation but he has failed at laar from state ment which areas good as can be had in auch a case wc are led to hnpe that the consequence wdl not be run on o broad a scale as had been anticipa ted it indeed there it any ruin at all at any tae it doea not appear that ihe ciiizena of bofwo are likely to loc to any considerable exleo mr rathbim we undowtand represented the whole amount of his debts at a million and a half of dollar and on more than a million of his paper he acknowledged that he had forged the name of rich neigbbfflirf on a particular uccaajon he ptocured l f allen and eleven othcra to endorse three of his notes far 5gg0 dollar each the transaction was generally known in buffalo these notes with the endorsement thereon he multiplied at his pleasure aod the fnreriea paaaed unsuspected oa whenever a forged no e was mentioned it waa lakn for one of the well koown and genuine note this forged paper was tom in waluaireet in canada aod wherever a market could bo found for it to pay the nvll and a half of responaibililic tftvroihhun- oxsubite t- j of prnpevitf wtth has conveyed to assignees valued at twonvlliona and a halt other persons value the list at two inl- lkns or eomelhing under if thcac statement are near the truth it i to be limped that the affiir will not in the end prove cerioujly injurious to any one rathbun and a hroher who 1 charged with having executed the forgeries have fled 10 canada imperial parliament parliamentary c0hdcct op tht latsh agi tator in the house of commons june 14 on a debate on the irish municipal bill the follow ing scene took place mr walter then expressed his approbation of lord stanleys plan for settliog the tithe question and remarked upon the failure of emancipation to give the peace which wasex- pected from that measure to ireland he con sidered that the house ought 10 attempt some thing for the relief of the poor instead of med dling with such subjects as that now before it mr ocounell said i object sir to the introduction of the church bill and the ques tion of poorlaws on this occasion on the poorlaws we have already rend enough in tbe times newspaper we had discussion after discussion upon them the tyrnea tbe migh ty thunderer upon tbe poorlaws and tbe ho nourable gentleman i believe really thinks that he is writing a paragraph instead ol mak ing a speech laughter andtthen as to the church question as to what he calls the rob bery of the poor man why the first tttne thai question was stirred in this house it was by the honourable memher fur tippcrary there 1 tw 0 at4vw it m voted for iat spoliation and one of ihe most prominent of them was the honourable mem ber for berkshire hear and cheers i have read his name in the list the list pub lished in tie ttwiothat hecannot renege from that i wishto heaven the honourable member would take himself from this side of the house i scented htm in the past season as the last rose of summer and yet he still remains amongst us i wish he would go to the side upon which he votes and not remain where he otiffht not to be oorder order from colonel peel i now leave it 10 the ho nourable and gallant colonel whether he could think it right himself to act in this way i leave it to him as a man and a gentleman whether be would condescend to pretend to be one thing and yet lobe another we have then his dissertation upon tbe church question why dn he not in this conform with the co lumns of itte paper 1 have referred to hear and cries cf order has that paper observed the slightrat decency towards rae aod as an earnest ofrhe wages of its iniquity has it not dooo this and shali not i now be permitted to retort upoi mr rrvfrrandmr kearstey rose 10 order- mr ivmerzve way and mr ktnrsley amidst bursts of laughter spoke as fallows sir said he if his ma jestys senants for they are ministers no lon ger i say sir if his majestys servants an submit if they arc so humiliated as to submit to the bullying conduct of the hooourable gentlemao i shall not submit to it i wish to know sir is ibis proper conduct in this and i was when 1 was house ill divide the house upon it mr oconnett wished mr- walter joy of his ally there could not be two more complete ly suited to each other what a constituency that must be which mr kearstey represented mr ocoanell then proceeded to notice several of mr walkers observations respecting tbe failure of emancipation the church question and poorjaws mr walters speech he said was not prepared for tbe house of commons it was composed to be published for the mise rable purposes of party in a paper which ex cited public disgust by amongst other things its political tergiversation mr ritaord rose to order he said that mr vconnell bad no right to connect mr walter wilh the times as he bad not proved the existence of that connexion mr ocon- nell should not be allowed io browbeat and rvffianite in the house mr oconnwz the member for berk shire b3s cause 10 rejoice in his second defend er mr walter rose and said he hoped that mr oconnell would not be interrupted if be should be allowed to reply the speaker wished that members would confine themselves to what occurred in the course of debate the following altercation then ensued a- midst noise and confusion almost indescriba ble mr oconnell 1 only wish to congratu late the honorable member for berkeshire up on his second defender i think nothing can be more flattering to him than 1 he first ex cept iliesceond one loo so expecially re markable for his exceeding delicacy and ex treme polish which make him shrink from any thing thai belongs to the kennel laugh ter mr richnrtl irise to order sir it is not right to bring into this house the manners of a blackguard inntrad of ibose of a gentle man long continued cries of order the speaker was surethat the house must ngree with him io thinking that expressions had been used on both dcs which were 001 proper to be used in tha house he would conjure the memltfrs ur the sake of ihat house not to indulge in language inconsistent with propriety mr oconnell u i cav not for his expres sions as to mine i only talked of hopping over the kennel and i tunk it was not inap plicable to the occasion hear and laugh ter- mr jv fitzsimon jrhink that ihe debate cannot continue the honorable member for knaresborough has used nost offensive expres sions he has made ut of a word which i am almost afraid to repeff but which you sir i am sure must have heand as every honora ble member near him his heard it i must then request of the htftorable member fur knatcsborough to withdraw before this house his exceedingly offensive repressions colonel pi h the honorable member mr richards lam sure will withdraw the expressions but i appeal to the honorable gentleman opposite mr- oconnell wheth er the tone in which he hss conducted this de bate is not calculated to call forth angry ex pressions mr richards as it appears i mast have been under a mistake in application of the word kennel 1 am ot oncready to withdraw the expressions objected ife mr oconnrlt i w arguing upon three poinis introduced into hispeech by the honor able member for berkshiw one 00 the poor- laws the other the chch upoo which he has voted against his colkff 1 the real questioo before th house proceeding to comment epon it called to order by the hpwdji member for wigao who was very dt in doing so and who sat down extrewely quietly as he usually does when he ia io wrong laugh ter i was then next eaued to order by the honorable member for kaaresborough who got ioto that species of language which is so familiar that until it wa proved to him he did not know it was irofw- laughter aod cries of order mr scarlett rose to ord- he really consi dered this manner of arfffog a questioo and this species of conduct fjuvum best excuse that could be offered for epeal of the u- nton he appealed to 0uwno anting on the other side whether it was possible that 3uagcof thisdescriptic be permitted o fc used when an honf gemlemao in apeiking used language wch was repudiated by he house he was im lanzuir o bmiiar m uno that be did dot know tt was improper be called upon the speaker he begged for hie interposition and to use his authority at a time when be perceiv ed that honorable members were becoming disorderly mr oconnell behold a third advocate another cause forconeralulatioo to the honor able member for berkftfain i do not believe a fourth could really he fwnd in this houe t laughter the honorable member for naresborough makes ustuf offensive eipres- sioos i say that i do not require any apology for them whereupon the fiouourable member for norwich mr goulburn m it is nrt for the purpose of making a commentary thai i now rise to order bui i submit to you sir wiether if this specie of discussion is continues ensure respect to this houe mr oconnell 1 hsvs done wilh the sub ject i thought indeed 2 fourih could oot be found i forgot the right honorable gentle man i forgot that in th house a fourih could be found- laughter and cries of or der if any gentleman calls me lu order i shall immediately sit down to find a fifih is impossible and now sir i hope i may be allowed to go on- mr sergeant jackson here rose to order mr oconnell pointmj to me sergeant jackson oh oh loud laughter and cheers mr sergeant jackson having waited for the cheers and laughter to subside said that he t hu liberty of ubnmirteto vor speak ti whether uch conduct as this should be perse vered in cries of order if it waa be should certainly move that the house shoul adjourn the debate the sjtofor explained 0 the house how difficult u w for bim to give a personal ap plication to basty words when they perhaps were not intended and would not but for bis inferforcox be considered as offensive- he implored members to observe the rules of or- dtly discission mr oconnet then proceeded he exposed the error f m walter in supposiog that the existing corporators of ireland were the repre sentatives of great protestant interests and then went on 10 allude to his connexion with the time newspaper irish municipal bill amehdmeht5 by the commojvs potid a plan allowing cnrporations to continue and the voters to have limited influence in returning to the corporation tho dake of ivfltingtm resisted the commons alteration he should adhere to the bill aa amend ed by their lordship lord melbourne replied ftating that he could nnf conaent to defer thia menaure and that he must press forward ihe bill believing it to be just and nght the hoiic then divided the number were for the motion 78 againal it 142 majority 64 afratfts or canada house of commons june sir g grey brought up paper connected with cnnadi which were ordered to be primed mr f ume wished to know whether there would be any objection in addiiion to those papers to lay 00 ihe tabic of the house the addrea of ihe aem bly to sir franci head respeciing ihe orange lod ges and hi antwer stating hat he had no intention to interfere in ihe matter mr roebuck inquired whether government had received any official copy nf ihe ad1reae repotted to in have been delivered hy sir francis head expres sive of hi determination to dissolve tho presenr up per canada assembly in reply to an address from ihe electors of toronto endinc wilh twee remark able worda in ihe name ofrvery regiment of mi litia in upper canada i publicy promulgate let them come if they dare he alo wished to know whether any and what reports had been received from the canada commissioner and whether they would also be itid on the table sir c grey said ibat no addittnnal reports had been received from ihe canada commissioner and woh reeard lo tho document ataled to be the answer by sir f ii u to an address from the electors of toronto government had received no official infor mation they only knew of it through the column of the public nevrppcra he bad the fame nnawer to give to the quest ion of the hon member for mid rilesx government had received no copy of any answer to an addrcs refusing to inierfcro on the mibject of orange loripca and he had no reason to brlteve that auch an address ever had been given mr tfiimr aaid he had seen a printed copy of the ahdrc and it certainly appeared strango that go vernment should be the tat to n t- it is calculated lo house of lords june 7 lord melbourne brought forward the com moos alterations of thetr lordships amend men is 10 the municipal corporations ireland bill for the purpose of inducing tbe adoption of these alterations he did not regret tbe time that had intervened as he hoped it had tended to allay angry feeling and to induce all to come to a dispassionate consideration of the subject he grieved that their lordships should have made such extensive changes in the bill actually altering its principle as well as its details and be could oot but think that had the commons made any similarly exten sive and vital alterations in a bill originating in their lordships house their lordships would hare rejected them the commons in the desire of marotarning a go understat ing with their lordships had not insisierrbn their restoration of the whole of their bill but thev had named some of the corporations of ireland declaring that they could not consent lo the entire destruction of the principles of the bill by tbe annihilation of corporations in ire- land a sentiment in the justness of which he concurred he moved that the amendments of the commons be taken into consideration lord lyndhurst it will be seen entered in to a very lull clear and eloquent explanation and vindication of his political career espe cially as regarded his conduct on the catholx claims and his subsequent proceedings to wards ireland he confessed that he had ac quiesced in the full concession of the catholic claims but he must also avow that he had beeo grievously disapkitited by the results instead of peace and satisfaction being the ef fects ihe concessions had only given rise to new and extensive agitations to the undermi ning and assaulting of all authority and to the advancing of the most extravagant and threatening demands im lordship it will beperceived also pourtrsyed his three most conspicuous opponents mr oconnell lord melbourne and lord john russel for those likenesses we refer to the report hia lordship likewise entered nto very full explanation of the sense io which he had used the term m liens declaring that he had only adopted ihe language heretofore uttered by those who were now the loudest 10 condemn him wilh res pect to the amendments to the bill sanctioned by so large a majority of their lordships he for one mutt adhere to them as requisite to ihe tranquillity and security of our protestant es tablishments his loroihip resisted the mo tion afrer lord clanritardc bc had apoken far crvy ajdreaaed tbeir lordships and in a very moderate tone he thought iht iheir lorrhhips had been rathor aevero toward ireland ho wa moat anxioua to promote a eonipromio and pro- cd to visit downing street rakfttr of republican majestys loyal and whv did you c x in f he double ck d one tf i finhfol ws 1 write to iis ame the rank to me be of imfiortauce suiiuu sides when i knew m- me of this mission the general character of the y man it would rmu r ne bissittemj colonial office if he begias bu noo which no doubt he is instructed to do hi lotal mastic mamhall s biiwau i sent you a few weekaago a w l 0ll der cover to mr withafei observations oa lower colooinl office on to give a sinii may have come i r my notice in t he majorji lh o favor papineaov ooin lar uuder canada the reason why assembly are so disposed cauda ijttos i have since been called u communication of bj views when ihe same cause cannot exist the same means used to influence elecior would enclose you a copy but it is too bqlh- packet i traced a good deal of y j blame among other causes to the allowing chronicle gazette saturday august 13 1836 we extract copiously from letters received by mr manaban from hugh macgregor and moore kelly esquires dated loodon 9ih june last deeming the opinions contained therein as of some importance to be generally known l vjuu ilras- head and a heart too the editor of the sonhaaaenrme hisere- niog- paper which 1 now forward to you be is an old acquaintance of mine a highlander too bot a rank radical reformer and until lately a strong advocate for the canadian grievance fabricators from which you can fi gure to yourself the many battles which he and i often have on politirs both as regards home as well as colonial and notwitstano- ing all my efforts to convince him and other editors of like kidney of ihe true slate of things and tbe cause which led to the present disorder and misunderstanding such efforts would have availed nothing towards the ob ject bad not the repeated demands of the griev ance party themselves shown the cloven foot- not a respectable newspaper now in england of whatsoever party politics 00 home affairs but what breathes the same sentiment with respect to the insulting and barefaced demands of the workers of mischief io the two cana- das you have here an epitome of wlm i now assert from the pen of a man whose leading article tells you what he is onlher points and let me tell you that bad your pa pioeau and bidwell junto been wise enough to keep on agitating quietlv in the colony keeping before them as much as possible their their iroagtoary grievances and even continue to find out two more for everyone that might be ceded they would withouwrcceed and in the end carry all their poinis as tbe people here and the press also were strongly inclin ed to favor tlfeir view of iliins bui ihe mo for this picket- i govern- mem in allowing themselves fobedupedh american intrigue when they agreed lowitk draw the british methodist preachers frcci upper canada ls20land to be replaced u others from the untied states upper caoz da since that period has swarmed with class of preachers who are both illiteraie am illiberal in iheir sentiments as regards relica and politics and on the day of elect tool or signing petitions stc and indeed the whole year round influence the people oaererrnc cation and sludy to poison iheir minds airm the british rule c then comes ihe woo ing of ihe alien bill with other sores mr baldwin whom you slate is ih rep resentative ol the grievance party arrived her about a furiniht ngo i understand tbey rrer prepared for him at the colonial oflice as sr francts bond head sent the rrportof the coo rliliee of ihe house nf assembly wilh his re ply and remarks on it which arrived ten din previous to him there hare been ruruorsw sir francis recall but i give them no co dcrke as i believe the downing street grant arc deicrmincd to support bun at all hazard indeed the modcfaic men of all parries tviwnl have tuci here coneur in opinion that if hecai- not succeed in adjusting the difference ifcil exist among you it will be dilfinili to 6nd i successor who will i wuh mueh plea we rend the venerable rfrhop macdnneirs ifmtt in reply tc the rtilumniou attacks w lute- nrarid fellow vgradv rknf his rnnfreiw k will no ubtthti cauc which ii dcntly hope ihat come forward to du lucakuuhle serine v is lordship espouse and i ar llie lnh will uaanimctilr support the cwulfiaimil principles which he so judiciously adroevrv hy the bye it just occurs to me to try and t this letter published in a london paper if i succeed i will send you a copy the action brought bv norton v lord ftd- hturrne ha been the entire topic of ecarrm lion fur the last week flit- honorable actjoin n very general sanif iflt quite appvefjitf ucnl purposes v of ins lordship hts lion and it is now it was got up for bi that old fool norton hafl been madeacomp dupe of emigration public la5ds in ihcflisrer prnvinee the subject uf emifrm from the british iles if receiving proper iurtn and rflorlt are mode to induce eiptlaliu tod vn to tfctllc upnn the waste lunds of the crown tk svstcm there pursued einnol frl to ntloin lbrt in view the crown land are offered for tile in many townships t the npset price of w pr acre a lot at this mndertre priee i etrtrpfr- chased by almost any emigrant for wfcf he mount of the purchase is divided into the 6 annual instalments they are ecarcely fell bj lbr durinus settler be hi merjn rverolim tv briih american land company contittbg of terpnine business men iricndly to emig imlmi chaacd a part nf the public lands frora th bnri ment hat that party iwcame intoxicated with 1 government and have succeeded intonwrjbik their successive victories of vrnn nv riohi i afmmts ivb n 4t wrung from a tiroi clones or wrong over right i of emigration lotlieewierntownihie- w ud overnor t i a ueal are chiefly situated more ih 7lmsz vetera they very imnrudently for theip cause sndgrmumnm resolved on laying a fresh string of grievances and complaints before tbe british public through the british press and these demands aod complaints throwing aside the imperii nent tone in which they were orged even at the foot ofrhe throne go not only to show that 00 real grievances exist but to convince the very public whose support they might otherwise secure that they were imposed up on by false agency must also tell you that tbe blunder was equally great on the part of those who contri buted so prematurely through the press to heap abuse on the governor and his measures it was enough to form themselves ioto associ ations to ascertain their strength and if ne cessary address the home government re spectfully through the proper channel keep- its rugged wild to have tlediaih son aod others are shll crowding ilher y the formation of this company lhrtetpf indebted for this important accetpion lo ritrporiw lion and the improvement ftf he w imil t minions of tapineao are dreading ihe tna which so many british etllers mart oitarallr i ere long in canadian pol tic and the vind with lis fiend like hatred to ereryilwng of brital name and character ho been indoftrioulyuaorae to excite groundless frar among migrant 1 j turn lliem to omc other quarter paiirtcao w- rather ecc them settle in the neighboring rjmnaf rcntatn in inactivity and want at hnm pw ftm them purchasing the waste land of the lover tr incc and hy their enterprise and injflir cftfaj ing n view giving due credit to tbe good in tentions of the governor and his instructions aod at the same time dwelling 6rmly 00 their own opinions aurj views of the ultimate work ing of things this would place them inquire a different situation to that in which they are now made to appear it was even remarked to me by some of the leading characters here that both parties were alike violent the one jealous of ihe oiher instead of being thus characterised and the opinions offered out of time and place received with caution if not with suspicion consider the geld now opeoed through the over zeal of the opposite parry when their advice and opinions would come with double effect and even be courted to help to frame the new order of things i believe however that it would be agreea ble news to the gents in office here if lord gosfurd followed sir francis bond heads plan of trying once more the sense of the peo ple if the same parly with the same feeliog be again returned immediate steps will i un derstand be taken and that a high handed one if we can believe some of the officials i have told some of them that any longer delay would only make bad wofse as it would prove that ihe ministers were afraid which would make ihe enemies of england more aod more and more bold while ihe friends the staff of the provinces would become mor and more indifferent if not disgusted with the rule of the home government ihat nothing but a decided stand and that immediately would command the respect and coo6dence now on and frowntag fon1 1010600 itful fields the plr netit rffcww agent cflhc diserriti the wane which the inhabitants always wish to cherish towards ibe home government that representation must be more equalized 10 fact that a new constitution must be the end of all and the sooner it is resolved on ihe betier otherwise that am convinced the british inhabitants will not submit much longer to be trifled with i have ventured to anticipate every good result from a new elec tion in tho upper province but none what ever from ihe lower let them act with the proper spirit towards the lower province and they wilt soon make as good boys in the up per regions l hume and roebuck are at work with their pamphlets c the object is to gain strength among their brother members when the ca- 1 nnda questioo comes before the house but others ore as active as they can be to prove their object and to check their revolutionary t rareer some one from toronto has delivered j to hume a long mring of grievances aod other line stories from marshall s bidwell i must 6nd htm out aa he will of course be instruct- 1 meadows nrt fi and insidious effuttn of ihe xi faction however prove innocuous and ibe emigrants wc are happy to perceive are ml aaj ing forward regardless of artificial caoiooa a senseless cunmur from the excellent policy now pirsticd ia thew fer province with regard rn public land ii were tvi if wj would learn ome useful jessons while iw i lands are tiered at the upet price of2s v j- v how very different ia the practice hrre the oprt i prices fwrcrown land for 1536 in thrprorinctvill average in the frilled tuwnahip 14 m isdia new townships 5a per ocre now rdrfcofi in consider ihe diffcioncc between ihe rcalanatifa which this province present to ihe ufputftnl those off red by ihfrabtcf colony a wridtfitt and believe on the whole that our land are tirf rwt valuable yet the difference in the terma i nksvy too great our lands should be cold on more jibml term they are no doubt well worth the pnea re quired ond may often jild a certain prafcwtl purchaser but elilla far a emigrants are roflcenw the prices are too high wc question ft powty of exacting from them in case ofctuii l any thmg like the full value of the pwfcfr hw there may indeed be no injustice in the exebaofew monej fur properly on uch tenus but thia iff rather inconsistent wiib our profeaed anxiety tojw mole emigration while these condilieds ed 10 the encouragement which we profe wmjj out to cinigranis are not n pneroua a rtey he wehavehowrtthrsiiisractioncfkto that an alteration w ii tn take place with n 10 our public lands nnd h pe lhal tbe tmipirt wu profit by the change it would bo ad isnble in our view of the i to grant the waste land of uic provinc jrrant on coodiiion of actual and tmmediaw c ment free of any charce the benefit sl j i iw m j tbe irv- of iodoarji rrvafc 01 our pnpuiuon tuv nam and ihe cooeqncor additional demand w ho created fur our produce od britiwh nd j lta result to the province from the wmild be thus effected would bo great rreate of our population tho accear 1 tic manufacture would in an mm produclive of public good than under th p rf system of management some of lhc j iho present aswmbly wtio have dev 0 led tention to the subject are advocalm for fa loot alteration in ibe granting of undt jt to nee some auch liberal provieioa earn anon

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