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Mo iiiopof'.d do:n of the world. he ihould be flared at for this re¬ mark, and vvillicd it to bo undcr- ftopd, that lie hod no attachment to Great Britain ; but, laid he, a r::;::i may be my protector with¬ out intending it. He thought a Derfon mull have very little know¬ ledge of the human heart, to fup- poic that alter Bonaparte has fub- duel Great Britain, and acquired -univerlal dominion in Europe, Our liberties would then be iecurc ?— This coniideraticn hadibmc weight in his mind. Our victory., in i'uch a caufe, would be our defeat—in deftroying the energies of Great Britain, we deflroy our u\vn ilcu- For we K i s c s r c a Lr a l e t T&, Mr. Editor, IT has loni been notorious that the American Government have entertained a ftrong partiali¬ ty for France, by whom ihe has been plundered and infuked, ana a jealouiy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, not fcafily reconcileablc to honor aide feeling?, little eonliile-.t with the nature of their owa inititutions^ S: certainly not dictated by a regard for the liberties of mankind. i 'i • monftrous conjunction between a Government which proclaims h~ felf exclulively Republican, & tlxc frioft powerful military deipot that ever bppreiicd the world, does vi¬ olence to everv principle of reafbn a'nd natural feeling, and can pro- ce'cd onlv from the blindelt prcju- dice and irdatualicr.. Ik that, however, as it may, not content to co-operate with the French Em¬ peror in the vain attempt to fep the power of the United Kingdom by checking her commerce, and excluding ter maiiuiacturcs from their country at the cxpence of much diftrefs to themfelvcs ; this fubferviency to the mortal foe of our Parent'State, hath at length been carried fo far, that the Amer¬ ican Government have actually afc fumed an hoftile attitude, & have palled a law for the profelled pur- pofe of attacking the Brkifh ter¬ ritories, in their"neighborhood, e£ pccially the Canadas.—That this, like former threats, will end in mere vapouring or blunder, is not improbable ; but at all events, it behoves us to be prepared for the worth • I trutt we will not fhrink from the'trial ihould it occur, but be animated by the fpirit of the Nation of which we are a part, ec ihew ourfelves ready & determin- edto repel the a^reflions ot any of her enemies, or in other words, to defend curfeives. It is impofilble to read without indignation the fpeeches made in Congrefs by ibmc of the leading partisans of thefe warlike meaf- ures. They talk of taking the Canadas as a matter attended with no fort of difficulty ; and fomc of them have the ixnnudence to aiiert, that the inhabitants, initead of of¬ fering any refdtance, will flock to their Standard. Should they cal¬ culate upon this, they will be mif- erabiy miftakeru and will find the ipinted k loyal inhabitants of this Province anxious to avenge them¬ felvcs for this foul afperhon, by the disgrace and difcomhturc of thole who may be fools enough to act under impreilions fo injurious to the honor of any fubjects of the Britifli Empire, t;ur motives for the racfi cor- dial cc-'vncT;-.::on in *h~ ea\de of our Parent State, are many and powerful ; and our means of itic- cefsful relidance great. On thefe and other topics connected with a lubjcCfc fo in torching to this Prov¬ ince, 1 ihall take the liberty of of¬ fering my ientiments to the pub¬ lic from time to time through the medium of your paper. FALKLAND. For the Gazette. IN addition to what was iecommended by " An Kxile," in your lalt paper, or r;i- th.tr as an improvement on bin plan, allow BWij Mr. Miles, to propofe, That one or moic Fire Erijnne«5 of a mod- erafe hze he imported from the United States, vvheie they can be had at a much cheaper rate than )i brought over from Eft'jlaiid— th.it the lire ho<.hs, ladders, buckets and pipes be made by our own mechanic^, and (to lave the trouble of locking up our pietty u.arkci huufe) th.tt a fit?c-ttigiue ward be c- rccted on one or the many vacant fp^ti in our little village not k< occupied by itattly edifi¬ ces," in whith the Eni'iiicsand Utenjils mav be Uiely dcpolited—That as nun h as ;>>iu- I'lc to guard affamlt the dreadful tlTects <f fire, and to feeure at all times active and ex- pen lire men, let a company be.furmcti ab» in other towns on the Comiucnt, vvliofe duty it ill.:;! be io lake: charge t f and wutk the iLiigiiic whenever their ierviees mav be re¬ quired—And to induce the uihjijkaats to become members of it, exempt the firemieri irom icrviojf i>u juries, tV« m bciPfif eiecied town officers, «S:e. this wiii be much Letter than to allow to any perl >n a compctiiation in"money. hut as in thefe cats our m^Jt iuiiucniial cliarae-teis can donj nioie tlian recomateiidobjetta ot public uti uy for the a- dopdoii t.i tueii fellow citizen., why not at once pelitioa Pauiamant for an act to iucei- p'-rate die viliagej and thtn gut to iio ma- ^dhaces full power and authority to make all fuch bye-laws, tules Slid regulation^ as they might deem eeccflary or ilte h< nelit of the eo.nmunitv r—.Evrri* man a-o-..a:nted witli the advaiitagea rein u g horn a w II regulated pollec, would iidlantly give ft his fuppcHT ; and fure 1 am, that the uitien\Liit of the oiaet, rauid a3 it mav have appeared to i,>me people, v/ould ii coiii.'.jueiice be ^.rc'itiv acceicated. There can be nothing more judicious than deDC lo place the Lupine on a flei ought ccrtaiidy to be adopted. A FRKEHOLDEfi. jrll----it KINGSTON : Tuesday, FmikudRt"4, 1812. • By'to/i, January 7 FROM GIBRALTAR. Our Gibraltar papers contain :tn oflicial account of the fall of oagunturo, to the Vrcnch General Such e t. TLe€ Spaiii 11 >. c om m an de r is blamed. It denies that the Spanifh army received a ruinous defeat the day previous, although it acknowledges they were unfor- tunatc3 but w the reverie does not render them Icfs confident of beino: able to repel the invafion." In Su- chet's fuirnrioris, as printed at Gib¬ raltar, he only lrientions taking 3 ftandars, 20 pieces, 1400 priibners, and 2 Generals, in the battle of October 25. The yellow fever continued to prevail at Caithagena, Old Spain, October 26, and over all the villa¬ ges in the province of Murcia. In the town of Murcia 6000 perfons had died. Alicant was free from it. An indifcrect manifeuo of the Spanifn General Lardizabal, pub- Hiked at Cadiz, appears to have cauied inuchao'itationintheCortcs, and to have been calculated to pro¬ duce diiTentions between the Bri- tifli and Spaniards. The Cortes were proceeding to complete a con- ititution for Spain. A Comminion of the Cortes has been appointed to try flic Ex-Re¬ gent Lardizabal. Some of the iit- tings of the Cortes have been very boiilerous, and Ixrec crdtids have collecTted round their place pfniee- tinir. A. M. Vattcntc wa- convey- eu on board a mip, apparently to protect hira from the populace. Algczirasj Nov. 7. TheSpanifh General Ballefteros obtained a victory on the 5th, o- vcr the French General Semale, who was at Bornot with 2000 men. The French had many kil- objiCl ofray in* the regirtar army. Madlfoih anjkwr, if ever kmrjj'n^ will be ami'Juvr. [Bait. Fed. Rep. // is mentioned, as a rumour, in the u'llexandria Gazette, that Coti- grtfs are about " to adjourn for two montJjs in order to hear further from En'dandy The fame rumor is alfo led and wounded. Among the thus announced in the Baltimore Fed- former the commanding officer of the 16th regiment. We have ta- ken fome artillery, all their ammu¬ nition, many horles & mules, muf- kets, knapiacks, and made many prifonets. Some of our foldiers <j;px. 1000 dollars, as their ihare of the fpecie taken.—Our troops con¬ tinue to advance. £ u hanif/j Notice of Suchel's late YicJor) General Orders of the %d Army of Oct. 26. The Commander in Chief (H. E. General Blake,) being accuftom- ed to the viciiiitudcs of war, does not wonder at the failure of yef- r< rday's attempt, although he had the beft founded reafons to hope for a profperous illue, and appear¬ ances at the commencement oi the action, were molt flattering ; nor does that reverie render him lei's confident of repcUinsr the enemy's mvaiiom lie is fatkfied in general, with ffie conduct of the Generals, Com¬ mandants, Ollicers and Men, and partieuiarivfo v\it!i the 4th Divif- ion of the 4th army, under the Command of Camp Marfhal Zayas; but is hiffhlv diipleafed with cer- l'-xiii corps and a few individuals. He will not diigrace the latter be- i'otc they are convicted ; as foon 43 their cowardice iliall have been brv)\ed, lie will take care, that the H'faole rigor or julcieeand national Vengeance alight upon their lieacL v ! DftUt t}' a irrcmh iJivifion. Caulz, Oct. 4.—I a. Col. San- J iago, Aid-dc-camp to Gen. Cas- r[ .\xos anpeared at the bar of the lortes, and gave a relation, of v\ hich he was an eye witnefs, of xhc defeat of the French General ^iraret's diviiion near Merida. follow tlie particulars ^hieh }1.a^'e been detailed in Gen- [Here ^ral Hill's deipatch.1 The Col. in Addition, ftat*xi, tliat Girard/s ad¬ vance to the vicinity of Valencia (of Alcantara) before the defeat oc- c\iIoncd CaJAanos, army to expert-? ance great fcarcity of provilion, & that tlie expedition was planned ^v Generals Mill and Caib.nos to rwlieve the army. The Cortes di- r^cted the Regency to thank Gen- eirals Gaftanos and Hill. 1500 of Mie French paiibners captured had arrived in Valentia Tde Alcantara.) x he joy which this event had oc- caiioned was exceflive—<,; Long lire il:^c brave tattered foldiers of the §th atffiiy"—" Eternal alliance of Spain, £-npandana Portugal /"is the uni- vferfal cry. A Spanifli General u rites, lie faw numerous French r ll,ldiers Ivino; dead on the field, *vho had been pierced through ex ^•rou^h by the Ion % bavonets lIiruft I y the nervous arm of the 1J o 1 a warriors. c 'Tlie Britijh ?nin'ijter\ carriage was Jc\ r, for fome hours at the door cftl. ^rifulcnfs houfe ihe day after the ar- nK\ billpajfut The circumjfanee. has Sl'vcn rife to much fitculatien.—Some 2/J /:'k the mlm/ter went to apologize . ot all that has juiffd, and to befceeh '•"- demoirafie hlajtejly not to make a !tl'*)id defee/:t upon Canada. Raihn ?\ pare fo h(j-\ that in the name 6} •'l - • ■' Tri/.ee 11 fCHt., a jemavdhits bun ' ■' de u*o>; (.»(■'. '•• --fiU/.i as fo tie t\al r 1 r eral Republican—M An adjournment of Congrefs for a few weeks has been talked of—Such ajlcp would be. moji grateful to Mr. Mudijln's filings, and would afford a temporary relief to the cmbarrajfed majority, but it would cpen the eyes of the people, and clench public opinion us to war will? England" O INDIAN W'JR.—A rumor pre¬ vails at JVaffington, that an cxtenfive Indian War is to be apprehended ; as the Prophet's brother had re-appear¬ ed on theWabafh with 300 warriors. Another brufh is ferioujly anticipated. ■ rOK 1 ri £ KINGSTON GAZETTE. Mr. EbiToa, P'.eafe to infert the enclofcd in your next Gazette, and oblige yours, FLORA. u SanJj! Sandy ! Why fterfeeutefi ihw m ?'* Oh ! ceafe, filly Sandy, we've fure had c- iHiugh Of your Sapulio's, and Laura's, and Flora's, and fluff; Then ce-ife, I eulieat, if you would not in¬ due-? Me to think you've but intellect" fit for 5 £oole : And mv name never mix. m your mauaaii flvains, That prove want of intdlcc"t, wit, and oV brains. Stick to *» Coke upon Lyttleton," itu.H- nviii meet, And continue eno-rolung at tvro pence a fhee*. FLORA. ~—OQJ§ 5 ^' §000---- MAR HIED, Ai Oin-l,er, "!i tli'* *-d inilant, hj tn* Rev. S. J. Mountain, Lieutenant J-nn^forti, 10th Royal Veteran Battalion, to M1T1 Char¬ lotte Paxton, daiiivliter of ilie late Capuia Paxton, Marine Department, Upper Cana¬ da. N o t i TKE fubferjber bega leave ta inform, the Public, that attencanee will be ai:- en every Saturday during the approaching StiThm of the Provincial Leeiflature, from Eleven o'clock till Three, at the Library at ^Vi!liam Firth, Lfquire, at the houTe in, which he rthY.rci at York ; when his dc^am. and extenfive Colltclion of Books, will he expofed to lale by private contract on the. moil reaionable t-rnns. .It is reedlefs to re¬ mark that, this very extenfive Library offers ample gratification to the Hiltofian, the Pol¬ itician, tin' Divine, the Poet, the Lawyer, the Naturalifc. and Novchit ; there is alfo t rich collection of all the molt edtbrated Greek and Latin Clafiies. It i* tlie inten- tit)n of tfie fublcriber to fepd all the Books remaining unfo'd in the Spiing, tr> Lowfi^r Cauada. AY. \V. BALDWIN, Agent for \V. Firth. fori, lAtb Jan. 1812. N. B. Two elegant Bedfieads with Beds, Mattredes, Boulders, Hangings, 8:c. com¬ plete ; with fome other articles of Houfe- hold Furniture, and a large double Cariole and Harnela, are alio for fale at the fame place. W. W, B. Notice. i npHE fubferiber inrorms the Public that lie Las provided hirafelf with a goed Sleigh and Horfes, for tlie purpoic of conveying palTengers be¬ tween Ktii^lton, and York, which he will engage to pcifoim on as rcafonable terms a^ anv other pcrfoa, SIMEON MOREY, Ternary, 18 i 2, 1 '- i'Uiv oA.l.L Bv the Sublcribcr. excdler.t ( . \ 117 n r l\ y n ? 7 ri v Lc'/Jtiv JLJfCifiU'} • T-T i^ n^ry r-\y * QfjV fVcr, 2 }/(\ iSti. ' ISPAVFORD's Gi.OCR r ,. r,:. ill IV • * . 4 - *