upper canada nl lir h juubt thai throe fourths of the population wrt opposed lo it he hoped ihe cotmiiitm wqum now risfej nfl ho wa fully persuaded 1 1 i when that reulu- tiou itfm well coutidercd it would be adopted by a wrj largo mnjoriiy afr- shtncuhl rinr hon ffenilemau from wentworth had charge him with dealing unfairly and taking l goimhiii by sur prise in moving that llesulotloa- before lb hon gentleman from u6si mr mrkny bad moved bis resolutions- be mr s bad showed him ihe resolutions tflticfl be intended moving and explained m t jiat lion gentleman that it was not by any means wiih a view of opposing those which be was about to bring forward he mr- s- hoped that the com mittee would rise that bon members might have time fully to consider the resolution which he bad proposed that it might be in cluded in the same address which would em body the other rcsulutions could it be desi rable that we should be joined to lower cana da where we should be placed io ihe power of 8 numerical majority led on by a min mr prfpineau who did uot conceal his haired to every thins british and whose every wish was to subvert the constitution of the country io which he lived when we knew that such a union whs contemplated it would be blame- able apathy on the part of that house noi to express their decided opposition to li he ho ped thru the resolutions would not be rejected hy the house as the ntfaaiive might at home be taken as an admission that we were not averse to thp union jltejvab observed that mny ban gen- titetrten seemed io suppose that if we applied for a seaport his majestys government would think it necessary to unite the provin ces he did not sep that it at all followed the ditfrrence would be that if the resolu tions were allowed to go without the last one added to them that they would be carried by a very large majority otherwise there would be a bate majority of three or four he certainly thought that ihehon gentleman from brock- ville had taken the committee by surprise he had however taken him mr mcnab by surprise the resolution which he had proposed he thought quite foreign to the sub ject at that time undr the consideration of the committee he did not apprehend all the evils which the learned solicitor geoeralseetn- ed jo anticipate from a union with lower ca nada iu that case tht provisions of the act of the imperial parliament would no doubt pro tect them from a french majority and the french language would then uo longer remain the language of the law ihe hon the speaker thought that the res olution of the hod gentleman frdm brockville was intimately connected with the subject of the resolutions oftered by the bon member from russel mr mckay nay knew thai tne british minority i cower canada had long been extremely anxious for the union but it was for them to consider whether it would be for the advantage of upper canada they would then indeed have a seaport but the british would still be in a minority and be governed by a french majority their situa tion tfith regard to lower canada was not very comfortable- they now retarded out trade but it was better to put up with our present lot than rush into evils we knew not of could we expect that the english government would take awav the vpry heart of lower ca- ruda to jive to upper canada a seaport and if we ask for the island of montreal and do not at the same time express our opposition to a union of the provinces it would be the most likrly thing for the english government to decide upon- sorn twenty years hence when britsh feeling should predominate he would not feel the same apprebeusions from a union of upper and lower canada nor would he now were the present majority composed of an educated population- he mr mclean thought it highly important that an expression of their disapprobation of a union should ac company the resolutions which bad been adopt ed by the committee after a few more words the debate was ad- joaroed to the following day onl which is connected wtii the cut to the j grand rirer commonly called the feeder but which in reality is a spacious canal of 4t i feet wide at the surface 4 feet deep and 2d miles ion running in a direct line to th j grand river at dunnville when a village vf coosidtrable extent has already sprang up dss i lined at no distant day to be a place of great j commercial importance tlia dam thrown across the grand river w this place mil enly raises its vaim to the lr vel of the weluod canal but gives a gou j navigation up this river a dimnnre of 24 mill to the village of indiana thus forming a lev of upwards of sixty miles perhaps the areata un this continent here the grand river na vigation company have erected a substantial stoue lock of 1 1 feel lift and excavated a canal of 2 miles in length vour committee const dering the improvements on the grand ijirv intimately connected with tht weilaod vnl as they in fact continue the navigation fiftjj miles through the richest lands in the pra vince to within a ffhort distance of brantford resolved to ascend that stream and understant by personal observation the manner in whm the locks have been constructed by the gruni river company in order to ascertain how for it might be prudent to build locks of a similar description to ascend themountain should lb legislature see tit to recommend the underta king of a work of such magnitude at the pub lic expense and your committee find it 3 gra tifying duty to bear testimony to the saiislac- tory appearaoceof all the locks dams aoj other works which they examined on i bat beautiful river and there cannot exist a doult from the durable nature of the materials arwl the substantial manner in which the work has been executed thai the stockholders will ere long derive a pleasing return for their outlay and the trade of that part of the country be benefitted to on incalculable extent your committee forhear giving any opinion as to tbe expediency of makios the vvallaod canal wholly a provincial work but choose rather to reserve any further observations to this important subject until the accounts re cently submitted for the consideration of the legislature have been more fully examined all which is respectfully submitted signed w morris chairman committee room legislative council y 25th november 1836 rkhort on the wcuatii canal by the committee of the legislative council the honorable mr morris from the select committee appointed to inspect the works of the welland canal company presented their report and it was ordered that it be received and the same was then read by the clerk as follows report of the select committee appointed to inspect the works of the welland canal members the honorable messrs bald win john kirby and morris ttkc ilemwrnbie the igilnfir council the select committee appomted to inspect the works of tbe wetladd canal from port dalhousie on lake ontario lo por colborne on lake erie beg leave to ioforn your hon orable house that in compliance with the de sire expressed in the resolution of tbe 15th in stant ihey proceeded to the harbor at the month of the 12 mile creek now known as port dalhouoic from whence they followed the towing path wherever it was practicable to the summit level at port robinson exam iaing the several locks within that distance- your committee found many of the locks in feood order and apparently as well able to bear the pressure of another years use as ihey ever were but being constructed of timber which has already undergone the exposure to the weather of eight or ten years they can- noi be expected io the common course of things to endure a great while longer- seven of the locks were under repair and such is the taie of djlpidoiwmio which ihey have fallerjiii consequence of the perishable inrntrrsttimber exposed to all waters id this climate tint it is necessary to raze the work to the very foundation aod bow many other jocks will become as unfit for use it is im possible to but tbe condition of those vhich are undergoing repair or rebuilding leave little ground for hope that anv of the wooden locks on that important communication will continue serviceable for more than two or three reasons at farthest the estimated expense of the repairs now in operation is li 1000 hut as the work had necessarily to be undertaken after the close of the navigation and it must be carried on in the depth of winter your com mittee cannot believe that it is possible for the engineer to substitute workmanship of a per- rofnettl or durable kiad without encroaching on tiie season for navigation the consequences of whtcb the directors of the company are laudably amicus to prevent thu heavy expenditure irfty thoretbr be ennsid- cred in no other light tiian a lihertd sacrifice of money tri protect the shipping interests of both lakes ii j 4i6 commercial as well as agricultural prosper ity of the pjovtoce tor it cannot be dented tnt un- immediate 6tp3 are tifcen to conniuct etne lucks in place of- those novinie tc navigation muit cm for eer and nerriy all tbe advances ftfite canal from the top of tbe mountain to luke eriend the grand river win be loat to the pub- flic wrafort robinson your committee pro ceeded by a packet boat to the harbor at port colborne and they have great pleasure in sta- tiog that the canal is every where in excellent order and the harbor far more convenient and safe for the entrance of vessels than they hod previously any idea of it however appeared to your committee that if the inhabitants are long permitted to use the towing path as a highway for waegons and can tbat curious injury will be dene to t cfeftitt after looking at the wor in ibis quarter your committee returned to tbat part of the ca- chronicle gazette saturday december 17 1836 by letters from toronto we learn that ro bert carter esq commissioner fur the court of directors for the ijrirish and north amen- can bank has arrived in that city from new brunswick we understand that mr carter will apply id this province for an act similar to that granted to the company in england that is to say to have tbe right of suing aud being sued c we learn that mr carter is a very agree able aod afttble genrlcmanly man the scotch system of banking it appears is the one which he intends in a great measure to in troduce and that under the exercise of sound discretion the capital emplojed io the pro vinces will be unlimited the annexation of montreal to uffefl ca- we have io this days paptf commenced the publication of the debate in the house of assembly on this question the house as mentioned in our last number has passed the resolutions brought in by mr mckay fur addressing his majesty for an alteration of the boundary line between ihe two provinces so as ro include the county of ynndrcuil aud the island of montreal in upper canada the justice of taking from the sister prov ince so valuable a portion of her territory ap pears to us extremely queitionable we should be much inclined to think that the imperial parliament would pause before granting to the upper province so important a boon especial ly when that cannot be done excepting at the expense of others we find the following remarks in neilsons quebec gazette oo this subject and it appears to us that the writer takes a very correct and acitailjltt view mc km mmm lower canada is in the position of a famil nearly ruined by intestine discord with 3ii iu neighbors looking nut for a share of its pos sessions we suppose that vermont wii claim a port of eutry at sure new hamp shire at port st francis mains at point le vi or swttrsoti loups and new brunswick will find it convenient no doubt to have boi sides of the bav of chsleur and gape to prt vent smuggling new york pennsylvania ohio aod michigan have a population tf double that of the canadas on the waters cf the st lawrence and will claim probably the free passage of the river and both sides of it for the same reason they have indeed stronger reasons to urge than upper canada for the latter has the free passage of the rive and trade and a division of duties regut3tel by act of the british parliament which ha been in successful operation for fourteen years without remonstrance by either legislature we are apprehensive that the upper c0 j da assembly has committed in this instance j the usual fault of those who desire an appsu j rent immediate advantage they overlook tbe distant consequences which often make th contemplated advantage worse than useless- 1 the regulation of trade and the imposition j aod collection of duties for that purpose be- longs neither to upper canada nor to lowe canada but to the imperial parliament this st lawrence ior all these purposes is alrea iy under oneand the same legislature setting aside the faith of the british gov ernment pledged to the french canadians and their wishes on the subject of the propose ed annexation of montreal to upper canada we shall suppose that it is adopted a line of douaniers on the south shore from st r6si to the lower end of lake st peter and on the north shore from st peters to ihe otiawtt would be necessary to prevent smuggling fo a distance of two or three hundred miles or tt division of duties collected at montreal must still be had unless indeed the upper cana da assembly contemplates the monstrous ini justice of taking the duties paid by the consu mers on imported merchandise to be applied neither by their own representatives nor fo their own use the only real subject of complaint on the part of the upper province is the dilatorioes of lower canada in meeting tbe improve ments of the st lawrence equally advanta geous for both provinces and for which uppet canada has engaged in an expenditure of 400 000 while in three or four years lower cna- aj has epent about a thousand pounds for sur veys having the appearance of 1 mere pretext for a delay ruinous to upper canada but wp apprehend a remedy for this mv be found by the supreme authority of the british parlia mem without dismembering the province and producing greater evils thati tbpooe intended to be remedied the union of the provinces mr draper on the 3d instant moved the following resolu tion on the discussion of which the views and feelings of the house ol assembly on the union question will doubtless be elicited and fairly ascertained that it be resolved that in the present pos ture of the affairs of ljwer canada it is not unreasonable to apprehend that among the re medies likely to be sufzesied for the difficul ties under which that province labors a le gislative union with upper canada may be viewed as one of ihe most feasible and the most likely to succeed that he difference of feelings language and civil institutions present as great obsta cles to the union of the legislatures of upper 1 and lower canada as existed in the year 1791 and that the reason which inlloenced the im perial parliament at that time in giving sepa rate legislatures to the two provinces have gained rather than lost strength since that pe riod that the sentiments avowed by the house of assembly of lower canada and commu nicated by their speaker to the speaker of the late house of assembly in this province af ford additional reason for believins that as was anticipated by mr pitt in 1791 if the legislatures ofthe two parties britisbfrench canadians were united in one a perpetual scene of altercation would succeed and in the opinion of this house an irremediable evil would be thereby inflicted on upper canada that in the opinion of this house such a union would not remove the evils under which lower canada labors nor aflord that aid and relief to our fellow subjects or british origin in that province which we heartily desire they may obtain but would be attended with con sequences injurious to our general interests and in a high degree dangerous to those prin ciples and institutions which as british sub jects we revere and are determined to sustain that an humble address be presented to his majesty in acccrdaue with the foregoing resolutioo 3rd that the clergy reserves afford the means of makinsr such a provision aod that the application of them to this exclusively re ligious purpose will be consistent with the object for which the imperial parliament most wisely designed hem to be set apart 4th that it is not expedient to confine the allotment and appropriation of those reserves to one church alutic but that it will more con duce to the welfare of this province and to the religious instruction of its inhabitants to apportion ihom among the leading churches or bodies of christians therein 5th that the distribution and specific a p- propriatioo of tbe funds to be derived from such allotments should be itft to such body or bodies person or persons as by the canons constitution ordinances and discipline of each of the said churches are entrusted with the government and control c such churches subject to no limitation or restriction other than that they be devoted strictly to religious purposes and that an account of their expen diture be annually rendered to the legislature tbat tbe continued chans taking place in this province by immigration render any mode or principle of distribution founded ou the present state of the different churches or religious bodies unsatisfactory and that it will he more expedient to resoft to the mother couniry from which our population by emi gration is derived for data upon which to base such distribution rail road from bellfville madoc and marmora to we find an interesting communication on this subject signed public spirit in a late number of the belleville intelligencer from which we make the following extract the distance from belleville to the iron works of messrs pendergast and seymour in madoc is twentyfive miles in a direct line and there is no part of the county in which the surface of the land presents greater facilities for the building of a rail road the route is level or so near it as to require no in clined planes or tatimrirv nitne eppt nt one elevation the oak hills and even here 1 am informed by an intelligent gentleman con- versanl with the route the obstructions mo be overcome by a short detour through a valley of the hills in which case the rood would be levil throughout the materials for making ant working the rood are convenient- the cedtr sills can he obtained along the track thrrails and other iron may be made at either of flte iron foundries as well as the cars and whoever the business of the road will war- raii the introduction of steam engines they ah may be supplied on the spot thus it wii be perceived the whole expense of con stricting ihe work will be laid out among our- seues without a resort to foreign assistance in the materials is estimated tbat the rail road with two traks can be laid at an expense uf 1000 per mite but as some deviations from a perfectly striijbt line may become necessary aod lo make ample allowance for an under estimate we may state that the road to madoc will cost the sum of 38000 an expenditure which is in my view comparatively trifling the more i rfnec on the very great advantages which would ensue ou the opening of th route this sun of money might be raised by the assistance of government or by a joint stock company or through the agency of both if a company it would only be 1 120 shares at 25 each my preut purpose however is not to show how thf money might be raised but to prove that it may be profitably employed in the work in qoftfttioo and thus to lead to a survey of the route the extensive iron mines in the rear part of the county of hastings would become a mine of wealth to belleville if the rail road wrfc made they are i believe the richest jn the world yielding so percent and some- titles 35 the only obstacle to their bcitig successfully worked is the formidable land- carnage over new and rough road the principal muse of the failure at the marmora iron works may be attributed iu u bevy expence aud this has all along been and con tinues to be the reason why the mines are not extensively worked once open an easy me thod of communication and hundreds of forses and furnaces would start into operation md belleville would soon become a miniature birmingham from a calculation i have made it may be safely stated that 75000 or three hundred thousand dollars are annually sent out of this province to the united states and lower ca nada for castings such as stoves potash ket tles coolers pots tc c every descrip tion of these wares may be manufactured at madoc and marrnora as cheap if not cheaper than the foreign article there are no better castings than can be made of this ore as has heen fairly tested by the marmora wares they ore fully equal to the best three rivers or scotch and ihe bar iron from the same beds is considered by many blacksmiths even better than swedish as 11 is quite as tough i and more malleable when the first found- ries are established it is probable thai castings will be principally made but as the working of the ore increases the manufacture of bar iron will be eutered into this branch of trade alone would be of the highest impor tance when the superior quality of the metals considered and the high price at which iron now is and will continue to be there arc thousands of pounds expended every year for swedish and other bar iron which might be saved to the province if the hasting iron could be brought into market the wetland canal our readers will find in our preceding columns the report of the select committee of the legislative council to whom this subject was referred this document does not appear to us equally spi rited with that which emanated from tbe com mittee appointed by the house of assembly the clergy reserves the real question of the clergy reserves is now before the house the following re solutions for which we are indebted to antho ny manahan esq were proposed by mr draper 1st that the diffusion of religious know ledge and instruction throughout the commu nity is a matter of the tleepesl importance to the best interests of the province 2nd that in the opinion of this house it is neither wise nor prudent to leave the christian religion without anv provision for its dissemi nation throughout the province or for the sup port of 11s miuisttrs other than voluntary con tributions but thai such provision should be to a certain extent at least secured by law for the benefit of all publishers of papers who fits like ourselves far away from the seat of go vernment and the loaves and fishes we copy the fol lowing pethion from a contemporary journal in the hopes that they will profit by the example thus shown by our neighbor of the whig the following petition hn hn recently forward ed to toronto as our brother editnrs are begging for grants of public money which will duubtless be granted ws fear that unless we push forward our chum in time that we shall be overlouked to tht honrabu the commons house of assembly in provintiat parliament assembled the petition of e 3 barker ofibfl town of kingston fellow of the london college of medicine humbly sheweth that your petitioner is a fotthy and pains taking man and publishes the british whig a mot loyal snd sensible newspaper in tfte town of kingston not bo much for individual gtttb to benefit the public weal that your petitioner observing with satisfaction to himself thffct messrs cull del on and gurnett of toronto and the widow thumpson of kingston all publisher of provincial no9ppers are petition ing your honorable house fat pecuniary assistance none of whom have any legtft legitimate claim thereto but all trusting to tr generosity of your honorable house is enibolderrd to request that you will be pleased also to present ium hn such a sum of the public monev as vour mnorable house may bnsincs with more comfort to himself ami advan tage 10 the pubhc the sxd sum of money not io ho les than live hundred nouids provincial currency that vour honorable hrtusc will be pleased to bear in mind tbat your pcitiooer has published and occasionally put into corrett english the honorable speeches of your hooomho house for five succes sive sessions of parliatneit during winch time un like bis brother publisher 11 toronto he has hither to never received a singh farthing of the public money in remuneration tlnrcof that mui petitioner lufl every confidence that your honorable lousewillgranl his modest request inasmuch os the money wii not come out of your honorable purses but otit if the humbler pockets of your constituent and in duy bound yourpetilioncr will cverpray kingston dec 12 1836 hiws to which an unqualified assent wus given as well by the pious and zealous presbyter mentioned above a by the learned presbyter recently from ohio with the term uncertain especially as applicable lo the future and permanent ministrations of the church i arn not disposed io quarrel but i proceed with the letter we are then ur- ther told that this ippenl from the pious presbyter spoken of stirred up the energies of bit hitherto sinnne brethren and even tho venerable dignrtanes of the church were pleased with the nno idea to ihe word supine as here introduced i nave a in ist decided objection because it is as incorrect and inapplictible as it is offensive neither oa this nor on any other lop c connceted with the general interests their church have tin clrrsy as n body been rapine nor was the idu ascribed lo tho 01- ready mentioned presbyter bvnny means a nvto or en original one as about in be made applicable to ibechuchof england in caijutla it clearly owed its origin to a venerable difiitry of ihu church in this province and as 0 ppwf thl n wis not hy anv means regarded with smpiiufllcmor mri flwrnr it formed the subject of a pnive and lengthened dial rusion by the body of ihe cmp m llc prcuvnc of their vein rated bishop in 1831 and it has miicc been inc theme of the anxious l liberations uf various clerical associations in both provinces i have indeed lo remark for douhtbsss the cor respondent of the churchman from s deny will be happy to receive correct information on this sub ject that the htc meet ins at toronto owed its rise lo a resolution adopted by the western clerical so ciety of ihb province aod fftsl in connection with anxious deliberations at various precdina iliitcs i am willing to concede 10 the pamphlet in ques tion every merit to which it is entitled and have no hesitation in avowing my bhif thai its est unit ion hy the body of the clergy wos highly crrditable to the zeal and good intentions uf it author slid i am desirou to see facts correctly silled especially where inaccuracies are accompanied as in the pres ent instance by expressions unmerited ami prlinps unment derogatory to the real atd enc g of lic clergy at large nor can i rclvnn from the repres sion of my surprise that any gendeman whether clerical or lav should have ivcn it 11 document chargeable with such objection the means ofo ex tended a circulation it ignorant f the futs of the case he shoubl have abstained irmn rommoul nod left any needful obrvaiinris upon iim sublet to those better acquainted with it history than tic ob viously appears to he 1 have the honr o b sir a presbtter op the cmncit ok knolant december 10 1836 iunl kn- r nf we learn that our humnpus- cloquontand some what eccentric townsman mr- robert jcrters a length consented to delftem course of lectures this winter on a variety of interesting subjects among the subjects selected by mr jvfivrs are the following viz the origin foundation and progress of society on knowledge on education the upper canada firmer a paper devot ed to agriculture aod getral improvements in upper caoada is about be issued from the press of the cobourg sln- the following is the plan of tlw work ard w should suppose that a paper devoted solesy to agricultural pur poses ought to meet witfe substantial support and encouragement in lcb a country as this man of the work the work will contain be sides original articles extra- f the lest pnhli- mionsof the kind the law improvement tn ag ricultural and forming implement statistics of general public improvement reviews of ihe euro- peon ami american market tables of weather j ac c th mtffrftnirtl rtfran will bon pirfyct i and unique a possible advertisements wil be i printed on a colored wrapper wilh which ihe work will be covered it will coram 16 pages of matter comprising 32 columns cbnely printed small type upon the best double crowipaper and pvet care will betaken with the ilhtsvalion dppiiirnenl the specimen number wll be ready at the period above stutcd and if therestould bea sufficient num ber of subscribers within a fortnight from the time of its appearance the first pgular number will be issued in the beginning of march fallowing and the pubttclibn will he continued regularly on tho first day of every month afterward the jppr canada farmer will be published monthly at the star office cobourg price 7s 6d inclusive of postage or 5s delivered at the office payable in all cases in advance rs b subscription lists will be ready in a few days cobourg nov 23d 1836 the presidents message f torn the press of other matter we are unable to give any extracts from this document the venerable president gives a most satisfactory expose of the internal affairs of the union and goes at great length into the financial condition of the country there appears to he upwards of fortyone millions of dollars of surplus money now in the treasury of the united states- the pre sident disclaims all interference 00 the part of the united states government with the af fairs of mexico we have received a cupy of the report of the engineer upon the preliminary surveys for the london and gore rait road we shall take an early opportunity of making some ex tracts from this interestiug work since our last publication we have had very cold weather and during last night and this morning snow has fallen to the depth of at least six inches to the editor of the kingston ctneoicle sir la the gospel messenger of the 3d insf is the copv of 0 letter transmitted from st denys up per canada to the new york churchman detail ing the proceedings of the late meeting nf the clergy of upper canada at toronto in the comments up on which there occur some inaccuracies which i feel concerned tn rectify there it i said that the languishing and uncer tain state of the church moved a pious and zealous presbyter of the diocese t address a powerful ap peal 10 his brethren befre proceeding with the quesiion i have to remaik lht the expression lan guishing therein employed is not nnly contrary to fact but in opposition to the recorded and unanimous sentiments of the meeting slluded to as embodied iti their addre5s to tho lieutenant governor un nd- porthe chronicle s gazelle a wonoerpol c o i s c i h i x c e a late new york albion contains an net of a musical festival held at norwich gland which was the most splendid a ft the kind ever ot up in that country th traordinary effect produced is attributed to the particular adaptation of ihe building tn which it was held to the performance of four hundred of the most scientific musicians of the king dom 10 the judicious selection of the music from handel mozart and other iftd mas ters of the oldeu time ns well as to the beauty hid fhion rtf rhr atiiit t ir v doubl very powerful adjuncts but i am surpris ed that the writer of the article who seems so perfectly to understand tbe subject had not dis covered the true cause reader the festival was held in the si- aodrews hall where the tutelar and miracle workin snint of scot land presides throwing the mantle of inspira tion over all until honest beefeaiingbull for got his natural propensities and became an ethereal instead of an eating being and for a time enjoyed a new existence upon sweet sounds and true falarnian just as i had come to this very satisfactory conclusion 1 glanced my eye over the montreal gazette the words st andrew presented themselves the effect was magical i went on 10 peruse an account of the saint andrews anniversary held in that city the honorable wealthy witty and learned president of the day laid before the socieiy in tbe most ingenious manner the vir tues and glories of the scotch in the olden time and did not forget the worthies and he roes nf latter days he alluded to tecumseth querie was he scotch and so general was his remarks that he did not forget our snnd- mas but when became to propose the health of our revered monarch he with the most perfect justice in my opinion attributed his magnanimity the unparafelled prosperity of his reign tbe peace and plenty which every where pervades his dominions to the scottish blood which hows in his veins and it is a well known fact that his majesty values his title of duke of st andrews above all his other honors now is it not most wonderful that the inspirins genius of st andrew should have equally descended upon the st andrews hall norwich england arid rascos hoiel in the city of montreal and with the same happy effects can such things be and pass oer us like a summers cloud an excite our special wonderment it appears to die that if i lis ffractous jesty who is the fountain of all power honor were to command ink province of que- festi bfjfe rk a kn m the rads would uke themselves oil we should have no more frosty summers and soowless winters peace and plenty would overflow the land like a olfabtv stream our worthy and energetic governor sir f b head was in edinburgh for some lime and that accounts for the ability with which he conducts the public affairs the plan has at least two great modern recommendations no velty and cheapness the english and irish i with whom 1 have converged have some ob jections they are afraid of oatcakes and the itch the first we know to be most nutritious food and the latter is nothing when used to it these are but trifling objections when the ma ny advantages from the change are contem plated george iv of blessed memory on entering edinburgh asked for the rabble he was told his kingdom of scotland gave birth to none indeed said his majesty in his most gracious and sincere manner a nation of gen tlemen what a pleasure fur a mouarch to be hold the honorable the president of st an drews society of montreal has the following 44 with all that warmth of feeling which scotchmen ever manifest to the fair sex what i life when wanting low mr editor i consider it unnecessary to give any more reasons for the change i look upon it like the improvement of the river trent a thing understood btf the meanest ca pacity and only to be brought under the notice of the proper authorities to be at once adopt ed c d eligible situation according and with refer ence to what has been successfully done in the western territory of the slate of new york i would suggest for the consideration of the court that in locating blocks the operation should begin i with the erection near a stream fit for mills of an ion or tavero in order that set tlers may be accommodated until ihey shall have provided themselves with habitations ii the construction of a smithy and a mill are also indispensable but individuals maybe found who will undertake them ii the establishment of a store of all sorts of necessaries individuals may also be fouqd 10 do this iv the erection of a temporary church and school house around this nucleus ol a town great care should be taken so to dispose and arrange the sires for building as to induce that class of set tlers to fix there who would become pur chasers of lands in the adjacent country from the yillajro a nttd should be opened to the most convenient place of ncces by water or to tho high wsys of tl old sctilcmen ivith these facili ties ihe increase of society will soon work out the desired cffctf but in dtattbg attention io the subject of sctb- mentft i should obscivc that in the eailj undsrtaft- inftsf ihegvnt american purchase the system ivm confessedly not judiciously carried into vffvc tint taverns in sninc pbces were of the most prepos- terotu magnificence the tlmel 01 geneva in thn genesee county is snid t have cnat originally seven thousand pounds all the inns nlnnc the b tie nf road from utira t the banlwoj tho niagara arc with tew exceptions equal in pumt tf style and accommodation fo those upon ilugnatroad between londun and edinburgh cuildin h ixvrvcr miirb inferior will supply overytfdng r quired at ih mlttc time it is proper luobservoi that the america speculators hire iuvcr addressed llltmsttlvffl lo needy offlgrnnin hut on the contrary have uniform ly brd tlniisv rui fr persons of n more affluent description and it i pchttfps on this account ihnt ihey haw racfilieed in the hejfinninifnf their towns nmrvto show than nnht rmw seem to hrs ben necessary as iheirsystcttti however has been sue cesrful in attracting witters pocsoj of rspitali tbe drttotoftf id the canada company should sttll bear it in mind when deliberating concerning the expe diency nf similar imdcrlnfcmf sir it will probably orcur to ynnr own rwdlctinn tint this is iho systrin i purmrd a gtietph and i havu yet in i a tn in ulai i was rirnih4tf by nl h i sall lnvc tn sllnw th it i rletl acerhng in jm- picins m uc on u tj vi rnni in in nne wt i am not after so many yftirs ditposo to think lio system wss wrnnff mir that tto ctnuda ompay dwclrs niauilisfd v fie- nltmtutc wisdom or in spiriin tihcn tlici condemned it 1 km r greenock 133 john gait an affair nf i fanartlo ntuy cbtrion jrjves an acirotmi nf n disastrous duel ibt wm ibuaiu on h2 island nenr diript t rv imtj ui tiiaeeu ti ttlr kicburunn r peirjot and a mr h silk in of sandwich v j the pnriifs proceeded to the inland in a caooe from dimriot aeonipinied by two youne men not more than 19 or 19 years of ae who acted as seconds they fired sitnuhaot- ously and ltichardson fell wounded as was believed mortally rankin after asktnethe foraiveness of the wounded man fled to tbe canoe accompanied hy both seconds and es caped 10 canada iuhummlv leavinc richard son alone in the selj lie was however sub- stqoeaily found by a person who happened on the island and whs conveyed to sindtvich amons the passengers in the packet ship toronto which silled from int york to liverpool on the llth instant we notice john mncpherson esq of montreal aod mrx macaulay of this place the presidents limit h liet from washington received 3 new york state that the presidents health is rapidly recover ing he sits up wiih his family and was ex pected io resume his official duties on ihe ljt instant li i u t ii in this own on thursday ul mn jjcob keiricrol a son and heir not ma- i lid m ahried wsls ui b anljeiroi of york or samuel itidnnt em ai toronto on ihe nmrniiie nf lir 3j insinnl io si junrv church by hie hev mr groh wn lcndlv pvrrin emnfuvprnoof c lo mrv fwl iliuiglitor of william pivnl painck et nf toronto died in thin town tbli mftralrij mr jamc iccri p-inc- jo inrcto on cdncitn ic itrcr aiimail eni fnr many years a merchant in the town of york mr mdougalps enm phial w i dnpsy which m most cavcs proves fatal our friends in gtenburnie and others in the habit of supplying us with firewood are re speet fatty reminded that good sleighing is come and that at ihis season printers fngers witt fretzc without agoadjire letters concerning projects of improvement for upper canada by joan galt esq lktmr iv- frora the cobourg star stk colonization having been long my bobby it is not to be supposed tbat i neglected the details by which it may be effected what i have now to stale refers to the mode of ef fecting settlements and which was submitted to the directors of the canada company aod acted upon by rae when the superiotendant of their operations in the province i believed that 1 had ibeir unqualified consent to every thing i did considering their instructions and covenatits with government as my war ranty though it may be expedient to possess the power from the proprietors of the cotapaoy of making advances to settlers the directors ought to be extremely cautious in the exercise and management of it as being at all times very hazardous for the only profitable assist ance which can be safely ptveu to facilitate settlementj down the is by opening rudiments qf a roads and laying village in some commercial hotel store street kingston v c abraham truax respectfully in forms his friends and the travelling community that the commercial hotel will be reopened on monday net dec 2tia thispaiousand well known hotel bilyirtf been entirely new furnished pointed rrnd dvco- rated and several conveniences added there to the proprietor hopes that the patronage formerly bestowed upon the establishment will be renewed the table d hole will be kept in the very best style and the bar supplied with choice wines aod spirits of most snperii r nl- ity arrangements have been made for the mon treal stace to put up at the commercial hotel kxtras supplied on the shortest notice to any part of the district an extensive addition having been made to the yard and stables ample accorn- modotion can now be nftnrded for any number or horses carriages sleighs and waggons tbe montreal g iv te ilc toronto correspondent and albion and the uuurown north americtnare requested to give the above three insertions each and charge the advertiser 49 notice is hereby given that a special ad journed quarter sessions of the peace of the midland district will be holder at tbe court house of ihe town of kingston on friday the fifth day of january next at at hour of ten oclock in ihe forenoon for the purpose of granting aod renewing innkeep ers licences throughout the midland dis trict for the year ensum james nickalls jr clerk of the peace m d- kingston 7ih december 1s36 49ui for sale a quantity of excellent writing ink at the chron st gazette office corner of king aud brock streets- 8